lorempixel Alternatives

lorempixel is described as 'Placeholder Images for every case. Webdesign or Print. It's simple and absolutely free! Just put the custom url in your code like this:<img src="http://lorempixel.com/400/200" />to get your FPO / dummy image' and is an app in the development category. There are more than 10 alternatives to lorempixel for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, SaaS, Self-Hosted, Google Chrome and Apple TV apps. The best lorempixel alternative is Unsplash, which is free. Other great apps like lorempixel are Lorem Picsum, freeimages, satyr.dev and BlurHash.

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  1. Unsplash icon
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    Access millions of free high-resolution photos on Unsplash for any use without subscription or licensing restrictions. Create an account to like, download, and organize favorite images with collections, and even contribute your own to the growing library.

    62 Unsplash alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Google Chrome
    • Mac
    • Apple TV
     
  2. Lorem Picsum icon
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    Lorem Picsum provides an easy way for web developers to get elegant placeholder images. API access is available through simple and intuitive urls like picsum.photos/200/300 for a random 200px x 300px image.

    19 Lorem Picsum alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  3. freeimages icon
     3 likes

    Browse over 300,000 free stock photos and find the perfect royalty-free image quickly. Download free, high quality stock images, for every day or commercial use. No purchase required.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  4. satyr.dev icon
     2 likes

    (Formerly satyr.io) Free API for dummy placeholder images supporting delay, aspect ratio, resolution, themes, country flags and offline mode.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  5. BlurHash icon
     1 like

    A very compact representation of a placeholder for an image.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  6. Holder.js icon
     1 like

    Holder renders image placeholders entirely in browser. Placeholders can have custom colors, fonts, resizing behavior, and rendering engine (Canvas/SVG).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
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    Holder.js vs lorempixel Comments
    moefinley
    Positive
    1

    Hosted solutions are always slow and this does the same job just by including the script

    • Holder.js is Free and Open Sourcelorempixel is Free and Proprietary
  7. placebear icon
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    A quick and simple service for getting pictures of bears for use as placeholders in your designs or code. Just put your image size (width & height) after our URL and you'll get a placeholder.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  8. Dummy Image icon
     1 like

    DummyImage.com serves dynamic placeholder images for use in web development. It's a free service and the code is open-source and available for download.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  9. LoremFlickr icon
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    LoremFlickr provides placeholder images for every case, web or print, on almost any subject, in any size. It's simple and free.

    15 LoremFlickr alternatives

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Flickr
     
  10. P-Hold icon
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    It's another placeholder service. Only this one is more configurable and returns the most interesting CC-licenced images on Flickr.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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    P-Hold vs lorempixel Comments
    mrsopacua
    Positive
    0

    Offers from what I can see identical features.

    • P-Hold is Free and Proprietarylorempixel is also Free and Proprietary
  11. Gradient Api is an image placeholder service for web developers.Gradient Api will allow you to create and generate your own gradients as placeholder images.Our service takes your request and generates a gradient image, just for you.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  12. A simple way to use pictures of tasty meat as placeholders in your design. Just put your image width and height in our url and you’ll get some meat. Inspired by the awesome placekitten .

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Wordpress
     
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