PlacePack Alternatives

Sites and apps similar to PlacePack include Lorem Picsum, which is free and open source. Other options are satyr.dev, BlurHash, Holder.js and placebear. You can choose from more than 10 sites and apps like PlacePack for self-hosting.

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  1. 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.

    18 Lorem Picsum alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Online
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  2. satyr.dev icon
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    (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)
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  3. BlurHash icon
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    A very compact representation of a placeholder for an image.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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  4. Holder.js icon
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    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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  5. 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
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  6. Dummy Image icon
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    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
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  7. imgenerate.com is a simple, fast, and free image placeholder service for developers and designers. It allows you to generate custom placeholder images with desired dimensions, colors, text, and more.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
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  8. FPOImg icon
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    FPOImg.com provides easy to use FPO (For Placement Only) placeholder images for use in web development. The goal of FPOImg.com is simple—-provide an easy way to generate placeholder images for your designs whether it be for web development, print, or a school paper.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Online
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  9. 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)
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  10. 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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  11. Image placeholders generated automatically from the URL. Edit the location and save the resulting image, or use curl. The URL contains the following parts, of which only the size is not optional.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Online
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  12. Ipsum Image is a placeholder image generator running completely on Google services. Available through simple and intuitive urls, the service is accessible and based on open-source code for easy self-hosting.

    15 Ipsum Image alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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