Lorem Picsum Alternatives

Lorem Picsum is described as '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' and is an website in the development category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Lorem Picsum, not only websites but also apps for a variety of platforms, including Self-Hosted, SaaS, Wordpress and Flickr apps. The best Lorem Picsum alternative is Unsplash, which is free. Other great sites and apps similar to Lorem Picsum are Lummi, placekitten, freeimages and satyr.dev.

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  1. Unsplash icon

    Unsplash

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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 (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Google Chrome
    • Mac
    • Apple TV
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    • Unsplash is the most popular Web-based, Mac, iPhone & iPad alternative to Lorem Picsum.

    • Unsplash is the most popular free alternative to Lorem Picsum.

    • Unsplash is Freemium and ProprietaryLorem Picsum is Free and Open Source
  2. Lummi icon

    Lummi

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    AI stock images that won't make you cringe. A collection of 20,000+ free images made by AI creators who are tired of boring, overused stock photos.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
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  5. freeimages icon

    freeimages

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    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
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  6. satyr.dev icon

    satyr.dev

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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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    • satyr.dev is the most popular SaaS alternative to Lorem Picsum.

    • satyr.dev is Free and ProprietaryLorem Picsum is Free and Open Source
  7. BlurHash icon

    BlurHash

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    A very compact representation of a placeholder for an image.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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    • BlurHash is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to Lorem Picsum.

    • BlurHash is the most popular Open Source alternative to Lorem Picsum.

    • BlurHash is Free and Open SourceLorem Picsum is also Free and Open Source
  9. Holder.js icon

    Holder.js

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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

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
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  10. placebear icon

    placebear

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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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  11. Dummy Image icon

    Dummy Image

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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.

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    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
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  12. RiteKit Text to image / gif API icon

    RiteKit Text to image / gif API

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    Returns URL of an image or animated GIF created from a text according to given style parameters.

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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    • RiteKit Text to image / gif API is the most popular commercial alternative to Lorem Picsum.

    • RiteKit Text to image / gif API is Paid and ProprietaryLorem Picsum is Free and Open Source
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    PlaceCage

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    Sizable, dynamic placeholder images featuring Nicolas Cage, with additional variations for grayscale and crazy/insane.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
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  14. Steven SeGALLERY icon

    Steven SeGALLERY

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    The internet was missing the ability to provide custom-sized placeholder images of Steven Segal. Now it can.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
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