What is openverse?
Openverse is a searchable catalog of free to use media! Currently, Openverse searches images and audio and plans to add additional media types such as open texts and 3D models, with the ultimate goal of providing access to all 1.4 billion CC-licensed and public domain works on the web. And the best part? All the code is open source (Openverse frontend, Openverse API, Openverse Catalog), so you can even contribute to the project.
Hopefully you know that you can’t use just any media off the internet. To use it on your website, you’ll need to purchase the rights to it or be sure that it’s open source. Sometimes you can use it for free, but need to attribute it. Openverse is an extensive library of free stock photos, images, and audio, available for free use. Since media helps make bigger impact on the web over just using words, be sure to take advantage of this great resource.
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