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Openverse

Openverse is a powerful search engine for GPL-compatible images, audio, and more. Openverse is live at openverse.org.

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Keep in touch

You can keep in touch with the project via the following channels:

Documentation

To use the Openverse API, please refer to the API consumer documentation.

Contributing

Pull requests are welcome! Feel free to join us on Slack and discuss the project with the engineers and community members on #openverse.

You are welcome to take any open issue in the tracker labelled help wanted or good first issue; there's no need to ask for permission in advance. Other issues are open for contribution as well, but may be less accessible or well-defined in comparison to those that are explicitly labelled.

See the contribution guide for details.

Acknowledgments

Openverse, previously known as CC Search, was conceived and built at Creative Commons. We thank them for their commitment to open source and openly licensed content, with particular thanks to previous team members @ryanmerkley, @janetpkr, @lizadaly, @sebworks, @pa-w, @kgodey, @annatuma, @mathemancer, @aldenstpage, @brenoferreira, and @sclachar, along with their community of volunteers.

We would also like to thank our former maintainers @AetherUnbound, @sarayourfriend and @zackkrida for their invaluable contributions to Openverse, which have shaped the project and made it what it is today.