Free Image Library

CI License: MIT PyPI

Free images for any project: millions of openly-licensed, royalty-free Creative Commons images and audio (Flickr, Wikimedia, museums) — every result with ready-to-paste attribution. Zero API keys, zero configuration.

The visual sibling of the Free Music Library for the same content-creator audience: the agent finds the image AND the credit line in one call, so the attribution never gets lost between copy and paste.

Why this exists

• Models suggest random stock images (license unknown, credit never written). This returns license-safe images with the credit the user MUST paste — built into the same result.
• License intelligence, not just labels: every row carries a credit_note stating the actual obligation — CC BY-NC rows are loudly flagged non-commercial-only before your client ships them into a paid campaign.
• Serendipity: image_roulette picks from deep in the result set, not the first hit everyone has seen.
• Built on Openverse — keyless (anonymous limits: 20 requests/min, 200/day, verified; a free registered key raises them via OPENVERSE_API_KEY). A 5-minute TTL cache makes repeat searches free.

Tools

Plus prompts: hero-image, license-safe-images.

Quickstart

# 1-Line Universal Installer (auto-configures Claude Desktop, Cursor, Claude Code, VS Code, ...)
curl -fsSL "https://free-image-library.builditwithai.xyz/install" | bash

# Or run directly via your preferred runtime:
uvx free-image-library
npx -y free-image-library

Example

User:  I need a hero image for my climate blog post

find_images(query="melting glacier", aspect_ratio="wide", count=3,
            intent="hero image for a climate blog post")
→ images: [{
     title: "Glacier calving", creator: "…", license: "CC BY 2.0",
     image_url: "https://…", width: 2048, height: 1152,
     attribution: "\"Glacier calving\" image by … (flickr), licensed CC BY 2.0 (…)",
     credit_note: "Credit REQUIRED — paste the attribution verbatim." }]

Telemetry & privacy

Anonymous usage telemetry (no PII, no queries, no paths) via the fleet standard (schema v2, dual-endpoint fallback). Opt out any time: FREE_IMAGE_LIBRARY_TELEMETRY=false or DO_NOT_TRACK=1.

Development

uv venv && uv pip install -e ".[dev]"
DO_NOT_TRACK=1 .venv/bin/python -m pytest tests/ -q   # unit + live + e2e

Live tests hit the real Openverse API; they skip themselves when offline or rate-limited.

License

MIT