# Lorem Picsum — card for AI agents

Free placeholder photo service: random or fixed images at any size via URL (/id, /seed, grayscale, blur, jpg/webp), photos from Unsplash.

Category: Placeholder images, data and text · maker David Marby and Nijiko Yonskai · checked 2026-10-21

## Price
- Price: Free
- Free tier: Fully free, no key.

## License
Service code MIT; photos under the Unsplash license — https://unsplash.com/license

- commercial: **conditions** (Commercial use with conditions)
  > Commercial and non-commercial purposes
  (https://unsplash.com/license)
- in app: **conditions** (Ship inside your app with conditions)
  > This license does not include the right to compile images from Unsplash to replicate a similar or competing service.
  (https://unsplash.com/license)

## Rules to follow
- Intended as placeholder images; picsum.photos itself gives no terms, its photos come from Unsplash (Unsplash license).
- Do not resell unmodified or rebuild a competing image service from them.

## How an agent gets files
- Use URLs such as https://picsum.photos/600/400, /id/237/200/300, /seed/<seed>/600/400, add .jpg or .webp; list at /v2/list. (sign-in: none)
- Not allowed: Unsplash license applies to the photos
- Not allowed: No rate limit stated

## How to connect
- Public API
- API docs: https://picsum.photos
- Repository: https://github.com/DMarby/picsum-photos
- Website: https://picsum.photos

## Notes
Output is JPEG by default; WebP optional.

## Lines to paste into your prompt or AGENTS.md

```
- Lorem Picsum (Placeholder images, data and text). Free placeholder photo service: random or fixed images at any size via URL (/id, /seed, grayscale, blur, jpg/webp), photos from Unsplash. Price: free; commercial use with conditions; ship inside your app with conditions.
  Connect: API docs https://picsum.photos.
  Get files: Use URLs such as https://picsum.photos/600/400, /id/237/200/300, /seed/<seed>/600/400, add .jpg or .webp; list at /v2/list.
  Not allowed: Unsplash license applies to the photos
  Not allowed: No rate limit stated
  Rule: Intended as placeholder images; picsum.photos itself gives no terms, its photos come from Unsplash (Unsplash license).
  Rule: Do not resell unmodified or rebuild a competing image service from them.
  License: https://unsplash.com/license (checked 2026-10-21; details: https://agentgid.com/assets/lorem-picsum/)
```

Not verified: picsum.photos says only 'Images from Unsplash' and has no terms or rate limits; whether every image is under the current Unsplash license is not stated. Attribution not addressed on picsum.photos. Unsplash is already in the catalog.

## Links
- AgentGid page: https://agentgid.com/assets/lorem-picsum/
- Is it free for commercial use? https://agentgid.com/assets/lorem-picsum/commercial-use/
- Source: https://picsum.photos
- Source: https://github.com/DMarby/picsum-photos
- Source: https://unsplash.com/license

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