Is Lorem Picsum free for commercial use?

Do you need to credit Lorem Picsum?

The terms we read do not say.

Can you ship Lorem Picsum content inside an app or game?

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.” 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.

- 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/)

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