Open and public-domain media for apps and AI agents
Openly licensed and public-domain collections (Creative Commons, CC0, government works). 7 sources compared on price, license terms and how an agent connects. Read on official pages, checked Oct 10, 2026.
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| Pick for your agent | Source | Price | License | Monetized YouTube | Agent access |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Commonkite Free API and MCP server that searches openly licensed images across Openverse, NASA and three museums, returning license and credit lines. |
Free | Commercial: conditions Credit varies | With conditions | MCP API | |
| Icosa Gallery Open-source community 3D gallery with a public REST API and per-asset Creative Commons licenses. |
Free | Commercial: conditions Credit varies | — | API | |
| NASA Image and Video Library NASA images, video and audio, generally not copyrighted in the US, with a keyless search API. |
Free | Commercial: conditions Credit required | With conditions | API | |
| Openverse Search engine and API for openly licensed and public-domain images and audio. |
Free | Commercial: conditions Credit varies No bots | Unclear | API | |
| Smithsonian Open Access CC0 Smithsonian collection records and 3D models, with a REST API (api.data.gov key) and an alpha 3D API. |
Free | Commercial: conditions No credit | With conditions | API | |
| Wikimedia Commons Free media repository of photos, SVGs, video and audio under per-file free licenses, with the MediaWiki API. |
Free | Commercial: conditions Credit varies | With conditions | API | |
| NASA 3D Resources Free NASA 3D models, with a GitHub mirror (nasa/NASA-3D-Resources); no API. |
Free | Commercial: conditions Credit required | — | Download |
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