Awesome Stock Resources
A curated list of awesome stock photography, video and illustration websites.
I try my best to maintain this repository and keep it up-to-date but if you spot a broken link or a resource which isn't listed, please, feel free to make a pull request.
Table of Contents
- Photography
- CC0-license
- Custom License / Usage
- Public Domain
- Attribution required licenses
- Unspecified License
- Illustration
- Vector Graphics
- Videos
- Patterns
- Textures
- Fonts
- Icons
- Icon Fonts
- Icons Packages and Collections
- Colors
- Aggregated Content
- HTML Templates
- Sounds & Music
- Paid Resources
- How to Contribute
- How to Share
- Donate
- License
Photography
CC0-license
All the resources below have specifically specified that their content is ? ©️ CC0-licensed.
- ? Altphotos - Handpicked free high-resolution photos added daily.
- ? Barn Images - Barn Images offers you a collection of free high-resolution non-stock photography.
- CC0.Photo - CC0.photo is a project initiated by Raffael Herrmann, which serves you with free photos.
- Crow the Stone - Free photos to use any way you want.
- Cupcake - Free do what ever you want photos by ? Jonas Nilsson Lee.
- FindA.Photo - search through thousands of CC0 photos by keyword and color.
- Free Nature Stock - Royalty-free, use them however you want, Nature Stock Photos.
- ? Freely Photos - Totally free high quality Christian stock photography.
- ? Gratisography - Free high-resolution pictures you can use on your personal and commercial projects. New pictures added weekly.
- Jay Mantri - Free pics. Do anything. Make magic.
- Jéshoots - Photos for business or personal use in high resolution for free.
- ? LibreShot - A collection of hundreds of high quality free stock images for personal or commercial use.
- Life of Pix - Free high-resolution photos, no copyright restrictions. Photographs added weekly.
- Little Visuals - Hi-res images zipped up in your inbox. Use them anyway you want.
- ? Magdeleine - A selection of free photos curated by ? Magdeleine.
- ? MMT - New photos by Jeffrey Betts added every week.
- Moveast - This is a journey of a Portuguese guy moving.
- ? Negative Space - Stock photos added every week.
- ? Openverse - A meta search across several libraries to find adaptable / editable images and audio files.
- ? Pexels - 20 new high-quality photos daily.
- ? Photo Crops - Five high resolution photos added every week, sometimes more.
- Pickle Jar - High-resolution images of everyday india. One new image every day.
- Pickupimage - Free download high quality premium free stock images, public domain photos.
- ? Pixabay - Stock photos, illustrations, vectors and videos.
- ? Realgraphy - Authentic Non-Stock Photos for Free. Forever.
- Realistic Shots - 7 new photos added every week.
- ? Skitter Photo - Public domain pictures and stock photos for commercial use.
- Skuawk - Skuawk public domain photos, free, beautiful and artistically loud.
- ? Snappy Goat - Over 12 million public domain & CC0 licensed images.
- Snapwire Snaps - Commissioned photos from 170,000 of the world's most talented photographers.
- ? SpaceX Photos - Promotional SpaceX stock photography.
- Splashbase - Search & discover free, hi-resolution photos & videos.
- ? Stockified - Free pictures taken in India by Kiran BV and Aditya G Bharadwaj.
- ? Stocksnap - Hundreds of high resolution images added weekly.
- Stokpic - Free Stock Photos For Commercial Use.
- Streetwill - Free hi-resolution vintage photos to use any way you want.
- ? The Pic Pac - New pacs on Monday, free pics Tuesday - Sunday.
- Travel Coffee Book - Travel photography.
- ? Wesaturate - A collection of completely free CC0 images in RAW and JPG formats.
Custom License / Usage
These following photography resources are those who have declared their own usage and restriction terms. These can be found by clicking the (license) link next to the resource.
- Bara Art - ©️ The world always needs high quality photography! Here they are for you, so make something awesome out of them.
- Compfight.com - ? ©️ An image search engine tailored to efficiently locate images for blogs, comps, inspiration, and research.
- Death to the Stock Photo - ©️ Free monthly photos for all your creative needs.
- Designer Pics - ©️ Free photographs for personal and commercial by ? Jeshu John.
- ? Foodies Feed - Free food based images. ? ©️.
- ? Freerange - ? ©️ Quality stock photos for commercial and non-commercial use. For free.
- ? Good Stock Photos - ? ©️ One free to use photo added everyday.
- ? ISO Republic - ? ©️ ISO Republic provides exclusive free stock photos for creatives.
- ? Kaboom Pics - ? ©️ Great place to get breathtaking Free Pictures for business or personal projects.
- ? morgueFile - ? ©️ Free photo archive by creatives, for creatives.
- ? Photober - ? ©️ Free of charge photo downloading site for personal or commercial use.
- PhotoStockEditor - ©️ High-resolution weekly images for Personal & Commercial use.
- ? Pic Jumbo - ? ©️ Totally free photos for your commercial & personal works.
- ? Picography - ? ©️ Free hi-resolution photos. Use them however you like.
- ? Reshot - ? ©️ Handpicked, non-stocky images. Yours to use as you wish.
- ? Rawpixel - ? ©️ Redefining stock imagery with authentically styled and unique stock photos (Subscribe required).
- Shutteroo - ©️ Free high-resolution travel images.
- ? Split Shire - ? ©️ Real photos for commercial use with no copyright restrictions and a real look.
- Startup Stock Photos - ©️ Startup based photography.
- ? Unsplash - ? ©️ User submitted, free high-resolution photos.
Public Domain
A collection of links to public domain photography resources.
- ? Good Free Photos - ? ©️ A large free stock photo site with thousands of public domain photos including landscapes, objects, animals, plants, textures, and many other free photos. All photos taken by ? the website owner.
- ? Flickr Commons - ? ©️ Flickr's catalogue of the worlds public photo archives.
- ? New Old Stock - ? ©️ Vintage photos from the public archive. of known copyright restrictions.
- ? NYPL Digital Collections - ? ©️ 180.000 items are Public Domain since January 6th 2016 ? Public Domain Collections: Free to Share & Reuse
- ? Project Apollo Archive - ? ©️ High-resolution Apollo imagery scanned by NASA's Johnson Space Center.
- Public Domain Archive - ? ©️ New stock photos every single week.
Attribution Required licenses
The photographs on the following resources require Attribution unless otherwise stated on the website itself. These use a mixture of license, all of which have been linked to next to them.
- Albumarium - ©️ The "best" place to find & share beautiful images.
- BucketListly - A free creative common collection of travel photos anyone can use.
- IM Creator - Also includes Website templates and icons. Some ? CC0-licensed) works, check the license before use.
- ? NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory - ? ©️ Graphics and photos of space and spaceflight.
- PhotoEverywhere - ? ©️ Globe-trot our collection of high resolution Travel Stock Images More than 3600 photos that are Free to use and ready for instant download.
- ? Superfamous - ? ©️ Superfamous CC BY 3.0 licensed images by ? Folkert Gorter.
- UKBlackTech - ? ©️ Photographers of British based BAME (Black, Asian, and minority ethnic) people in tech.
- ? Women of Color in Tech - ? ©️ Licensed picture from Women of Color in Tech.
Unspecified License
These resources haven't specified any formal terms of use or licenses.
- Freejpg - Free image bank for commercial and editorial use.
- Function - High-resolution photos by Liam McKay.
- Refe Real Life Photos - Free real life photos from REFE.
- titania foto - The free image database
- Trunklog - A collection of photos from photographer ? Magnus Jälthammar.
- ? Mockup World - A mixture of free and premium mockup in-situation templates.
- Wunderstock - 670 (and counting) free HD images for your web and design projects.
Illustration
A collection of illustration resources which contain a mixture of historical archive, contemporary and public domain assets.
- ? Biodiversity Heritage Library ? ©️ ? ©️ A mix of Public Domain and Attribution (CC BY 2.0) licenses. Nearly 150,000 exquisite, historical illustrations of life on Earth.
- ? British Library Illustration Archive - ©️ The British Library’s collections on Flickr Commons offer access to millions of public domain images.
- ? Old Book Illustrations - ? ©️ A massive collection of illustrations from old books.
- ? unDraw - ? ©️ Open-source illustrations for every project you can imagine and create.
- ? WooBro.design - ? ©️ CC-BY licensed vector image illustrations with sources.
Vector Graphics
A collection of resources which contain stock graphical elements which don't fit in the other sections.
- ? AMCharts - Free SVG Maps - ? ©️ A directory of free non-commercial, attribution licensed SVG maps in two level of details: High and low.
- ? Bioicons - ? ©️ High quality science illustrations.
- Facebook Design Resource - ©️ A collection for design resources from Facebook including iOS9 GUI and various popular device templates.
- ? Freepik - ? ©️ Find free vectors, PSD, icons and photos.
- FreeVectors.net - ©️ A fun little community of vector lovers who share free vector graphics.
- ? Humaans - ? ©️ CC0 licensed clipart images of humans.
- Logo Dust - ? ©️ Free CC Attribution 4.0 logo designs for your projects.
494 68? Mega Doodles Pack) - ? ©️ Free and big CC Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 vector pack with hand-drawn doodles for presentations, social media, blog posts and so on.- ? Open Doodles - ©️ CC-0-licensed vector sketches/cliparts with generator and compositions.
- ? Sketch Repo - ? ©️ Sketch Repo is a great place to discover Sketch App resources for your next design project.
- ? Vecteezy - ? ©️ Discover & download free vector art from a community of Illustrators.
Videos
A selection of websites offering high quality video stock.
- Coverr - ? ©️ Beautiful, free, CC0 licensed videos for your homepage. 7 new videos every Monday.
- ? FreeStockVideo - ? ©️ Free Beautiful Video & Footage Clips.
- Life of Vids - ? ©️ Free royalty-free videos, clips & loops.
- Mazwai - Great collection of free creative commons HD video clips & footages. Check each video for licensing terms.
- ? Mixkit - ? ©️ High-quality stock videos that are completely free.
- ? Pexels Videos - ? ©️ Completely free, CC0 licensed stock videos.
- ? Pixabay - ? ©️ Thousands of free stock video clips & footage from community contributors.
- ? Videezy - ? ©️ Free stock videos, 4k footage, and free HD video clips.
- Vidsplay - ©️ Free HD stock footage (Attribution required).
- VYOO - ©️ Beautiful, Free Vertical Videos.
Patterns
A mixture of CSS and image based pattern resources.
- CSS3 Patterns Gallery - CSS3 based repeatable patterns.
- ? Gradienta - ? ©️ Multicolor CSS Gradients, JPG Downloads, 100% Free!
- Hero Patterns - A collection of free CC Attribution 4.0 repeatable SVG background patterns.
- ? Low Poly Images - Collection of low poly image generators.
- ? Subtle Patterns - Image based background textures and patterns.
- The Pattern Library - A collection of bold, bright and funky repeatable patterns.
- ? UI Gradients - Nice, subtle linear gradients to use in your designs.
Textures
Websites offering images suitable for texturing objects for 3D graphics.
- ? TextureHaven - ? ©️ CC0-licensed High quality set of textures with CC0 license.
Fonts
A mixture of free and open source font resources.
- ? Beautiful Web Type - A showcase of the best typefaces from the Google web fonts directory.
2861 96? Brick) - Webfonts that actually look good.- Font Fabric - Font Fabric's free fonts.
- ? Font Squirrel - Handpicked fonts free for commercial use.
- ? Google Fonts - Interactive directory of free hosted application programming interfaces for web fonts.
- Open Type Foundry - ©️ A new platform for open-source fonts in a noise-free environment.
- ? The League of Movable Type - Open-source type foundry.
Icons
Icon Fonts
A collection for icon font resources, most of which also include SVGs, which can be used in your interface and website designs.
- Appa Sariicon ©️ 147 8-bit retro style webfont icons for web and mobile
- Batch Icons -
? ?? ©️) Icon set of 300+ icons, which is part of 3829 412? inuit.css).
- Devicons - ? ©️ Meet Devicons, an iconic font made for developers, code jedis, ninjas, HTTPsters, evangelists and nerds(sic). 100+ icons ready to use in your next project.
- ? Iconfinder - Iconfinder provides beautiful icons to millions of designers and developers. Most icons are available under attribution. See individual licenses for more details.
- Font Awesome - ? ©️ MIT licensed icon font.
- Fontello -
? ?? ©️) - Fontello is a tool to quickly pack vector images into webfonts. Also includes a section of stock icons.
- ? Foundation Icon Fonts 3 - ? ©️ An icon font from Zurb, the people behind the Foundation framework.
- ? IcoMoon - ? ©️ Custom built and crisp icon fonts, done right.
- ? Iconstore - ? ©️ Free Icons by First-Class Designers.
- Ionicons - ? ©️ The premium icon font for Ionic Framework. 100% free and open source.
- Ligature Symbols - ©️ Really clean icon set including all major topics.
- ? Material Design Icons - ? ©️ Google's Material Icons.
- ? Octicons - ? ©️ GitHub's Icons.
- ? Open Iconic - ©️ (font) ? ©️ (icons) Icon set with 223 marks in SVG.
- ? Pathlove Icons - ? ©️ 100+ cute and vibrant icons. Free for personal and commercial use; attribution required.
- ? Simple Icons -
21508 2702? ©️) Free SVG icons for popular brands.
- Social Stackicons - ? ©️ Icon set with over 60 social brands.
- ? Standart - Standart: free SVG icons for use in your project.
- ? To icon - ? ©️ Collection of SVG icons for your project.
257 56? Topcoat Icons) - ©️ Icons by Topcoat.- Typicons - ©️ (font) ? ©️ (icons) Rounded icon set with 336 icons.
- ? Weather Icons - Weather Icons is the only icon font and CSS with 222 weather themed icons.
- WeLoveIconFonts – A free & open source icon fonts hosting service (like Google Web Fonts, but icon fonts only).
Icons Packages and Collections
A collection for SVG icon resources which can be used in your interface and website designs.
- ? Atlas Icons - ? ©️ 2,701 free consistent icons.
- ? BlendIcons - ? ©️ Free, world top icons.
- ? Bootstrap Icons -
7471 1070? ©️) Free, high quality, open source icon library with over 1,800 icons.
- ? Doodle Icons - ? ©️ 400+ handcrafted icons free for your next project.
- Entypo - ? ©️ Carefully crafted iconset by Daniel Bruce.
- ? Flowbite - ? ©️ Free and open-source SVG icons.
6173 538? Fluent UI System Icons) - ? ©️ Fluent System Icons are a collection of familiar, friendly and modern icons from Microsoft.- ? Free Icons - A collection from all the open source icon collections available.
- ? Free Icons - ? ©️ Open-source vector icons in 16 styles for any project.
- Game Icons - ? ©️ A growing collection of SVG icons aimed mostly at video games.
- ? Heroicons - ? ©️ Beautiful, free SVG icons from the makers of Tailwind CSS.
- ? Humbleicons - ? ©️ A pack of 227 simple, neutral, carefully crafted icons that you can use in your personal and commercial projects for free.
- ? Iconhunt - A search engine with 150.000+ free, open sources icons.
- ? Iconmonstr - ? ©️ A huge selection of icons in SVG and PNG format.
- ? Iconoir - ? ©️ A Simple and Definitive Open-Source Icons Library.
- ? Lucide - ? ©️ Beautiful & consistent icon toolkit made by the community.
2162 187? Maps Icon) - 2162 187? ©️) Mapsicon is a free collection of maps for nearly every country in the world, available in 11 different sizes, ranging from 16x16 pixels to 1024x1024 pixels, as well as .svg format.- ? Material Design Icons - A collections of free, material design style icons.
21508 2702? Simple Icons) - ©️ SVG icons for popular brands.- ? The Noun Project - ? ©️ Over 150,000 icons designed by creators from around the world. Free users must give credit to the creator.
- ? Unicorn icons - ? ©️ 100+ playful animated and customizable icons, available in JSON and SVG format.
Colors
A selection of websites offering color schemes.
- 0to255 - A simple tool that helps web designers find variations of any color.
- 0xrgb - A minimalistic color picker for well-known palettes (Material, iOS, FlatUI, Metro, Tango, Solarized).
- Bootflat - Bootflat Flat UI color picker is a project digging the Flat Color Picker which gives you the perfect colors for flat designs.
- ? Brand Colors - Official color codes for the world's biggest brands.
- ? Branition Colors - Hand-curated collection of color pallets best fitted for branding.
- Color Hunt - A place to discover, create, and share color palettes.
- ? Colorful Gradients - Gradients automatically created by a computer. 48 times daily.
- Colour Lovers - A creative community where people from around the world create and share colors, palettes and patterns.
- ? Coolhue 2.0 - Coolest handpicked Gradient Palette and Swatch for your next super amazing stuff.
- ? Coolors - The super fast color schemes generator for cool designers.
- ? Flat UI Colors - Flat color picker which gives you the perfect colors for flat designs.
- ? Material Design Colors - Material ui color palette for Android, Web & iOS.
- ? Material Palette - Generate & export your Material Design color palette.
Aggregated Content
A liberal mixture of content aggregated from other free resources and made available at one central point.
- All The Free Stock - One stop resource for free stock images, videos, sounds and more.
- ? Avopix - More than 15 000 absolutely free stock photos and vectors.
- Libre Stock - Search engine for stock photo websites.
- ? Stock Up - Searching 9,301 (and counting) free stock photos across 25 websites.
- The Stocks - The best royalty free stock photos in one place.
HTML Templates
Various different websites offering free HTML templates and themes.
- ? Bootswatch - ? ©️ Free themes for Bootstrap.
- ? HTML5 Rocket - ? ©️ Free HTML5 site templates.
- ? HTML5 Up - ? ©️ HTML5 UP makes spiffy HTML5 site templates.
- ? Start Bootstrap - ? ©️ Free Bootstrap templates and themes.
- ? Templated - ? ©️ A collection of 850 free CSS and HTML5 site templates, designed & built by Cherry + AJ and released under the Creative Commons.
- ? Themezy - ? ©️ Free WordPress themes and website templates.
Sounds & Music
Free resources for stock sound and music to be used on creative projects
- ? Bensound - ? ©️ Royalty free music by Bensound.
- ccMixter - ©️ ccMixter.org offers over 30,000 original tracks that can be used freely in YouTube videos, remixes, mobile apps, games, and more.
- Free Loops - ©️ Free loops and audio clip.
- Free Music Archive - ? ©️ An interactive library of high-quality, legal audio downloads directed by ? WFMU, the most renowned freeform radio station in America.
- ? Freesound - ? ©️ Collaborative database of audio snippets, samples, recordings and bleeps.
- ? FreeSoundEffects - ? ©️ For YouTube, filmmakers, games, podcasts and to use in your next video project, for free!
- ? Internet Archive’s Netlabels Collection - ? ©️ Netlabels collection hosts complete, freely downloadable/streamable.
- ? Jamendo - ? ©️ Independent music community with a large collect of creative commons licensed music.
- ? Jukedeck - ? ©️ Machine learning powered royalty-free original music.
- Sound Image - ? ©️ Over 1000 tracks of free music and sound effects for your projects by Eric Matyas.
- SoundBible - ©️ Thousands of free sound effects, sound clips, and straight up sounds.
- ? Tunetank - ? ©️ Exclusive royalty free music for YouTube videos without copyright claims.
- ? Unminus - ? ©️ Download Royalty Free Music for YouTube Videos, Podcasts and Apps. No Copyright CC0 Music inspired by Unsplash.
Paid Resources
And last, but not least, a selection of the best paid resources.
- ? Adobe Stock - Photos, Illustrations, Vectors.
- ? Fotolia - Photos, Illustrations, Vectors, Videos.
- ? Inky Deals - Premium resources at insane discounts.
- ? Shutterstock - Photos, Vectors, Editorial, Footages, Music.
- ? Stocksy - "Cliché-free" Photos.
- ? Graphic River - Hand-reviewed graphic assets from a community of designers.
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