Provides search over Openverse's index for openly licensed images and audio, with filters, random picks, and ready-to-paste attribution on every result.
Click on "Deploy Server".
Wait a few minutes for the server to deploy. Once ready, it will show a "Started" state.
In the chat, type @ followed by the MCP server name and your instructions, e.g., "@free-image-library Find a CC-licensed photo of a sunset for my blog header, with attribution."
That's it! The server will respond to your query, and you can continue using it as needed.
Here is a step-by-step guide with screenshots.
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.
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.
Related MCP server: webfetch
Tool | What it does |
| Free CC image search with filters (license, aspect_ratio, size, extension) + attribution on every row |
| One random license-safe pick, honest about how it was chosen |
| Free CC music / sound effects / field recordings from Openverse's audio index |
| Updatable playbooks: CC license briefs in plain language, error recovery |
Plus prompts: hero-image, license-safe-images.
# 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-libraryUser: 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." }]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.
uv venv && uv pip install -e ".[dev]"
DO_NOT_TRACK=1 .venv/bin/python -m pytest tests/ -q # unit + live + e2eLive tests hit the real Openverse API; they skip themselves when offline or rate-limited.
MIT
Check PyPI for newer versions of free-image-library and get upgrade instructions.
Inputs: no named parameters.
Search CC music, sound effects and field recordings from Openverse's audio index
Inputs: query (required), count, intent, license.
Search millions of CC-licensed images (Flickr, Wikimedia, museums…); every result carries a ready-to-paste attribution
Inputs: query (required), size, count, intent, +3 more.
Serendipity: a random openly-licensed image matching a topic — one pick, honest about how it was chosen
Inputs: seed, query, license.
Fetch the full content of one skill by name (from skills_list)
Inputs: name (required).
List available skills (guidance playbooks) for using this server well — read one with skill_read
Inputs: no named parameters.
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Scored across 6 tools
Each tool targets a recognizable action: skill discovery (skills_list/skill_read), version check, image search, audio search, and random image. The only real overlap is find_images vs image_roulette, but the descriptions clearly separate deterministic search from a single serendipity pick. The skill_list/skill_read pair is complementary rather than ambiguous.
Mostly readable but the convention shifts: verb_noun (find_images, find_audio, check_for_updates), noun_verb (skill_read), noun_plural_verb (skills_list), and a bare noun (image_roulette). The find_* pair is consistent, but skill_read vs skills_list differ in both word order and plurality.
Six tools is a comfortable scope for a search-focused library. Half the surface is meta (skills_list, skill_read, check_for_updates), which is slightly heavy relative to the two core search tools, but nothing feels redundant.
Search across both images and audio plus attribution and a serendipity mode covers the core retrieval workflow for a CC content library. Gaps remain: no fetch-by-ID/URL to re-retrieve a specific asset, no license/source filtering, and audio lacks any equivalent of the roulette/detail affordances.
Openverse MCP — Creative-Commons-licensed image + audio search.
Find free-to-use stock photos by words, by image or by similarity; every result names its licence.
Search free music and sound effects (SFX), mostly CC0, with license terms and credit lines.
Search, organize, and publish AI-generated images and video with provenance and lineage.
