DMarby/picsum-photos
Lorem Ipsum... but for photos. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
62/100
- Activity 65
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 4400
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 215
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
2478 stars · 169 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Lorem Picsum is a self-hostable service that serves stylish placeholder photos, like Lorem Ipsum but for images. Written in Go, it provides an easy API for fetching random or specific placeholder images with resizing options.
Use cases
- serve placeholder images during frontend development
- self-host a lorem picsum image service
- get random placeholder photos via an API
- generate resized placeholder images for mockups
- replace external placeholder image dependencies with self-hosted service
When to choose
- you need placeholder images in prototypes, demos, or tests
- you want a self-hosted alternative to third-party placeholder services
- you need a simple HTTP API for random or seeded photos with resizing
When to avoid
- you need image editing or transformation beyond simple resizing
- you need a full image hosting or CDN solution for user uploads
Facets
service · maturity active
image-processing http-server web-framework web-development image-processing media self-hosted go placeholder-images lorem-picsum image-resizing go self-hostable linux docker web-server
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/DMarby/picsum-photos · fetched 2026-08-28 · 369c7d332592
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| DMarby/picsum-photos | main | 62 |
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