# DMarby/picsum-photos

Lorem Ipsum... but for photos.

Repository: https://github.com/DMarby/picsum-photos
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/picsum-photos
Homepage: https://picsum.photos
Language: Go
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2026-01-30T20:15:05+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 62/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 65, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4400, "days_push": 215, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2478, forks 169 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:55.203713+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: service
- maturity: active
- function: image-processing, http-server, web-framework
- domain: web-development, image-processing, media
- platform: self-hosted, go
- tags: placeholder-images, lorem-picsum, image-resizing, go, self-hostable, linux, docker, web-server

## Member repositories
- DMarby/picsum-photos (main) score 62

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:55.203713+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T02:28:16.826092+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/DMarby/picsum-photos (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:55.203713+00:00, sha 369c7d332592)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.