# Openverse

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/openverse/  
**APIs profiled:** 3

Openverse is a search engine providing programmatic access to the world's largest openly-licensed media catalog, covering 800M+ images and audio tracks from cultural institutions, museums, and creative commons sources including Flickr, Wikimedia Commons, iNaturalist, Europeana, Freesound, Jamendo, and more. Built by WordPress/Automattic under Creative Commons licensing principles.

## Kin Score — 35.3 / 100 (thin)

Scored 2026-08-21 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 35.3).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 74.1 |
| Contract Quality | 57.8 |
| Governance | 9.8 |
| Contract Governance | 9.8 |
| Operational Transparency | 0.0 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 14.3 |
| Commercial Clarity | 39.5 |
| Access Clarity | 39.5 |

Regulatory layer — **Government & Public Sector**: 31.5 (matched via tags).

## Agent readiness — 41.9 (agent-ready)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | yes |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | verified |
| OpenAPI Examples | verified |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |

## Access

Freemium · Self-serve signup — onboarding: self-serve, pricing: freemium, trial: no (confidence: high).

## APIs (3)

- **Openverse audio API** — These are endpoints pertaining to audio files.
- **Openverse auth API** — Openverse provides free and open access to the Openverse API to anonymous and registered users. [Refer to the API documentation site for information on how to register](https://...
- **Openverse images API** — These are endpoints pertaining to images.

## Agentic access (1)

- **Openverse Agentic Access** — 17 operations · 4 acting

## Security (2)

- **Openverse Authentication** — http · 1 scheme
- **Openverse Domain Security** — TLSv1.3

## Plans (1)

- **Plans**

## Tags

Image, Audio, Creative Commons, Open Media, Search, Open Data, Cultural Heritage, Museums

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/openverse/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.