Royalty-free images for commercial use with no attribution needed? Here’s a refreshed list of reliable sites. Licenses rechecked—most use permissive terms (very close to CC0), but always verify the specific image.
Top Modern Stock Sites (High-Quality, No Attribution)
- Pixabay — Millions of photos, vectors, illustrations, videos. Pixabay License: free for all uses, no attribution required.
- Pexels — Curated photos & videos. Pexels License: free commercial use, no attribution (some explicitly CC0).
- Unsplash — Beautiful photography. Unsplash License: broad free use including commercial, no attribution needed.
- StockSnap — High-res photos under true CC0.
Pure Public Domain & CC0 Gems
- DVIDS (Defense Visual Information Distribution Service) — Excellent public domain military, news, and operational photos/videos from the U.S. Department of Defense. Free to use (public domain works).
- Free-Images.com — Millions of explicitly public domain/CC0 photos, clipart, and illustrations. Commercial use OK, no attribution.
- Wikimedia Commons — Massive archive of true public domain and open-license files.
- Rawpixel Public Domain — Vintage, historical, and enhanced images under CC0.
Great Search Hubs
- Openverse — Searches multiple CC/public domain sources at once.
Pro Tip: Always double-check the license on the individual download page. U.S. government sites like DVIDS, NASA, and Library of Congress are gold for pure public domain content.