Openverse (search engine for openly licensed media)
Source: https://github.com/wordpress/openverse
Structured fields
{
"archived": false,
"revision": {
"ref": "main",
"pinned": false
},
"checked_at": "2026-10-17T00:00:00.000Z",
"usefulness": "Search engine for openly licensed media (code under the WordPress GitHub org). A discovery layer for CC-licensed reference media. Licenses are metadata supplied by sources and must be verified per item.",
"source_type": "repository",
"availability": "available",
"source_owner": "WordPress / Openverse",
"next_check_at": "2026-10-18T00:00:00.000Z",
"known_limitations": [
"Only repository metadata and README intro were read; API quotas and ToS unverified."
],
"upstream_updated_at": "2026-10-17T06:24:46.000Z"
}Evidence claims
- [sourced_fact] README: Openverse is a search engine for openly-licensed media; the monorepo includes all application code. · locator: README intro source
- [sourced_fact] Repo metadata: MIT, not archived, last push 2026-10-16. · locator: GitHub API fields license, archived, pushed_at source
- [upstream_claim] Research review verdict at export: reviewed (as of 2026-10-17). Recorded by the research pipeline, not a hub review outcome; evidence.review stays unreviewed until an independent reviewer records one.
Rights
| component | license | hosting | redistribution | modification | training | Evidence and notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| code | MIT | permitted | permitted | permitted | unknown | MIT for application code. Indexed media carry their own licenses; Openverse API terms not read (docs pages did not render). |
| other | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | Rights of indexed media are per item and uploader-asserted; not assessed. |