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neutraltone/awesome-stock-resources

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TLDR

Curated list of websites offering free stock photos, videos, illustrations, fonts, icons, and audio for creative and development projects, organized by license type so you know what you can use commercially.

Mindmap

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    Visual Assets
      Stock photography
      Illustration sites
      Vector graphics
      Background textures
    Media
      Stock video footage
      Royalty-free music
      Background sounds
    Typography
      Font directories
      Icon fonts
      Icon packages
    Templates
      HTML page templates
      Color palette tools
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Things people build with this

USE CASE 1

Find free CC0 stock photos for a website or app without needing to credit the photographer

USE CASE 2

Browse royalty-free icon sets and fonts to use in a commercial design project without legal risk

USE CASE 3

Discover background textures, vector illustrations, and royalty-free music for a product landing page or demo video

Tech stack

Ruby

Getting it running

Difficulty · easy Time to first run · 5min
License terms for the list itself not specified, the resources it links to carry a range of licenses explained within the list.

In plain English

This repository is a curated list of websites where you can find free stock photography, video footage, illustrations, fonts, icons, and other visual resources for creative projects. It is not a piece of software you install or run. Instead, it is a reference document organized into categories, each linking to external websites where you can download assets for personal or commercial use. The photography section alone covers dozens of sites, grouped by license type: some are fully public domain (CC0), meaning no attribution is needed and you can use the images for anything, others have their own terms that allow free use with restrictions, and a smaller group requires attribution. The list also covers stock video sites, illustration sources, vector graphics collections, background patterns, textures, and color palette tools. Beyond visual media, the list includes curated font directories and icon sets. Icons are split into icon fonts (which let developers embed icons as text characters) and standalone icon packages. There is also a section for HTML page templates, background sounds, and royalty-free music collections for those who need audio. The repository is community-maintained: if a link goes dead or a useful site is missing, anyone can submit a correction via a pull request. The author updates it regularly and relies on the community to flag outdated entries. This kind of list is useful when you are building a website, app, or product and need free assets without legal risk. Instead of searching the web separately for photos, icons, and fonts, you can browse one organized reference. The full README is longer than what was shown.

Copy-paste prompts

Prompt 1
List the best free CC0 stock photography sites from awesome-stock-resources where I can use images commercially without attribution
Prompt 2
Which icon font libraries in awesome-stock-resources can I embed in a commercial web app without paying a license fee
Prompt 3
What free stock video sites does awesome-stock-resources recommend for YouTube or social media content creation
Prompt 4
Find royalty-free background music sources from awesome-stock-resources suitable for a SaaS product demo video
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