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Start with a useful default or pick a module, size and visual style.
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Visual placeholders,
Visual placeholders,
ready at the speed of a URL.
Classic blocks, procedural art, curated photos, mock logos and deterministic avatars—one coherent toolkit for developers and designers.
https://placeholder.photo/800x600
Drop it directly into <img src="…">. Hotlinking is supported.
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NO ACCOUNTNO API KEYSELF-HOSTED OUTPUTDETERMINISTIC SEEDSBUILT FOR HOTLINKING
One rendering platform
Pick the kind of placeholder you need.
Every module speaks the same language: dimensions, formats, bounded parameters, stable seeds and immutable derivatives.
Classic
Dimensions, colour, text, transparency and layout controls.
Build classic →
Gradient
Soft linear and radial colour fields, with optional grain.
Build gradient →
Pattern
Dots, lines, grids, waves, geometry and tactile texture.
Build pattern →
Abstract
Original procedural marble, mesh, blobs, aurora, waves and low-poly scenes that stay stable with a seed.
Explore abstract →
Curated photo
Locally stored niche imagery with permanent IDs and useful transforms.
Browse photos →
Logo
Temporary wordmarks, monograms, badges and seeded symbols.
Make a mock logo →
Avatar
Initials, geometric identities and layered illustrations in one API.
Create avatars →URL-first by design
Configure. Copy. Keep building.
Give it an identity
Add a readable seed whenever the exact result should stay consistent.
Use the URL anywhere
Copy the URL or ready-made HTML, CSS, Markdown and JSX snippets.
HTML
<img src="https://placeholder.photo/1200x630" width="1200" height="630" alt="Placeholder" />Reliability is a feature
A placeholder URL may outlive the prototype.
That is why public behaviour is versioned, deterministic requests are cached once, curated masters stay local, and basic historical routes remain supported.
Read the stability contract →- 0
- required accounts
- 1
- URL to integrate
- ∞
- repeatable seeded uses
- Local
- rendering & gallery assets
Start in seconds
Generate a placeholder →Your next placeholder is already a URL.
No signup, billing page or API ceremony. Build it, copy it and move on.