Openverse

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Openverse
Openverse logo.svg
Openverse screenshot 2024-08-08.png
Type of site
 Search engine
Available inMultilingual
Owner WordPress Foundation [1]
URL openverse.org OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Current statusActive
Written in JavaScript, Python

Openverse is an open-source search engine for open content developed as part of the WordPress project. [2] [3] [4] It searches Creative Commons licensed and public domain content from dozens of different sources. [5] The software is licensed under the MIT License. [6]

Contents

Openverse indexes over 700 million items. [7]

History

In February 2017 Creative Commons announced CC Search, an open source search engine for open content, and released a beta version. [8] [9] A stable version of CC Search appeared in April 2019. [10] [9]

In December 2020, after Creative Commons staff changes, CC Search and a few other projects no longer had the necessary staff capacity. Those services went into maintenance mode, with the services remaining available while development was suspended. [11] [9]

In April–May 2021, Catherine Stihler (Creative Commons) and Matt Mullenweg (WordPress Foundation, Automattic Inc.) announced that CC Search joined the WordPress project. [12] [13] [14] Automattic hired key members of the CC Search team and sponsors their contributions to the project as part of the Five for the Future initiative. [13] A new name was also introduced, Openverse. [15] Openverse is the successor to CC Search, and is developed from the same code base of CC Search. It aims to be a broader open content search engine, continue development work and expand features. [15] The WordPress Foundation owns the Openverse trademark and its other intellectual property rights. [16] In December 2020, the CC Search domain name was redirected to Openverse. [17]

In January 2022, Openverse launched a redesigned user interface and support for searching audio files. [18]

In February 2023, Openverse moved to the domain https://openverse.org and refreshed the user interface: adding a search history for recent searches. [19] In September 2023, Openverse won the OE Awards for Excellence in Open Infrastructure. [20]

Search engine sources

Openverse searches content from over 45 different media sources, including Wikimedia Commons, Europeana, and Flickr. [21] [5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Trademark Policy". WordPress Foundation. 2010-09-09. Retrieved 2022-03-28.
  2. ↑ "About | Openverse" . Retrieved 2023-09-16.
  3. ↑ "Make Openverse – Openverse is a search tool for CC-licensed and public domain content across the internet. – WordPress.org" . Retrieved 2022-03-28.
  4. ↑ "Handbook – Make Openverse – WordPress.org". 11 May 2021. Retrieved 2022-03-28.
  5. 1 2 "Sources | Openverse" . Retrieved 2023-09-16.
  6. ↑ "Openverse, WordPress Git repository". GitHub. Retrieved 2022-03-28.
  7. ↑ "Post-iNaturalist Data Refresh Status – Make Openverse – WordPress.org". 21 February 2023. Retrieved 2023-09-15.
  8. ↑ "Announcing the new CC Search, now in Beta". Creative Commons. 2017-02-07. Retrieved 2022-03-28.
  9. 1 2 3 "History of Openverse – Make Openverse – WordPress.org". 11 May 2021. Retrieved 2022-03-28.
  10. ↑ "CC Search is out of beta with 300M images and easier attribution". Creative Commons. 2019-04-30. Retrieved 2022-03-28.
  11. ↑ "Upcoming Changes to the CC Open Source Community". Creative Commons. Retrieved 2022-03-28.
  12. ↑ "CC Search to Join WordPress". Creative Commons. 2021-05-03. Retrieved 2022-03-28.
  13. 1 2 "CC Search to join WordPress.org". Matt Mullenweg. 2021-04-27. Retrieved 2022-03-28.
  14. ↑ "Creative Commons Search to Relaunch on WordPress.org". WP Tavern. 2021-04-28. Retrieved 2022-03-28.
  15. 1 2 "Welcome to Openverse". WordPress News. 2021-05-11. Retrieved 2022-03-28.
  16. ↑ "Trademark Policy". WordPress Foundation. 2010-09-09. Retrieved 2022-03-28.
  17. ↑ "Dear Users of CC Search, Welcome to Openverse". Creative Commons. 2021-12-13. Retrieved 2022-03-28.
  18. ↑ "Everything You Need to Know About Openverse and the WordPress Photo Directory – Make Openverse". 25 January 2022. Retrieved 2022-05-27.
  19. ↑ "Openverse.org is live – Make Openverse – WordPress.org" . Retrieved 2023-02-08.
  20. ↑ "Openverse". OE Awards for Excellence. Retrieved 2023-09-15.
  21. ↑ "openverse/catalog/dags/providers/provider_api_scripts at main · WordPress/openverse". GitHub. Retrieved 2023-09-16.
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