# Openverse

> Free search engine and API (by the WordPress project) for over 5 million openly licensed sounds and images; the audio API works without an API key.

- **Open:** https://openverse.org
- **Type:** tool · **Category:** [AI audio voice](https://orphic.adarshji.com/explore/category/ai-audio-voice.md)
- **Tags:** sound-effects, free-assets, api, video-editing
- **First found:** 2026-10-30 · **Web page:** https://orphic.adarshji.com/explore/openverse

## Use it to

- find free sound effects for videos
- search openly licensed audio from code
- find cc0 music and sound effects
- let an agent search and download free sound effects
- let claude find and download sound effects for a video edit
- find free openly licensed sound effects
- search creative commons images and audio

## Found in (credit the creator)

- Instagram post by @life.with.akshat_: https://www.instagram.com/reel/De9yxpuIG6X/ (2026-10-30)
- Instagram post by @ultra.skills: https://instagram.com/reel/DfII6u2Nl_p (2026-10-31)
- Instagram post by @nick_saraev: https://instagram.com/reel/De4XVvXPTWY/ (2026-11-01)

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- [VoiceStudio](https://orphic.adarshji.com/explore/voicestudio.md): Open-source, fully local ElevenLabs alternative: voice cloning, voice design, video dubbing, dictation, transcription and audiobooks. · tool · https://voicestudio.sh
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