Openverse
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] Openverse indexes over 700 million items.[7] HistoryIn 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 sourcesOpenverse searches content from over 45 different media sources, including Wikimedia Commons, Europeana, and Flickr.[21][5] See also
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