Lorem Picsum - random images for your app 😄

TIMAI2 · August 20, 2026, 6:58pm

Very often we need images for our app - for testing, for placeholders, for general use.

Lorem Picsum can provide images of any dimensions for your project, which can be downloaded, or used directly in the image component, canvas or HVArrangements.

The basics

syntax
https://picsum.photos/<height>/<width>

Portrait
https://picsum.photos/600/400

Landscape
https://picsum.photos/400/600

Square
https://picsum.photos/400

Lots of options to play with. It is a handy dandy thing

TIMAI2 · August 31, 2026, 4:24pm

But:

TIMAI2 · September 5, 2026, 12:45pm

It is back up again, but don't know if this might be a recurring issue...

Patryk_F · September 5, 2026, 5:17pm

In my opinion, Picsum uses the free Cloudflare which quickly runs out of limits.

TIMAI2 · September 5, 2026, 5:21pm

Problem is if we, and the rest of the world, start chucking 1000+ recycler lists at it ...

Patryk_F · September 5, 2026, 5:25pm

It's only 200 pictures