tteg

Unsplash stock photos without registration or API keys.

uv tool install tteg
tteg save "startup office" ./public/hero --orientation landscape
# → saves a real photo to ./public/hero.jpg

No Unsplash app. No API key. No .env files. Just photos.

Why this exists

Unsplash has 4M+ free photos. To use them programmatically you need to register a developer account, create an application, and manage API keys. Their official JavaScript library was archived in 2024.

Meanwhile source.unsplash.com/random — the zero-setup alternative everyone used — was deprecated in mid-2024 and now 503s. An authenticated GitHub code-search returns ~16,500 live file hits across ~885 unique repositories still referencing it; see RESEARCH.md for the full list, including several 1k+ star projects currently shipping broken <img> tags.

tteg handles all of that server-side. You get a CLI, an HTTP API, an MCP server, and an embeddable widget — all with zero setup.

Install

uv tool install tteg
# or: pip install tteg

Use

Search — get image URLs:

tteg "coffee shop" -n 3 --orientation landscape

Save — download one photo into your project:

tteg save "modern office" ./public/hero --orientation landscape

Batch — fill an entire landing page from a JSON manifest:

tteg batch landing-page-images.json

[
  {"query": "startup office", "output": "./public/hero", "orientation": "landscape"},
  {"query": "developer portrait", "output": "./public/founder"},
  {"query": "team meeting", "output": "./public/team", "orientation": "landscape"}
]

HTTP API (no install needed)

curl "https://tteg-api-53227342417.asia-south1.run.app/search?q=coffee+shop&n=3"

No headers. No auth. CORS enabled. Try it live →

Parameters: q (query), n (count, 1-10), orientation (landscape/portrait/square/any), width, height

MCP server

For Claude Code, Cursor, or any MCP host:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tteg": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["tteg-mcp"]
    }
  }
}

Tools: search_images, save_image, search_and_save_image, batch_save_images

Embed widget

Drop into any HTML page:

<div data-tteg="coffee shop" data-count="3"></div>
<script src="https://tteg.kushalsm.com/embed.js"></script>

Options

| Flag | Default | Description | |------|---------|-------------| | -n, --count | 5 | Number of results (1–10) | | --orientation | any | landscape, portrait, square, or any | | --width | — | Max width in pixels | | --height | — | Max height in pixels |

Starter kit

Copy-paste blocks for CLAUDE.md and AGENTS.md: STARTER_KIT.md

Links

• tteg.kushalsm.com — landing page
• Try it live — search from your browser
• PyPI — pip install tteg
• Free tier: 50 queries/day per IP