Sites like Creative Commons

01 · Entity

About Creative Commons

Creative Commons creativecommons.org

Building tools for shared knowledge - Creative Commons

Wikidata: family of public copyright licenses for allowing free use of a work

Top 1K · #188 English 8 technologies Crawled Nov 6, 2026

Visit Creative Commons

Summary by Claude

Creative Commons is a nonprofit that publishes free, standardized copyright licenses and public domain tools (such as CC0) that let creators grant the public permission to share and reuse their work, along with licensing guidance and open-knowledge policy advocacy.

Who it’s for

Creators, educators, institutions, open knowledge projects

Business model

Donations and grants

• open content licensing
• CC BY license
• CC0 public domain dedication
• license chooser
• open educational resources
• copyright licensing guidance
• open access advocacy
• CC Signals for AI

02 · Embedding space

Competitor map

Each alternative by how close its vector is to Creative Commons’s (x) and how much traffic it gets, how much of the stack it shares, or where it sits in the embedding space itself (y). Lines split each axis at the median. Hover for the numbers, click to jump to it in the list.

1. 01
   United States Copyright Office copyright.gov Top 10K English

   U.S. Copyright Office | U.S. Copyright Office

   Copyright Office Homepage

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   • Bootstrap

   0 say United States Copyright Office is a good alternative to Creative Commons 0 say United States Copyright Office isn’t a real alternative to Creative Commons

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2. 02
   doxygen.org Top 10K English

   Doxygen homepage

   Source code documentation and analysis tool

   • Cloudflare
   • Cloudflare DNS
   • Bootstrap
   • Cloudflare Web Analytics
   • Google AdSense

   0 say doxygen.org is a good alternative to Creative Commons 0 say doxygen.org isn’t a real alternative to Creative Commons

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3. 03
   Wikimedia movement wikimedia.org Top 1K English

   Wikimedia Error

   global social movement for free educational knowledge

   • Google Workspace
   • Microsoft 365
   • Google Search Console
   • Miro

   0 say Wikimedia movement is a good alternative to Creative Commons 0 say Wikimedia movement isn’t a real alternative to Creative Commons

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4. 04
   Khan Academy khanacademy.org Top 10K English

   Client Challenge

   non-profit educational organization

   • Google Workspace
   • Microsoft 365
   • SendGrid
   • Apple Business
   • Canva
   • GlobalSign

   0 say Khan Academy is a good alternative to Creative Commons 0 say Khan Academy isn’t a real alternative to Creative Commons

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5. 05
   Project Gutenberg gutenberg.org Top 10K English

   Free eBooks | Project Gutenberg

   Project Gutenberg is a library of over 75,000 free eBooks. Choose from ebook formats or read online. No fees, no registration, no ads.

   • Google Workspace
   • Apache HTTP Server
   • Google Search Console

   0 say Project Gutenberg is a good alternative to Creative Commons 0 say Project Gutenberg isn’t a real alternative to Creative Commons

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6. 06
   Our World in Data ourworldindata.org Top 10K English

   Our World in Data

   Research and data to make progress against the world’s largest problems.

   • Cloudflare
   • Cloudflare DNS
   • Google Workspace
   • Cloudflare Web Analytics
   • Google Search Console
   • Google Tag Manager

   0 say Our World in Data is a good alternative to Creative Commons 0 say Our World in Data isn’t a real alternative to Creative Commons

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7. 07
   Envato® envato.com Top 10K English

   Envato® | AI Tools and Unlimited Creative Assets

   Create and customize content with AI tools and unlimited creative assets for professional and commercial use.

   • Cloudflare
   • Cloudflare DNS
   • Google Workspace
   • Apple Business
   • Atlassian
   • Cookiebot

   0 say Envato® is a good alternative to Creative Commons 0 say Envato® isn’t a real alternative to Creative Commons

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8. 08
   OSF osf.io Top 10K English

   OSF

   tools that make open science practice easier

   • Google Cloud DNS
   • Google Search Console
   • Mailchimp
   • Mailgun
   • Mailchimp Transactional

   0 say OSF is a good alternative to Creative Commons 0 say OSF isn’t a real alternative to Creative Commons

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9. 09
   code.org Top 10K English

   Free K–12 Curriculum for Digital Fluency | CodeAI

   Bring computer science and AI education to your classroom with CodeAI’s free K–12 curriculum, hands-on projects, and teacher professional development—no prior experience needed.

   • Google Analytics
   • Google Workspace
   • Microsoft 365
   • Amazon SES
   • Atlassian
   • Amazon CloudFront

   0 say code.org is a good alternative to Creative Commons 0 say code.org isn’t a real alternative to Creative Commons

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10. 10
    Zenodo zenodo.org Top 10K English

    Zenodo

    research data repository

    • Cloudflare DNS
    • Microsoft 365
    • cdnjs
    • Google Search Console
    • Matomo
    • nginx

    0 say Zenodo is a good alternative to Creative Commons 0 say Zenodo isn’t a real alternative to Creative Commons

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11. 11
    DeviantArt deviantart.com Top 1K English

    DeviantArt - The Largest Online Art Gallery and Community

    DeviantArt is where art and community thrive. Explore over 650 million pieces of art while connecting to fellow artists and art enthusiasts.

    • Google Workspace
    • Amazon CloudFront
    • Google Search Console
    • Amazon Route 53

    0 say DeviantArt is a good alternative to Creative Commons 0 say DeviantArt isn’t a real alternative to Creative Commons

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12. 12
    flic.kr Top 10K English

    Flickr | The best place to be a photographer online.

    The nicest place on the internet is here for you: inspiration, community, creativity, art, passion, and a heaping scoop of weirdness await you. Join for free.

    • Google Analytics
    • Amazon CloudFront
    • Google Fonts
    • Google Tag Manager
    • Amazon Route 53
    • TrustArc

    0 say flic.kr is a good alternative to Creative Commons 0 say flic.kr isn’t a real alternative to Creative Commons

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13. 13
    Syncthing syncthing.net Top 10K English

    Syncthing

    open source continuous file synchronization software

    • Microsoft 365
    • Bootstrap
    • cdnjs
    • Fastly
    • Font Awesome
    • GitHub Pages

    0 say Syncthing is a good alternative to Creative Commons 0 say Syncthing isn’t a real alternative to Creative Commons

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14. 14
    Wikibooks wikibooks.org Top 10K English

    Wikibooks

    free multilingual online collection of textbooks

    • Google Search Console

    0 say Wikibooks is a good alternative to Creative Commons 0 say Wikibooks isn’t a real alternative to Creative Commons

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15. 15
    iubenda iubenda.com Top 10K English

    Compliance Solutions for Websites, Apps and Organizations | iubenda

    iubenda is your 360° compliance solution for global data privacy laws. Privacy policy generator, cookie consent management, ROPA, Terms and more.

    • Microsoft 365
    • PHP
    • WordPress
    • Amplitude
    • Apple Business
    • Bootstrap

    0 say iubenda is a good alternative to Creative Commons 0 say iubenda isn’t a real alternative to Creative Commons

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16. 16
    SlideShare slideshare.net Top 1K English

    Client Challenge

    American hosting service, owned by Scribd, for professional content including presentations, infographics, documents, and videos

    • Google Workspace
    • Fastly
    • Google Search Console
    • Amazon Route 53

    0 say SlideShare is a good alternative to Creative Commons 0 say SlideShare isn’t a real alternative to Creative Commons

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17. 17
    Archive of Our Own archiveofourown.org Top 10K English

    Request temporarily denied. | Archive of Our Own

    nonprofit online fanfiction repository operated by the Organization for Transformative Works

    • Cloudflare
    • Cloudflare DNS
    • Google Search Console

    0 say Archive of Our Own is a good alternative to Creative Commons 0 say Archive of Our Own isn’t a real alternative to Creative Commons

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18. 18
    Internet Archive archive.org Top 1K English

    Internet Archive: Digital Library of Free & Borrowable Texts, Movies, Music & Wayback Machine

    U.S. non-profit organization and digital archive

    • Google Workspace
    • Microsoft 365
    • Atlassian
    • Google Search Console
    • nginx
    • Salesforce

    0 say Internet Archive is a good alternative to Creative Commons 0 say Internet Archive isn’t a real alternative to Creative Commons

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19. 19
    Open Source Initiative opensource.org Top 10K English

    Open Source Initiative – The steward of the Open Source Definition, setting the foundation for the Open Source Software ecosystem.

    The steward of the Open Source Definition, setting the foundation for the Open Source Software ecosystem.

    • Cloudflare
    • Cloudflare DNS
    • Google Workspace
    • PHP
    • WordPress
    • Google Search Console

    0 say Open Source Initiative is a good alternative to Creative Commons 0 say Open Source Initiative isn’t a real alternative to Creative Commons

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20. 20
    Open Library openlibrary.org Top 10K English

    Welcome to Open Library | Open Library

    Open Library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published. Read, borrow, and discover more than 3M books for free.

    • Bing Webmaster Tools
    • Google Search Console
    • Matomo
    • nginx

    0 say Open Library is a good alternative to Creative Commons 0 say Open Library isn’t a real alternative to Creative Commons

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Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to creativecommons.org’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones Creative Commons uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.

04 · Fingerprints

Technology

What Creative Commons is built with, and what its closest competitors use, from its homepage’s code and its DNS records.