The origins of
Our Universe

Our mission is to excite, empower, and connect people so that they can make the world more creative and expressive. We bridge the gap between technology and design by building platforms and tools that make designing easy and accessible.

SOCIAL MEDIA

In 2009, IMG.LY was the world’s most popular photo-sharing tool for Twitter. When Twitter launched its own, it rendered our solution obsolete, but our name stayed.

Today, we’re using machine learning and computer vision to bridge design and technology, building the creative engine that powers the next generation of creative tools.

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E-COMMERCE

A few years later, we released PhotoEditor SDK on GitHub, where it caught the eye of a major tech company. With the explosion of the visual web, growth came fast.

Print On Demand

The demand allowed us to ramp up our efforts to expand our SDK to cover more platforms, and in 2019, we launched VideoEditor SDK.

VideoEditor SDK expands the powerful tools and features of PhotoEditor SDK into the realm of mobile video creation, empowering you to integrate a cinematic experience into your mobile applications.

ANNOTATION

With UBQ, we strive to lay the groundwork for modern visual and communication design.
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To us, a good design tool has to be ubiquitous. Let us explain what this means for us.

Stock Photography

In August 2021, we launched our latest product: CreativeEditor SDK. With the power of our UBQ engine, we now make complex design work happen in only one editor. It is a fully customizable design editor, enabling template-based workflows & automation with just a few lines of code.

The origins of
Our Universe

2009
IMG.LY
launched
2014
PE.SDK
2019
VE.SDK
2020
UBQ
2021
CE.SDK

SOCIAL MEDIA

In 2009, IMG.LY was the world’s most popular photo sharing tool for Twitter. When Twitter launched its own photo sharing service, the business model was gone, but the name stayed.

Today, we’re using machine learning and computer vision to bridge design and technology, building the creative engine that will power the next generation of creative tools.

Watch on YouTube

E-COMMERCE

A few years later, we released PhotoEditor SDK on GitHub, where it caught the eye of a major tech company. With the explosion of the visual web, growth came fast.

Print On Demand

The demand allowed us to ramp up our efforts to expand our SDK to cover more platforms, and in 2019, Video Editor SDK was launched.

VideoEditor SDK expands the powerful tools and features of PhotoEditor SDK into the realm of mobile video creation, empowering you to seamlessly integrate a cinematic experience into your mobile applications

ANNOTATION

With UBQ we strive to lay the groundwork for modern visual and communication design.

Believing that these days, a good design tool has to be there for you every step of the way – it has to be ubiquitous. Let us explain what this means for us.

Stock Photography

In august 2021 we launched our latest product the CreativeEditor SDK. With the power of our UBQ engine we are now able to make complex design work happen in only one editor. It is a fully customizable design editor, enabling template-based workflows & automations with just a few lines of code.

our mission

OUR MISSION

Our mission is to excite, empower, and connect people so that they can make the world more creative and expressive. We bridge the gap between technology and design by creating creative platforms and tools that make design easier and more accessible.

Creating beautiful designs is a challenge for many, often consisting of repetitive time-consuming tasks. IMG.LY  removes these barriers, helping developers build applications that bring the world never before seen content.

What drives us

Our mission is to excite, empower, and connect people so that they can make the world more creative and expressive. We bridge the gap between technology and design by building platforms and tools that make designing easy and accessible.

Creating beautiful design is a challenge to many, often consisting of time-consuming tasks. IMG.LY removes these barriers, helping developers build applications that bring the world never before seen content.

OUR VISION

Make beautiful
design easier and
more accessible

Creating appealing designs remains a challenge for most of us, and there are many reasons for that. But tools, such as computers, allow us to finish more tasks in a shorter amount of time and with fewer resources. Even more importantly, said tools also rid us of repetitious work, enabling us to shift our attention to more exciting tasks, paving the way for us to experiment and create rather than repeat.

Proper visual design attracts, engages, and persuades; it helps convey stories and facilitates communication.

Design for everyone

Bridging
technology
and design

We are building the creative engine of the digital world – UBQ, a platform for creative editing. We double down on our core belief that design can benefit from technological advancements.

Since releasing our first PhotoEditor SDK  in 2015, it quickly found its way into the hands of thousands of application developers. The demand allowed us to ramp up our efforts to expand our SDK to cover more platforms, add features and launch VideoEditor SDK.
At the same time, two striking things happened to us. Read more about our UBQ engine.

UBQ Engine

Giving Back

As tech and design enthusiasts, gamers, and creators, we benefit from creations and communities that power our world, so it is time to give back!

DESIGN × TECHNOLOGY (DXT)
In our annual DXT conference, we gather creatives in various fields, from creative coders to branding experts, to discover new trends and open new grounds.

Supporting Open Source
We love connecting with masterminds who contribute to the community and power great ideas. So we are happy to sponsor fantastic Open Source projects.

DXT ONLINE
Where we Work

Work when you
Work BEst

The IMG.LY headquarters are based at the very heart of Bochum in Germany. Our team is spread around the world and chooses the time and place they work best. As a remote bunch of all kinds of people we like to stay in touch with our random remote coffee dates.

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IMG.LY is a remote-first company headquartered in Bochum, Germany.

2015

IMG.LY Launched

40+

Employees

500 M.

Creations Every Month

600+

paying customers