2026-04-08

Welcome to imageupload.io

We built imageupload.io because image hosting on the internet has quietly gotten worse. Every upload form is a race to monetize your attention. Every link ships you through three redirects and a cookie wall. Every "free" service eyes your data like a meal.

So we made something small, fast, and honest.

What's in v1

Drag, drop, or paste any PNG, JPEG, WebP, GIF, or AVIF up to 25 MB.
Choose an expiration: 1 day (default), 1 week, 1 month, burn after first view, burn after N views, or - for Pro - forever.
Password-protect any image. The share page and direct link both require the password.
Three share formats: a share page with preview, the direct image URL, and an HTML embed snippet. Copy whichever one fits.
No account required for basic uploads. If you do create one, you get a dashboard with your whole gallery, storage stats, and per-image controls.

What's not in it, on purpose

No third-party analytics. No Google, no Meta, no pixel trackers.
No ads. Not now, not quietly later. If that changes, you'll see it on this blog first.
No EXIF. We strip GPS coordinates, camera serial numbers, and every other metadata field on upload. What you share is just the picture.
No dark patterns in the cookie banner. Two buttons: "Essential" and "Accept all". Both work. Neither is a trap.

For builders

If you work with AI agents, you've probably run into the same problem: the model can generate an image but it can't share it. We fixed that. imageupload.io exposes a Model Context Protocol endpoint so any MCP-compatible client - Claude, Cursor, your own - can upload an image with a single tool call and get back a short URL. There's a separate post on how it works.

Who we are

A small team that wanted a better image host and decided to build one. We fund it with a $10/month Pro tier. That's it.

What's next

More expiration options. Proper folder support. An optional watermark. A real API beyond MCP. And - maybe most importantly - we want to stay boring in all the right ways.

Thanks for being here early.