Free APIProductivityNo keyOfficial
ZenQuotes
Inspirational quotes API that is actually still up in 2026
ZenQuotes serves random and curated inspirational quotes as JSON, including a once-per-day 'quote of the day' endpoint. It is free and keyless for basic use, making it a reliable replacement for the frequently-down Quotable API. Attribution back to zenquotes.io is required on the free tier.
Free tier
Free keyless tier (attribution required); paid keys lift limitsRate limits
5 requests per 30 seconds per IP on the keyless tierAuth
No keyBase URL
https://zenquotes.io/apiWhat you'd build with it
- Daily-quote bot or email digest from a Claude automation
- Inspirational microcopy on a dashboard empty state
- Replace the unreliable Quotable.io endpoint in existing demos
Key endpoints
- GET
/randomReturn a single random quote - GET
/todayQuote of the day (changes once per day) - GET
/quotesReturn a batch of ~50 quotes
Members
Members get the runnable recipe
Sign in free to copy the example request, see a sample response, and read the gotchas.
Tags
quotestextcontentfun