A curated collection of free resources for open source projects and maintainers. This repository is initiated by the Cloud Study Network community and is actively maintained by its members. Our goal is to help open source developers access free software, cloud services, tools, and infrastructure to support their projects.
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- GitHub Sponsors - Financial support for open source maintainers.
- Vercel for OSS - Free hosting and serverless functions for open source projects.
- JetBrains Open Source Support - Free access to JetBrains tools for open source projects.
- GitLab for Open Source - Free GitLab Ultimate features, including 50,000 compute minutes.
- Docker-Sponsored Open Source Program - Free Docker benefits for open source projects, including verified badges, repository logo customization, insights, analytics, and more.
- CodeRabbit for Open Source - Free AI-driven code reviews for public repositories on GitHub and GitLab.
- Sentry for Open Source - Free error tracking and performance monitoring.
- 1Password for Open Source - Free Teams account for secure credential storage.
- SignPath for Open Source Projects - Open source projects can apply for a free code signing certificate through the SignPath Foundation.
- AWS Promotional Credits for Open Source - Free AWS credits for CI/CD, performance testing, and artifact storage.
- Azure Credits for Open Source - Microsoft Azure credits for development, testing, and infrastructure needs.
- Cloudflare Project Alexandria - Free Cloudflare credits and increased resource limits.
- Zulip for Open Source - Free Zulip Cloud Standard hosting for open source projects.
- Atlassian Open Source Cloud - Free access to Atlassian Standard cloud products (Jira, Confluence, Trello, Bitbucket, etc.).
- GitHub Copilot Pro for Open Source Maintainers - Free GitHub Copilot Pro access for maintainers of popular open-source repositories.
- CircleCI for Open Source - Up to 400,000 credits per month for Linux, Arm, and Docker builds; 30,000 credits for Windows, macOS, and private repositories.
- Algolia for Open Source - Free or discounted Algolia plans for qualifying open source projects.
We welcome contributions from the community! You can help by:
- Opening an issue with suggestions for new resources
- Submitting a pull request to add verified free tools
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This project is licensed under the MIT License.