ripienaar/free-for-dev

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The most popular developer resource index, free-for-dev, lists active SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS platforms that offer free tiers for developers and open-source authors. Tailored specifically for infrastructure developers, system administrators, and DevOps practitioners, this project helps developers navigate the vast landscape of free cloud services, helping them make informed decisions while reducing project cold-start and infrastructure hosting costs.

🔹 **Strict Selection Criteria**: Accepts only as-a-Service (aaS) offerings with genuine free tiers lasting at least one full year rather than short-term trials. Eligible services must also meet security standards, such as not restricting TLS features or basic SSL certificates to paid plans.

🔹 **Broad Industry Coverage**: Spans dozens of critical categories including major cloud providers, data analytics, managed database services, CI/CD pipelines, generative AI models, DNS, logging, and monitoring solutions.

🔹 **Community-Driven Updates**: Continuously maintained, updated, and verified by over 1,600 community contributors who actively submit pull requests to add new platforms or remove services that have retired their free tiers.

This repository serves as a definitive, highly curated guide for software developers looking to build, deploy, and host their applications cost-effectively without any upfront subscription overhead.

https://github.com/ripienaar/free-for-dev