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

A community-driven curated list of software services (SaaS, PaaS, IaaS, etc.) that offer permanent free tiers for developers, infrastructure practitioners, and DevOps professionals. The list focuses on as-a-service offerings with specific eligibility criteria regarding duration and security, featuring free tiers from providers like Google Cloud Platform, AWS, Microsoft Azure, Oracle Cloud, Cloudflare, and Zoho.

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  1. Overview of free-for.dev

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    free-for.dev is a curated list of software offerings (SaaS, PaaS, IaaS, etc.) that provide free developer tiers. It is designed to help infrastructure developers, System Administrators, and DevOps practitioners find free services to support their projects without immediate cost.

    Eligibility Criteria

    To be included in this list, a service must meet the following requirements:

    • As-a-Service only: The list does not include self-hosted software.
    • Free Tier vs. Free Trial: The service must offer a permanent free tier, not just a limited-time free trial.
    • Duration: If the free tier is time-bucketed, it must be available for at least one year.
    • Security: Services must not restrict TLS to paid-only tiers.

  2. Explore Package Build System free tier tools

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    For developers needing build services for Linux distributions:

    • build.opensuse.org: Package build service for SUSE, EL, Fedora, Debian, etc.
    • copr.fedorainfracloud.org: Mock-based RPM build service for Fedora and EL.
    • help.launchpad.net: Ubuntu and Debian build service.

  3. Find free tools for teams and collaboration

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    The free-for.dev repository maintains a curated list of free software and services for teams and collaborative work. This section includes tools for various categories such as:

    • Communication & Chat: Discord, Element (Matrix), Slack, Telegram, Zulip, and others.
    • Project Management & Kanban: Fizzy, Huly, Notion, Teamhood, and more.
    • Documentation & Knowledge Management: GitBook, HackMD, Nuclino, and Slab.
    • Video Conferencing & Meetings: Calendly, Jitsi, Webex, and Zoom.
    • Developer Tools: DevToolLab, Duckly, Pullflow, and Windmill.
    • File Sharing & Storage: Seafile, Transfernow, and Wormhole.
    • Whiteboarding & Visual Collaboration: Miro, Stickies, and tldraw.

    Each entry typically provides the service name, a link to the tool, and a summary of its free tier limitations (e.g., user limits, storage caps, or feature restrictions).

  4. Free CDN and Protection services

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    A collection of free-tier Content Delivery Networks (CDNs), security, and proxy services:

    Content Delivery Networks (CDNs)

    • CacheFly: Up to 5 TB/month free traffic, 19 Core PoPs, 1 Domain, and Universal SSL.
    • cdnjs.com: Open-source CDN powered by Cloudflare.
    • Gcore: 1 TB and 1 million requests/month free, plus free DNS hosting.
    • jsdelivr.com: Open-source CDN supporting npm, GitHub, WordPress, Deno, etc.
    • Skypack: Native ES Module JavaScript CDN. Free for 1 million requests/domain/month.
    • statically.io: CDN for Git repos (GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket), WordPress assets, and images.
    • UNPKG: CDN for everything on npm.
    • weserv: Image cache and resize service for on-the-fly manipulation.

    Specialized CDNs and Proxies

    • bootstrapcdn.com: CDN for Bootstrap, Bootswatch, and FontAwesome.
    • developers.google.com: Google Hosted Libraries for popular Open Source JS libraries.
    • Microsoft Ajax: Hosts popular third-party JS libraries like jQuery.
    • raw.githack.com: Hosts files using Cloudflare (replacement for rawgit.com).
    • Stellate: GraphQL API CDN (free for two services).
    • toranproxy.com: Proxy for Packagist and GitHub (free for personal use).

    Security and Web Gateways

    • Namecheap Supersonic: Free DDoS protection.
    • ovh.ie: Free DDoS protection and SSL certificates.
    • PromoProxy: Free cloud Secure Web Gateway. Free tier: up to 5 users and 1 GB/day.

  6. Free Generative AI services and platforms

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    A collection of free-tier services for Generative AI development, including LLM observability, model hosting, and media generation:

    LLM Observability, Evaluation, and Engineering

    • Arize AX: AI engineering platform for evaluation and observation. Free tier: 25k spans and 1GB ingestion/month.
    • Braintrust: Evals, prompt playground, and data management. Free tier: up to 1,000 private eval rows/week.
    • Comet Opik: Open-source platform to evaluate and test LLM applications.
    • Future AGI: Open-source platform for tracing, evals, and simulations. Free tier: 50GB storage, 2K eval credits, 100K AI-gateway requests/month, 1M tokens of text agent simulation, and 60 min of voice simulation.
    • Langfuse: Open-source LLM engineering platform. Free tier: 50k observations/month and all platform features.
    • LangWatch: LLMOps platform for monitoring and optimization. Free tier: 1k traces/month and 1 workflow DSPy optimizer.
    • Latitude: Open-source LLM observability. Free Starter plan: 20K credits/month, 30-day data retention, and unlimited seats.
    • Maxim: LLM evaluation and observability. Free tier: 10k monthly logs and access to prompt playground/simulations via BYOK.
    • Portkey: AI gateway and observability suite. Free tier: up to 10,000 requests/month.
    • telemetry.dev: OpenTelemetry-based observability. Free tier: 10,000 spans/month and 7-day retention.

    Model Access and APIs

    • Gonka Broker: OpenAI-compatible API for open-source models via decentralized GPU network. Free tier: 1M+ tokens monthly.
    • Keywords AI: LLM monitoring and unified API for 200+ LLMs. Free tier: 10,000 requests/month.
    • Lumenfall.ai: AI media gateway with OpenAI-compatible API. FLUX.1 [schnell] FP8 is free forever with unlimited usage for registered users.
    • Mediaworkbench.ai: Provides 100,000 free words for Azure OpenAI, DeepSeek, and Google Gemini models.
    • OpenRouter: Access various free AI models (e.g., DeepSeek R1, V3, Llama, Moonshot AI) subject to rate limits.

    Specialized AI Tools

    • Audio Enhancer: Free AI-powered audio noise and echo removal (MP3/WAV/FLAC).
    • Clair: Clinical AI Reference for students (Open Search, Clinical Summary, etc.).
    • Pollinations.AI: Free image generation with a free API (no signup/API key required).
    • ReportGPT: AI writing assistant (free if you bring your own API key).
    • Transcript LOL: Audio/video to text transcription. Free tier: 2 transcriptions per day.
    • Zenable: Auto-fix AI outputs using Policy as Code. Free tier: 100 tool calls/day to MCP server and 25 automated PR reviews/day via GitHub App.

  7. Free artifact repositories for public projects

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    The following services provide free tiers for hosting artifact repositories, specifically for public or open-source projects:

    • Gemfury: Supports Maven, PyPi, NPM, Go Module, Nuget, APT, and RPM. Free for public projects.
    • jitpack.io: Maven repository for JVM and Android projects hosted on GitHub. Free for public projects.
    • RepoFlow: Supports npm, PyPI, Docker, Go, Helm, and more. Free tier includes 10GB storage, 10GB bandwidth, 100 packages, and unlimited users in the cloud. Also available self-hosted for personal use.
    • RepoForge: Private cloud-hosted repository for Python, Debian, NPM packages, and Docker registries. Free plan available for open source/public projects.
    • repsy.io: Provides a 1 GB free private/public Maven Repository.

  8. Free source code repositories and hosting

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    The following services provide Git hosting, CI/CD, or version control for free:

    • Bitbucket: Unlimited public and private repos for up to 5 users; includes Pipelines for CI/CD.
    • Codeberg: Unlimited public/private repos for open-source projects. Includes Codeberg Pages (static hosting), Codeberg CI, Codeberg Translate, and Package/Container hosting.
    • framagit.org: GitLab-based software forge including CI, Static Pages, Project pages, and Issue tracking.
    • GitGud: Unlimited private and public repositories. Includes CI/CD, Static Hosting, Container Registry, Project Management, and Issue Tracking.
    • GitHub: Unlimited public repositories and unlimited private repositories (with unlimited collaborators). Includes CI/CD, Development Environments, Static Hosting, Package/Container hosting, Project management, and AI Copilot.
    • gitlab.com: Unlimited public and private repos with up to 5 collaborators. Includes CI/CD, Static Hosting, Container Registry, Project Management, and Issue Tracking.
    • heptapod.net: A fork of GitLab Community Edition that supports Mercurial.
    • pijul.com: Distributed version control system based on a theory of patches.
    • projectlocker.com: One free private project (Git and Subversion) with 50 MB of space.
    • RocketGit: Git-based repository hosting with unlimited public and private repositories.
    • savannah.gnu.org: Collaborative management system for GNU software projects.
    • savannah.nongnu.org: Collaborative management system for non-GNU software projects.

  9. Explore Data Visualization on Maps free tier tools

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    The repository lists several APIs and services for geospatial data, geocoding, and map tiles with free usage limits:

    • Geocoding APIs:
      • geocod.io: 2,500 free queries/day.
      • geocodify.com: 10k free queries/month.
      • Geokeo api: 2,500 free daily queries.
      • LatLng: 3,000 geocoding/day, 300 reverse geocoding/day, 100 static maps/day.
      • locationiq.com: 5,000 requests/day.
      • opencagedata.com: 2,500 free queries/day.
      • positionstack.com: 25,000 requests/month for personal use.
      • nominatim.org: OpenStreetMap's free geocoding service.
    • Map Tiles & Visualization:
      • Clockwork Micro: 50,000 free monthly queries.
      • geoapify.com: 3,000 free requests/day.
      • here: 250k transactions/month.
      • mapbox.com: Geospatial services and SDKs.
      • maptiler.com: Free vector tiles with weekly updates.
      • stadiamaps.com: 2,500 free map views/requests/day (non-commercial).
    • IP Geolocation:
      • geojs.io: REST/JSON/JSONP lookup.
      • IP Geolocation: 30k requests/month.
    • Routing & Navigation: graphhopper.com (free developer package) and locationiq.com.

  10. Free cloud management solutions

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    The following cloud management and infrastructure tools offer free tiers for developers:

    • Brainboard: Collaborative visual tool for building and managing end-to-end cloud infrastructures.
    • Cloud 66: Free for personal projects. Includes one deployment server and one static site. Helps build, deploy, and grow applications on any cloud.
    • deployment.io: Automates deployments on AWS. The free tier allows a single user to deploy unlimited static sites, web services, and environments, with 10 job executions per month (including previews and auto-deploys).
    • Pulumi: Infrastructure as Code (IaC) platform using standard programming languages to manage cloud infrastructure.
    • scalr.com: Terraform Automation and Collaboration (TACO) product. Supports full Terraform CLI, OPA integration, and hierarchical configuration. Free tier includes up to 50 runs per month.

  11. Explore free IDEs and Code Editing tools

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    The free-for.dev repository maintains a curated list of free Integrated Development Environments (IDEs), text editors, and online coding playgrounds. These tools range from local desktop applications (like VS Code and Android Studio) to cloud-based environments (like Replit and StackBlitz) and specialized online compilers (like OneCompiler and JDoodle).

  12. Explore Design and UI free tier tools

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    The free-for.dev repository provides a curated list of design and UI tools with free tiers. This includes:

    • Website Builders & Landing Pages: Beste (custom domains/unlimited pages), Landen (one website), Unicorn Platform (one website), Webflow (two projects), Webstudio (unlimited websites on their domain, 5 websites with custom domains), and Updrafts.app (TailwindCSS-based).
    • Design & Prototyping: Figma (2 editors, 3 projects), Canva, MarvelApp (1 user/project), Proto.io (1 user, 1 project, 5 prototypes), and Quant Ux (open source).
    • UI Kits & Admin Dashboards: CodedThemes, WrapPixel, Themeselection, and AdminMart.
    • Graphics & Icons: BoxySVG, Excalidraw, Photopea (Photoshop-like), SVGicons.com, and BrandIcons (Favicon API with 500k requests/month).
    • Collaboration & Handoff: Zeplin (1 project), Mockplus iDoc (3 users, 5 projects), and Whimsical (4 free boards).
    • Component Builders: Plasmic (integrates into codebase) and Shadcn Studio (theme editor).