What can I use free-for-dev for?

Check the Major Cloud Providers section for somewhere to run small functions, and you see limits such as 2 million Cloud Functions invocations per month. Read the Kaggle entry when you need a notebook with a graphics chip, and you see a limit of 30 GPU hours per week. Read the Google AI Studio entry before trying Gemini models, and you see limits such as 20 requests per day on Flash.

Can I run free-for-dev on my computer?

There's nothing to install: it's a list you read in your browser.

What do I need to use free-for-dev?

Just a web browser to read it. Individual services can ask for more, such as a Google account for Google's remote desktop app.

What license does free-for-dev use?

The repository lists no license; it's a reading list, so you only read it.

free-for-dev: Find hosted services with free developer tiers

What it does

free-for-dev is a community-built list of software services with free developer tiers, aimed at infrastructure developers such as system administrators and DevOps practitioners. Categories include major cloud providers, DNS, email, monitoring and web hosting. Its cloud section spells out each free allowance, such as 5GB for Google's Cloud Storage. Work from 1600+ people shaped it, and anyone can propose adding or removing services.

How to use it

Open the list on GitHub in your browser and use the table of contents to jump to a category. Read the free allowance beside each service, then follow its link to that provider's own site.

Common use cases

Check the Major Cloud Providers section for somewhere to run small functions, and you see limits such as 2 million Cloud Functions invocations per month.
Read the Kaggle entry when you need a notebook with a graphics chip, and you see a limit of 30 GPU hours per week.
Read the Google AI Studio entry before trying Gemini models, and you see limits such as 20 requests per day on Flash.

Can I use this?

Read it in your browser

Requirements There's nothing to install: free-for-dev is a list you read in your browser.

Caveat Offers can change or be retired, and the list relies on contributors to update them, so confirm a limit on the provider's own site before relying on it.

Worth knowing Only as-a-Service offerings with a real free tier, not free trials or self-hosted software. The maintainer says the selection is opinionated.

Why it's here

1,368 people starred it on GitHub this week — 142,241 in total.

Numbers as of 8 November 2026, from BuildTube’s latest daily refresh.

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What is free-for-dev?: free-for-dev is a community-built list of software services with free developer tiers, aimed at infrastructure developers such as system administrators and DevOps practitioners.
What can I use free-for-dev for?: Check the Major Cloud Providers section for somewhere to run small functions, and you see limits such as 2 million Cloud Functions invocations per month. Read the Kaggle entry when you need a notebook with a graphics chip, and you see a limit of 30 GPU hours per week. Read the Google AI Studio entry before trying Gemini models, and you see limits such as 20 requests per day on Flash.
Can I run free-for-dev on my computer?: There's nothing to install: it's a list you read in your browser.
What do I need to use free-for-dev?: Just a web browser to read it. Individual services can ask for more, such as a Google account for Google's remote desktop app.
What license does free-for-dev use?: The repository lists no license; it's a reading list, so you only read it.

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