Free Resources for Maintainers

A collaborative list of resources which can be obtained for free for maintainrs of open source software projects.

Code Repositories

• https://about.gitlab.com/solutions/open-source/
• https://github.com/open-source
  • “Verified teachers, and maintainers of popular open source projects may be eligible for free access.” https://docs.github.com/en/copilot/get-started/plans
  • Actions & CI/CD: Public repositories receive unlimited GitHub Actions minutes and storage on GitHub-hosted runners.
  • Security Tools: Free access to GitHub Security Lab resources, including CodeQL for code analysis, Dependabot for dependency updates, and secret scanning.
  • Codespaces: Public projects can utilize free monthly allowances (typically 120 core hours) for GitHub Codespaces.
  • https://maintainermonth.github.com/partner-pack

Package Repositories

• https://www.anaconda.com/legal/terms/non-profit-research
• https://www.anaconda.com/legal/terms/academic
• https://www.activestate.com/supporting-open-source-developers/

Agentic Companies

• https://claude.com/contact-sales/claude-for-oss
• https://developers.openai.com/community/codex-for-oss

Security Companies

• https://jfrog.com/community/open-source/
• https://snyk.io/open-source/

Other Lists

• https://github.com/cornelius/awesome-open-source
• https://web.archive.org/web/20260305185332/https://github.com/cloudcommunity/Free-for-Open-Source