A list of programs that provide credits, grants, or tools for people building things.
Includes programs for:
- students
- startups
- open-source maintainers
- independent developers
Only official program pages are listed.
- Students
- Open source
- Startups
- AI and developer credits
- Cloud and infrastructure
- Contributing
- License
| Program | Provider | Benefit |
|---|---|---|
| Autodesk Education Plan | Autodesk | Free access to Autodesk software for students |
| Cursor for Students | Cursor | Students |
| DigitalOcean Student Credits | DigitalOcean | Cloud credits via GitHub Student Developer Pack |
| Figma for Education | Figma | Free design tools for students |
| GitLab for Education | GitLab | Free GitLab Ultimate for education |
| GitHub Student Developer Pack | GitHub | Developer tools bundle (~$10k value) |
| JetBrains Student Pack | JetBrains | Free IDE licenses |
| Microsoft Azure for Students | Microsoft | Azure credits and dev tools |
| YC AI Student Starter Pack | Y Combinator | Credits and tools for students building AI projects (~25K value) |
| Program | Provider | Benefit |
|---|---|---|
| Claude for Open Source | Anthropic | Claude Max access 6 month |
| OpenAI Codex for Open Source | OpenAI | ChatGPT Pro access 6 month |
| OpenAI Codex Open Source Fund | OpenAI | API credits (up to $25k) |
| Upstash for Open Source | Upstash | $1,000 Monthly credit grant |
| Program | Provider | Benefit |
|---|---|---|
| AWS Activate | AWS | Cloud credits (up to $100k) |
| Clerk for Startups | Clerk | Authentication infrastructure credits |
| [Datadog for Startups | (https://www.datadoghq.com/partner/datadog-for-startups/) | Datadog |
| Google Cloud AI Startup Program | AI startup credits (up to $350k) | |
| Google Cloud Startup Program | Cloud credits and support | |
| Microsoft Founders Hub | Microsoft | Azure credits |
| PlanetScale for Startups | PlanetScale | Serverless MySQL database credits |
| PostHog for Startups | PostHog | Startups |
| Retool for Startups | Retool | Startups |
| Sentry for Startups | Sentry | Get up to $5,000 in credits and priority support |
| Stripe Atlas | Stripe | Company formation + partner perks |
| Vercel Startups | Vercel | Hosting credits |
| Program | Provider | Benefit |
|---|---|---|
| Anthropic Startup Program | Anthropic | Claude API credits |
| Hugging Face Startups | Hugging Face | AI infrastructure support |
| Kiro | Kiro | Kiro Pro+ credits at three tiered packages 1 years |
| OpenAI Startup Program | OpenAI | API credits |
| Together AI Research Credits Program | Together AI | Research credits for AI projects |
Contributions are welcome.
Before adding a program:
- link to the official program page
- make sure the program is still active
- avoid affiliate or referral links
Format:
- [Program name](link) — short description.
Submit a pull request to add new programs.