Every Free Resource
College Builders Need
Cloud credits, dev tools, AI APIs, startup funding, deals, and domains — worth $2M+ in total value. Stop paying, start building.
GitHub Student Developer Pack
100+ free tools & services — Copilot, domains, cloud credits, CI/CD, and more. The single best student perk.
Google Cloud for Students
$300 in GCP credits for new accounts + always-free tier with Compute Engine, Cloud Functions, BigQuery, and more.
Azure for Students
$100 Azure credit, 25+ free services, no credit card required. Renews every year while you're a student.
AWS Educate
Free access to AWS services, hands-on labs, learning content, and cloud career pathways for students.
Vercel (Hobby Plan)
Deploy unlimited frontend projects for free. Instant global edge deploys, serverless functions, and analytics.
Netlify (Free Tier)
300 build minutes/month, 100GB bandwidth, serverless functions, and continuous deployment from Git.
Railway ($5/month credit)
Free $5/month credit for deploying databases, backends, and services. PostgreSQL, Redis, and more in one click.
Supabase (Free Tier)
Postgres database, auth, storage, realtime, and edge functions. 500MB database, 1GB file storage free.
PlanetScale (Free Tier)
Serverless MySQL with branching. 5GB storage, 1 billion row reads/month free. Great for side projects.
Cloudflare (Free Plan)
CDN, DDoS protection, Workers (100k requests/day), R2 storage (10GB), Pages, and DNS — all free.
GitHub Copilot (Free for Students)
AI pair programmer that suggests code in real-time. Free with the GitHub Student Developer Pack.
JetBrains (Free for Students)
All JetBrains IDEs free — IntelliJ, PyCharm, WebStorm, CLion, and more. Renew annually while a student.
Notion (Free for Students)
Free Personal Pro plan with unlimited file uploads, blocks, and guests. Ultimate workspace for notes and projects.
Linear (Free for Small Teams)
Modern project management tool. Free for up to 250 issues. Clean, fast, and built for engineering teams.
GitKraken (Free for Students)
Git GUI client, Glo boards, and Timelines — all free via the GitHub Student Pack. Visualize your repos.
OpenAI API (Free Credits)
$5 free credits for new accounts to experiment with GPT-4, DALL·E, Whisper, and other models via the API.
Google Colab (Free GPU)
Free Jupyter notebooks with T4 GPU access. Perfect for ML experiments, model training, and data science.
Hugging Face (Free Inference API)
Access thousands of open-source models for free. Inference API, Spaces hosting, and datasets at zero cost.
Kaggle (Free GPUs & Datasets)
30 hours/week of free GPU (P100), 20 hrs/week of TPU, plus thousands of datasets and competitions.
Figma (Free for Students)
Free Education plan with unlimited files, projects, and team libraries. The industry standard for design.
Canva Pro (Free for Students)
Full Pro access with premium templates, brand kits, background remover, and 100GB storage. Free for .edu emails.
Y Combinator
$500K standard deal for startups. 3-month program in SF. Many founders are college students / recent grads.
Z Fellows
$10K grant + mentorship from top founders. No equity taken. For ambitious builders under 23. Rolling applications.
EWOR
European fellowship for exceptional founders. Up to €150K investment, world-class mentors, and a global network. No tuition.
Da Vinci Labs
Venture studio backing student & young founders. Pre-seed funding, co-building support, and operational help to ship fast.
Thiel Fellowship
$100K over 2 years to skip/drop out of college and build something. For entrepreneurs under 23.
Microsoft for Startups
Up to $150K in Azure credits, free GitHub Enterprise, LinkedIn tools, and OpenAI credits for startups.
Google for Startups Cloud Program
Up to $200K in GCP credits over 2 years, plus mentorship, training, and technical support for startups.
AWS Activate
Up to $100K in AWS credits for startups, plus technical support, training, and architecture guidance.
Buildspace (Nights & Weekends)
6-week program to ship your project. Community of builders, weekly demos, and IRL demo day. Free to join.
F6S Deals & Grants
$1M+ in free deals from 1000+ partners — AWS, Google Cloud, Stripe, Notion, HubSpot and more. The largest startup deals platform.
Secret (Startup Deals)
Curated deals on 400+ SaaS tools — up to $1M+ in combined savings. Stripe, Notion, AWS, Zendesk, and more.
Brex for Startups
Corporate card with no personal guarantee plus $150K+ in partner credits (AWS, Google, etc.) for startups.
Namecheap (.me domain free)
Free .me domain for 1 year via the GitHub Student Pack. Perfect for your portfolio site.
Name.com (.tech domain free)
Free .tech domain for 1 year via the GitHub Student Pack. A great TLD for showing off your builds.
freeCodeCamp
10,000+ hours of free coding curriculum. Web dev, Python, data science, ML and more. Full certifications.
CS50 by Harvard
Harvard's legendary intro to CS — free on edX. The best CS course for beginners, period.
The Odin Project
Full-stack web dev curriculum — HTML, CSS, JavaScript, React, Node.js, Ruby on Rails. 100% free & open source.
MIT OpenCourseWare
Free course materials from virtually every MIT course. CS, math, physics, engineering — all open access.
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