# jixserver/free-for-dev

A list of SaaS, PaaS and IaaS offerings that have free tiers of interest to devops and infradev

Repository: https://github.com/jixserver/free-for-dev
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/jixserver-free-for-dev
License Family: other
Last push: 2024-08-15T23:40:25+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3619, "days_push": 748, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 5150, forks 667 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:11.265152+00:00)

## What it is
A curated list of SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS offerings that provide free tiers of interest to DevOps and infrastructure developers. It is maintained as a README-based catalog with community contributions via pull requests.

## Use cases
- find free cloud services for developers
- discover free tier SaaS offerings
- compare free hosting and CI/CD options
- look up free DNS and CDN services
- find free monitoring and logging tools
- research free developer resources before choosing a vendor

## When to choose
- you are a DevOps or infrastructure developer hunting for free-tier services
- you want a community-maintained catalog of free as-a-Service offerings
- you need to compare free options across categories like PaaS, DBaaS, and CI/CD

## When to avoid
- you need self-hosted open-source software rather than hosted services
- you need a tool or library rather than a reference list
- you need guaranteed up-to-date pricing since free tiers change frequently

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: active
- function: developer-tools, cloud, documentation
- domain: cloud-computing, developer-tools, awesome-lists
- platform: -
- tags: awesome-list, free-tier, saas, paas, iaas, curated-list, devops, web-server

## Member repositories
- jixserver/free-for-dev (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:11.265152+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T18:01:57.118558+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/jixserver/free-for-dev (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:11.265152+00:00, sha 20a365d0eb4b)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.