# 255kb/stack-on-a-budget

A collection of services with great free tiers for developers on a budget. Sponsored by Mockoon, the best mock API tool. https://mockoon.com

Repository: https://github.com/255kb/stack-on-a-budget
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/stack-on-a-budget
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: saas, free, paas, list
Last push: 2026-08-04T07:18:33+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 75/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 96, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3612, "days_push": 29, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 12425, forks 565 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:52.657684+00:00)

## What it is
A curated list of SaaS and PaaS services offering generous free tiers, organized by category such as app hosting, monitoring, databases, and alerting. It helps developers on a budget find free-tier services suitable for side projects and small production apps.

## Use cases
- find free hosting for a side project
- discover services with free tiers for startups
- compare free tiers of cloud providers
- host a small app without paying monthly fees
- find free monitoring and alerting tools
- build a prototype stack on a zero budget

## When to choose
- you want a curated, categorized reference of free-tier services
- you are a student, hobbyist, or indie developer with no budget
- you need to compare free tier limits across providers

## When to avoid
- you need a software tool or library rather than a list of external services
- you require enterprise-grade guarantees and paid support
- you need up-to-date pricing details verified at decision time

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

## Member repositories
- 255kb/stack-on-a-budget (main) score 75

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:52.657684+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 2026-08-29T17:14:05.027740+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/255kb/stack-on-a-budget (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:52.657684+00:00, sha f0f2a62d0600)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.