https://github.com/doanbactam/awesome-builder-programs
A curated list of programs, credits, grants, and perks for students, startups, and open-source builders.
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A curated list of programs, credits, grants, and perks for students, startups, and open-source builders.
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/doanbactam/awesome-builder-programs
- Owner: doanbactam
- Created: 2026-03-12T01:41:02.000Z (3 months ago)
- Default Branch: main
- Last Pushed: 2026-05-22T14:14:59.000Z (12 days ago)
- Last Synced: 2026-05-22T19:44:36.435Z (12 days ago)
- Topics: ambassadors-program, awesome, awesome-list, open-source, programs, startup, students
- Homepage: https://doanbactam.github.io/awesome-builder-programs/
- Size: 60.5 KB
- Stars: 126
- Watchers: 2
- Forks: 11
- Open Issues: 0
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- Contributing: CONTRIBUTING.md
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README
# Awesome Builder Programs
[](https://awesome.re) 
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.
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## Contents
* [Students](#students)
* [Open source](#open-source)
* [Startups](#startups)
* [AI and developer credits](#ai-and-developer-credits)
* [Ambassadors](#ambassadors)
* [Contributing](#contributing)
---
## Students
| Program | Provider | Benefit |
|---|---|---|
| [Cursor for Students](https://cursor.com/students) | Cursor | Cursor Pro free for 1 year (~$240 value) |
| [Codex for Students](https://chatgpt.com/codex/students) | Codex | $100 in credits for use in Codex |
| [DigitalOcean Student Credits](https://www.digitalocean.com/github-students) | DigitalOcean | Cloud credits via GitHub Student Developer Pack |
| [Figma for Education](https://www.figma.com/education/) | Figma | Free design tools for students |
| [GitLab for Education](https://about.gitlab.com/solutions/education/) | GitLab | Free GitLab Ultimate for education |
| [GitHub Student Developer Pack](https://education.github.com/pack) | GitHub | Developer tools bundle (~$10k value) |
| [Kiro for students](https://kiro.dev/students/) | Kiro | 1,000 credits per month free for one year |
| [JetBrains Student Pack](https://www.jetbrains.com/community/education/#students) | JetBrains | Free IDE licenses |
| [Microsoft Azure for Students](https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/free/students/) | Microsoft | Azure credits and dev tools |
| [YC AI Student Starter Pack](https://deals.ycombinator.com/students) | Y Combinator | Credits and tools for students building AI projects (~25K value) |
| [Zed Student Plan](https://zed.dev/education) | Zed | All Zed Pro features for 12 months|
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## Open Source
| Program | Provider | Benefit |
|---|---|---|
| [Claude for Open Source](https://claude.com/contact-sales/claude-for-oss) | Anthropic | Claude Max access 6 month |
| [Capy AI OSS](https://capy.ai/open-source) | Capy AI | All Capy features — parallel agents, multi-model |
| [Microsoft Foss Fund](https://github.com/microsoft/foss-fund) | Microsoft | Receive up to $12,500 USD |
| [OpenAI Codex for Open Source](https://openai.com/form/codex-for-oss) | OpenAI | ChatGPT Pro access 6 month |
| [Upstash for Open Source](https://upstash.com/open-source) | Upstash | $1,000 Monthly credit grant |
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## Startups
| Program | Provider | Benefit |
|---|---|---|
| [AWS Activate](https://aws.amazon.com/startups/credits) | AWS | Cloud credits (up to $100k) |
| [Cloudflare for Startups](https://www.cloudflare.com/forstartups/) | Cloudflare | Get up to $250,000 in Cloudflare credits |
| [Clerk for Startups](https://clerk.com/startups) | Clerk | Authentication infrastructure credits |
| [Daytona](https://www.daytona.io/startups) | Daytona | $50k in Daytona credits |
| [Datadog for Startups](https://www.datadoghq.com/partner/datadog-for-startups/) | Datadog | A year of free Datadog Pro |
| [Google Cloud AI Startup Program](https://cloud.google.com/startup/ai) | Google | AI startup credits (up to $350k) |
| [Google Cloud Startup Program](https://cloud.google.com/startup) | Google | Cloud credits and support |
| [Kiro for startup](https://kiro.dev/blog/bringing-back-startup-credits/) | Kiro | 1,000 credits per month free for one year |
| [Microsoft Founders Hub](https://www.microsoft.com/startups) | Microsoft | Azure credits |
| [Mixpanel](https://mixpanel.com/startups-apply/) | Mixpanel | First year of Mixpanel for free |
| [Micro](https://miro.com/startups/apply/) | Micro | $500 - $1,000 in credits |
| [PlanetScale for Startups](https://planetscale.com/startups) | PlanetScale | Serverless MySQL database credits |
| [PostHog for Startups](https://posthog.com/startups) | Startups | Product analytics credits (up to ~$50k) |
| [Retool for Startups](https://retool.com/startups) | Retool | Free Retool access for early-stage startups (up to ~$60k value) |
| [Sentry for Startups](https://sentry.io/for/startups/) | Sentry | Get up to $5,000 in credits and priority support |
| [Stripe Atlas](https://stripe.com/atlas) | Stripe | Company formation + partner perks |
| [Vercel Startups](https://vercel.com/startups) | Vercel | Hosting credits |
| [Y Combinator](https://www.ycombinator.com) | Y Combinator | Up to $500.000 |
| [ZAI Startups](https://startup.z.ai/) | Z Ai | Free API Credits ZAI model |
| [Render](https://render.com/startups) | Render | $5K in startup credits |
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## AI and Developer Credits
| Program | Provider | Benefit |
|---|---|---|
| [Anthropic Startup Program](https://www.anthropic.com/startups) | Anthropic | Claude API credits |
| [Hugging Face Startups](https://huggingface.co/startups) | Hugging Face | AI infrastructure support |
| [Kiro](https://kiro.dev/startups/) | Kiro | Kiro Pro+ credits at three tiered packages 1 years |
| [OpenAI Startup Program](https://openai.com/startups) | OpenAI | API credits |
| [Together AI Research Credits Program](https://www.together.ai/research-credits-program-request) | Together AI | Research credits for AI projects |
---
## Ambassadors
| Program | Provider | Benefit |
|---|---|---|
| [Claude Code](https://claude.com/community/ambassadors) | Anthropic | API Credits |
| [OpenAI Ambassadors Program](https://developers.openai.com/codex/ambassadors) | OpenAI | API credits |
| [Qwen Ambassadors](https://qwen.ai/ambassador) | Alibaba Qwen | API credits |
---
## Program
| Program | Provider | Benefit |
|---|---|---|
| [Research Residency Program](https://www.perplexity.ai/hub/ai-research-residency) | Perplexity | $220,000 annualized base salary. |
# Contributing
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 for adding a new program:**
```markdown
| [Program Name](https://official-page.com) | Provider | Description of benefits |
|---|---|---|
```
Submit a pull request to add new programs.
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