Free Resources for Developers

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🚀 Development Tools & IDEs

Code Editors & IDEs

• Cursor - AI-powered code editor
• Trae - Free, open-source code editor with collaborative features
• Claude - AI-powered coding assistant
• Windsurf - Free, open-source AI code editor
• VS Code - Free, powerful code editor
• DevHub - Feature-rich offline development hub for macOS

VS Code Extensions

• drawio - Diagram creation
• mermaid - Flowchart and diagram support
• plantuml - UML diagram generation
• excalidraw - Hand-drawn style diagrams
• draw2d - 2D drawing library

🎨 Design & UI/UX Resources

Design Inspiration

• Dribbble - Design inspiration and community
• Behance - Creative portfolio showcase
• design-foundations - Website building blocks
• uigarage - UI design inspiration
• collectui.com - 14,000+ UI design examples
• builtatlightspeed.com - Modern stack themes and templates

UI Component Libraries

• Preline UI - 595+ TailwindUI alternatives, completely free
• Tailwind CSS - Utility-first CSS framework
• Picocss - Minimal CSS framework
• Float UI - Similar to TailwindUI with more components
• magicui.design - 20+ animated React components
• Aceternity UI - Modern trending components
• ui.tailus.io - Highly customizable React UI kit
• shadcn/ui - Re-usable components built with Radix UI

HTML Templates

• 1500+ free HTML templates
• Website examples for inspiration
• Portfolio examples

Icons & Visual Assets

• iconify.design - All popular icon sets in one framework
• icones.js.org - Icon search and management
• 4000+ free open source icons - Figma community icons
• emoji.fly.dev - Emoji tools and utilities
• Chinese traditional colors - Chinese traditional colors

Fonts

• free chinese fonts - Open source Chinese fonts
• fontsinuse.com - 27,000+ real-world font usage examples
• fontshare.com - Free English fonts
• Google Fonts - Web fonts library
• Commercial-free Chinese fonts - Commercial-free Chinese fonts

Logo & Branding Tools

• logo.surf - Text-to-logo generator
• Icon Kitchen - Multi-platform logo maker
• Adobe Express - Free text logo maker
• SVG-Logo - SVG logo generator
• Logo Animation - AI-powered logo animation
• Logo System - Largest logo design library

📚 Learning Resources & Courses

Computer Science & Programming

• Computer science self-study guide - Computer science self-study guide
• Developer Roadmaps - Learning paths for developers
• Code.org - Learn computer science
• Math Academy - Mathematics learning platform
• freecodecamp - Free coding bootcamp

University Courses

MIT OpenCourseWare

• MIT OpenCourseWare - Free MIT course materials
• MIT OpenCourseWare YouTube
• Introduction to Computational Thinking
• Introduction to Computer Science with Python
• Machine Learning with Python

Stanford Online

• Computer Science 101
• Machine Learning Specialization
• Foundations of Information Security

AI & Machine Learning

• Google: Introduction to Generative AI
• Google: Introduction to Large Language Models
• Microsoft: AI for Beginners
• Microsoft: Generative AI for Beginners
• LLM101n: Let’s build a Storyteller - by Andrej Karpathy
• elementsofai.com - AI fundamentals course

Programming Languages

• Python - Interactive Python tutorial
• Go - Go programming language tutorial
• JavaScript - Modern JavaScript tutorial
• Vue - Vue.js learning resources
• React - React playground and learning
• NextJS - Next.js tutorial

Cybersecurity

• Cyber Security Specialization
• All-In-One-CyberSecurity-Resources - Comprehensive security resource collection

English Learning for Developers

• A2 English for Developers - Technical English course
• Write & Improve - Cambridge writing practice
• everyone-can-use-english - English learning guide

🛠️ Development Tools & Utilities

Code Quality & Testing

• Grep.app - Search across 500,000+ git repositories
• devv.ai - Next-gen search engine for developers
• Rico’s cheatsheets - Developer quick reference

Diagram & Chart Tools

• Apache Echarts - Data visualization library
• excalidraw.com - Collaborative whiteboard
• Mermaid.js - Diagram generation from text

Code Utilities

• ray.so - Code to image converter
• Can I use - Browser compatibility checker
• CSS Battle - Learn CSS through gaming

Web Development Tools

• frame0 - App idea sketching tool
• v0.dev - Generate UI with shadcn/ui from prompts

☁️ Cloud & Infrastructure

Free Cloud Services

• Oracle Cloud Free Tier - Always free resources
• Cloudflare Workers - 100,000 requests/day free
• IBM LinuxONE - Free IBM cloud access

Object Storage

• AWS S3 Free Tier - 5GB standard storage, free for 12 months
• Backblaze B2 - 10GB free storage per month, 1GB free download
• Wasabi Free Trial - 30-day free trial, no hidden fees
• Cloudflare R2 - 10GB free storage, no egress fees
• Oracle Cloud Object Storage - 10GB always free
• Storj DCS - Decentralized object storage, 150GB free

Database Services

• Supabase - 500MB PostgreSQL database free
• AWS Free Tier - 12 months free database services
• Upstash Redis - Serverless Redis
• MongoDB Atlas - Free MongoDB cluster

Container & Registry

• Docker Hub - Container registry
• Harbor - Open source container registry
• GitHub Packages - Package registry

📊 Analytics & Monitoring

Website Analytics

• umami.is - Open source, privacy-focused analytics
• Microsoft Clarity - Free user behavior analytics
• Google Analytics - Comprehensive web analytics

SEO Tools

• Google SEO Documentation
• SEO Checklist - Comprehensive SEO checklist

Trending & Research

• Trending Keywords - Discover trending keywords
• 1000UserGuide - Find first 1000 users guide

🎵 Media & Content Creation

Audio & Video

• Text to speech - AI text-to-speech
• vidu - Video creation platform

Image & Design

• tinyeraser - Free background removal tool

Music & Audio

• Musicca - Free music theory learning platform

📧 Communication & Collaboration

Email Services

• React Email - React email templates
• Vue Email - Vue email templates
• MJML - Responsive email framework
• Resend - Developer-friendly email API

Meeting & Chat

• Zoom - Video conferencing
• Google Meet - Google’s video meeting solution
• Slack - Team communication
• Microsoft Teams - Business communication

🚀 Startup & Business Tools

Business Resources

• How to Start a Startup - Y Combinator startup course
• 350+ Places to post your startup - Startup promotion guide
• Product Hunt - Product discovery platform

Business Tools

• Dify - AI application development platform
• coolify - Self-hostable Heroku alternative
• Automa - Browser automation tool

🏠 Homelab & Self-Hosting

Infrastructure

• Awesome Homelab - Homelab resource collection
• Curating Top Open Source Apps - Open source homelab apps

Blog & Documentation

• Cloudflare Pages - Free JAMstack/static site hosting with global CDN
• GitHub Pages - Free static site hosting
• GitBook - Documentation platform
• LibreTexts - Open educational resources

AI Self-Hosting

• mi-gpt - Connect Xiaomi speaker to ChatGPT
• TalkWithGemini - Deploy private Gemini app
• LobeChat - Private AI chatbot
• paper2gui - AI tools for everyone

💰 Financial & Investment

Stock Market

• financialdatasets - Stock market API for developers

📚 Books & Documentation

Educational Resources

• 动手学深度学习 - Interactive deep learning textbook
• LibreTexts - Open educational resources

Documentation Tools

• Cornell Lined Graph Paper Generator - PDF paper generator

🔧 Additional Free Developer Resources

Development Environment

• GitHub Copilot for Students - Free for students
• JetBrains IDEs for Students - Free professional IDEs
• AWS Educate - Free AWS credits for students
• Google Cloud Free Tier - $300 free credits
• Azure for Students - Free Azure services

Hosting & Deployment

• Vercel - Free hosting for frontend projects
• Netlify - Free static site hosting
• Railway - Free tier for deployment
• Render - Free static site hosting
• Glitch - Free web app hosting and coding platform
• Replit - Free online IDE and hosting
• CodeSandbox - Free online code editor
• StackBlitz - Free online development environment
• Gitpod - Free cloud development environment
• GitHub Codespaces - Free for public repositories

Development Tools

• Docker Desktop - Free for personal use
• Postman - Free API testing tool
• Insomnia - Free API client

Design & Creative Tools

• Figma - Free design tool
• Canva - Free design platform
• GIMP - Free Photoshop alternative
• Inkscape - Free Illustrator alternative
• Blender - Free 3D modeling software
• Audacity - Free audio editor
• OBS Studio - Free streaming software

Productivity & Organization

• Notion - Free personal workspace
• Obsidian - Free knowledge management
• Logseq - Free knowledge graph
• Joplin - Free note-taking app
• Standard Notes - Free encrypted notes

Security & Privacy

• Bitwarden - Free password manager
• KeePass - Free password manager
• ProtonMail - Free encrypted email
• Tutanota - Free encrypted email
• Signal - Free encrypted messaging

Communication & Collaboration

• Telegram - Free messaging platform
• Discord - Free communication platform
• Trello - Free project management
• Asana - Free project management
• ClickUp - Free project management
• Monday.com - Free project management
• Airtable - Free database platform

Markdown & Documentation

• Typora - Free markdown editor
• Mark Text - Free markdown editor
• Zettlr - Free markdown editor
• HackMD - Free collaborative markdown
• StackEdit - Free online markdown editor
• Dillinger - Free online markdown editor

📝 TODO & Future Additions

• Add more AI development tools
• Include more free hosting services
• Add mobile development resources
• Include game development tools
• Add more cybersecurity resources
• Include blockchain development tools
• Add more language learning resources
• Include productivity tools
• Add more design resources
• Include collaboration tools

This list is continuously updated. If you have suggestions for additional free resources, please contribute!