ripienaar/free-for-dev
A list of SaaS, PaaS and IaaS offerings that have free tiers of interest to devops and infradev
139.5k stars · 14.8k forks · HTML
This repo isn't software code, so code checks are limited.
Caution
Caution: no license file.
Why
- GitHub found no license file, so the content is not clearly licensed for reuse. (source 1)
What would change this
- A license file is added.
- Partly checked: maintenance (Commit counts are estimated: the commit sample stops before the window start, so GitHub's totals were scaled by the sampled bot share.; Issues are disabled, so response time is not measured.)
Maintenance
PartialActive
- Human commits, 30 days
- 142
- Human commits, 90 days
- 345
- Human commits, 365 days
- 886
- Bot share of commits, 365 days
- 0%
- Last commit
- Oct 14, 2026 (1 day ago)
- Last human commit
- Oct 14, 2026 (1 day ago)
- Authors, 90 days
- 135
- Last release
- none found
- Median PR merge time
- 2 hours
Too few recent issues to measure responsiveness.
- Commit counts are estimated: the commit sample stops before the window start, so GitHub's totals were scaled by the sampled bot share.
- Issues are disabled, so response time is not measured.
Sources: Commits, Releases, Merged pull requests, Issues
People
Complete- Owner
- Personal account
- Commits sampled
- 500 since Oct 14, 2025
- Authors for half of commits
- 4
- Authors for 80% of commits
- 97
- Contributors
- 440
Top committers
- ripienaar: 46% of commits
- BunnyNabbit: 2% of commits
- radnams: 1% of commits
- juandbc: 1% of commits
- a12dongithub: 1% of commits
- Shares come from the newest sampled commits, since the commit sample is capped.
Sources: Commits, Contributors
Stars
CompleteMostly organic, confidence high
Bursts
- Jul 6, 2015 to Jul 7, 2015: about 57 more stars than usual, peak 52 in one day, a spike that tapers off. Outside explanation: a jump in forks.
- Nov 10, 2015 to Nov 12, 2015: about 157 more stars than usual, peak 97 in one day, a spike that tapers off. Outside explanation: a jump in forks.
- Nov 1, 2016 to Nov 4, 2016: about 105 more stars than usual, peak 67 in one day, a shape we can't classify. Outside explanation: a jump in forks, a jump in issues and pull requests.
- Apr 11, 2017 to Apr 12, 2017: about 86 more stars than usual, peak 75 in one day, a spike that tapers off. Outside explanation: a jump in forks.
- Sep 5, 2017 to Sep 9, 2017: about 228 more stars than usual, peak 101 in one day, a spike that tapers off. Outside explanation: a jump in forks, a jump in issues and pull requests.
- Nov 19, 2017 to Nov 22, 2017: about 94 more stars than usual, peak 55 in one day, a spike that tapers off. Outside explanation: a jump in forks.
- Sep 11, 2018 to Sep 25, 2018: about 2k more stars than usual, peak 426 in one day, a spike that tapers off. Outside explanation: a jump in forks.
- Jun 19, 2019 to Jun 23, 2019: about 103 more stars than usual, peak 45 in one day, a spike that tapers off. Outside explanation: a jump in forks, a jump in issues and pull requests.
- Aug 28, 2019 to Sep 4, 2019: about 366 more stars than usual, peak 101 in one day, a spike that tapers off. Outside explanation: a jump in forks, a jump in issues and pull requests.
- Oct 9, 2019 to Oct 10, 2019: about 119 more stars than usual, peak 111 in one day, a spike that tapers off. Outside explanation: a jump in forks, a jump in issues and pull requests.
- Oct 18, 2019 to Oct 30, 2019: about 2.1k more stars than usual, peak 464 in one day, a spike that tapers off. Outside explanation: a Hacker News post, a jump in forks, a jump in issues and pull requests.
- Nov 26, 2019 to Dec 3, 2019: about 624 more stars than usual, peak 273 in one day, a spike that tapers off. Outside explanation: a jump in issues and pull requests.
- Jan 8, 2020 to Jan 11, 2020: about 378 more stars than usual, peak 181 in one day, a spike that tapers off. Outside explanation: a jump in issues and pull requests.
- Feb 11, 2020 to Feb 12, 2020: about 136 more stars than usual, peak 106 in one day, a spike that tapers off. Outside explanation: a jump in issues and pull requests.
- Feb 24, 2020 to Feb 28, 2020: about 546 more stars than usual, peak 188 in one day, a shape we can't classify. Outside explanation: a jump in issues and pull requests.
- Jul 9, 2020 to Jul 12, 2020: about 256 more stars than usual, peak 123 in one day, a spike that tapers off. Outside explanation: a jump in issues and pull requests.
- Aug 9, 2020 to Aug 11, 2020: about 160 more stars than usual, peak 120 in one day, a spike that tapers off. Outside explanation: a jump in issues and pull requests.
- Aug 27, 2020 to Aug 31, 2020: about 471 more stars than usual, peak 144 in one day, a shape we can't classify. Outside explanation: a jump in issues and pull requests.
- Nov 13, 2020 to Nov 19, 2020: about 1.1k more stars than usual, peak 360 in one day, a spike that tapers off. No outside explanation found, so this burst is unexplained.
- Nov 23, 2020 to Dec 4, 2020: about 716 more stars than usual, peak 166 in one day, a spike that tapers off. Outside explanation: a jump in issues and pull requests.
- Dec 7, 2020 to Dec 8, 2020: about 137 more stars than usual, peak 139 in one day, a spike that tapers off. Outside explanation: a jump in issues and pull requests.
- Feb 23, 2021 to Mar 3, 2021: about 1.4k more stars than usual, peak 473 in one day, a spike that tapers off. Outside explanation: a Hacker News post, a jump in issues and pull requests.
- Apr 6, 2021 to Apr 10, 2021: about 668 more stars than usual, peak 220 in one day, a spike that tapers off. Outside explanation: a jump in issues and pull requests.
- May 13, 2021 to May 18, 2021: about 178 more stars than usual, peak 63 in one day, a spike that tapers off. Outside explanation: a jump in issues and pull requests.
- Jul 9, 2021 to Jul 11, 2021: about 161 more stars than usual, peak 135 in one day, a spike that tapers off. Outside explanation: a jump in issues and pull requests.
- Sep 30, 2021 to Oct 6, 2021: about 607 more stars than usual, peak 166 in one day, a shape we can't classify. Outside explanation: a jump in issues and pull requests.
- Nov 2, 2021 to Nov 2, 2021: about 51 more stars than usual, peak 69 in one day, a spike that tapers off. Outside explanation: a jump in issues and pull requests.
- Nov 26, 2021 to Dec 3, 2021: about 568 more stars than usual, peak 148 in one day, a shape we can't classify. Outside explanation: a jump in issues and pull requests.
- Jan 16, 2022 to Jan 26, 2022: about 768 more stars than usual, peak 179 in one day, a shape we can't classify. Outside explanation: a jump in issues and pull requests.
- Mar 18, 2022 to Mar 24, 2022: about 186 more stars than usual, peak 62 in one day, a spike that tapers off. Outside explanation: a jump in issues and pull requests.
- May 30, 2022 to Jun 1, 2022: about 188 more stars than usual, peak 139 in one day, a spike that tapers off. Outside explanation: a jump in issues and pull requests.
- Aug 17, 2022 to Aug 18, 2022: about 140 more stars than usual, peak 131 in one day, a spike that tapers off. Outside explanation: a jump in issues and pull requests.
- Aug 28, 2022 to Sep 7, 2022: about 1.6k more stars than usual, peak 470 in one day, a spike that tapers off. Outside explanation: a jump in issues and pull requests.
- Oct 29, 2022 to Nov 4, 2022: about 637 more stars than usual, peak 182 in one day, a spike that tapers off. Outside explanation: a jump in issues and pull requests.
- Jan 6, 2023 to Jan 11, 2023: about 404 more stars than usual, peak 159 in one day, a spike that tapers off. Outside explanation: a jump in issues and pull requests.
- Feb 20, 2023 to Feb 21, 2023: about 138 more stars than usual, peak 149 in one day, a spike that tapers off. Outside explanation: a jump in issues and pull requests.
- Apr 1, 2023 to Apr 7, 2023: about 532 more stars than usual, peak 161 in one day, a shape we can't classify. Outside explanation: a jump in issues and pull requests.
- May 2, 2023 to May 4, 2023: about 209 more stars than usual, peak 111 in one day, a flat block of stars. Outside explanation: a Hacker News post, a jump in issues and pull requests.
- Jun 29, 2023 to Jul 3, 2023: about 347 more stars than usual, peak 164 in one day, a spike that tapers off. Outside explanation: a jump in issues and pull requests.
- Aug 30, 2023 to Aug 31, 2023: about 105 more stars than usual, peak 85 in one day, a spike that tapers off. Outside explanation: a jump in issues and pull requests.
- Sep 17, 2023 to Sep 27, 2023: about 1.6k more stars than usual, peak 301 in one day, a shape we can't classify. Outside explanation: a jump in issues and pull requests.
- Oct 23, 2023 to Oct 28, 2023: about 497 more stars than usual, peak 142 in one day, a shape we can't classify. Outside explanation: a jump in issues and pull requests.
- Dec 1, 2023 to Dec 4, 2023: about 452 more stars than usual, peak 203 in one day, a spike that tapers off. Outside explanation: a jump in issues and pull requests.
- Jan 18, 2024 to Jan 19, 2024: about 86 more stars than usual, peak 74 in one day, a spike that tapers off. Outside explanation: a jump in issues and pull requests.
- Feb 7, 2024 to Feb 25, 2024: about 2.1k more stars than usual, peak 301 in one day, a shape we can't classify. Outside explanation: a jump in issues and pull requests.
- Apr 10, 2024 to Apr 16, 2024: about 631 more stars than usual, peak 210 in one day, a shape we can't classify. Outside explanation: a jump in issues and pull requests.
- Aug 4, 2024 to Aug 5, 2024: about 100 more stars than usual, peak 80 in one day, a shape we can't classify. Outside explanation: a jump in issues and pull requests.
- Sep 15, 2024 to Sep 28, 2024: about 1.3k more stars than usual, peak 304 in one day, a shape we can't classify. Outside explanation: a jump in issues and pull requests.
- Dec 6, 2024 to Dec 10, 2024: about 462 more stars than usual, peak 358 in one day, a spike that tapers off. Outside explanation: a jump in issues and pull requests.
- Apr 7, 2025 to Apr 14, 2025: about 1.1k more stars than usual, peak 341 in one day, a spike that tapers off. No outside explanation found, so this burst is unexplained.
- May 3, 2025 to May 12, 2025: about 647 more stars than usual, peak 119 in one day, a spike that tapers off. Outside explanation: a jump in issues and pull requests.
- Jun 23, 2025 to Jul 21, 2025: about 7.6k more stars than usual, peak 1.2k in one day, a spike that tapers off. Outside explanation: a jump in issues and pull requests.
- Oct 3, 2025 to Oct 4, 2025: about 157 more stars than usual, peak 181 in one day, a spike that tapers off. Outside explanation: a jump in issues and pull requests.
- Nov 21, 2025 to Nov 22, 2025: about 311 more stars than usual, peak 263 in one day, a spike that tapers off. No outside explanation found, so this burst is unexplained.
- Dec 29, 2025 to Jan 2, 2026: about 219 more stars than usual, peak 97 in one day, a spike that tapers off. Outside explanation: a jump in issues and pull requests.
- Mar 3, 2026 to Mar 15, 2026: about 1.6k more stars than usual, peak 320 in one day, a shape we can't classify. Outside explanation: a jump in issues and pull requests.
- May 5, 2026 to May 15, 2026: about 1k more stars than usual, peak 221 in one day, a shape we can't classify. Outside explanation: a jump in issues and pull requests.
- Jun 26, 2026 to Jul 15, 2026: about 5.5k more stars than usual, peak 1.6k in one day, a spike that tapers off. No outside explanation found, so this burst is unexplained.
- Aug 20, 2026 to Aug 31, 2026: about 3k more stars than usual, peak 829 in one day, a shape we can't classify. Outside explanation: a jump in issues and pull requests.
- 15 stars GitHub has since removed (tracked since Oct 13, 2026).
Anyone can buy stars for any repo; bursts alone don't prove the owner did.
- Some star bursts have no matching forks, issues, releases, or launch coverage.
- Anyone can buy stars for any repo, so this describes the star history only.
- Engagement is not compared for non-code or mirror repositories.
Sources: How star history is analyzed
Risk
CompleteFlags
- Warning: GitHub finds no license for this repository, so default copyright rules apply and no reuse is granted. Details
License
- Now
- No license found
- A year ago
- Not known
Packages
No published packages found.
OpenSSF Scorecard: 4.2 out of 10 (via deps.dev).
Sources: GitHub: ripienaar/free-for-dev
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[](https://reporadar.ai/ripienaar/free-for-dev)Earlier verdicts
- Oct 14, 2026: Caution
- Oct 13, 2026: Caution
- Oct 13, 2026: Caution
Computed 20 hours ago · method 2026.10.2