For the hackathon, there are an abundant amount of resources provided by Major League Hacking as part of Local Hack Day, which includes all things in Github’s Education pack and a $100 credit for Azure from Microsoft. You can find a list of all MLH resources at http://lhd.mlh.io/live
Most of the tools in here are limited to students only, but fret not! We’ve done our research and have created a list of free and cheap resources below that are open to anyone!
Bonsai
Create a hosted Elasticsearch environment.
Algolia
Free for open source projects, but there is an application process.
Atom
An open source, hackable text editor by Github.
Visual Studio Code (VSCode)
An open source, hackable text editor by Microsoft.
Digital Ocean
Get $100 in credit for signing up with a new account.
Vultr
Will match dollar-for-dollar credit up to $100.
Google Cloud Platform
$300 in free credits, plus lifetime limited free tier for most products.
Heroku
Heroku is a cloud platform based on a managed container system.
SourceTree
A free Git client for Windows and Mac.
Bitbucket
Free private repos, up to 50 min/month in CI pipelines.
GitLab
Unlimited free and private repos, up to 2000 min/mon in pipelines.
SendGrid
Send up to 40,000 emails for 30 days, then send 100 emails/day free forever
Namecheap
Super cheap domain names.
Bitnami
Deploy a micro or small instance for free.
Stackshare
Great place to find dev tools.
StartupStash
Alternative source for general tech and non-technical resources.
