oriz.in / knowledge
type: services
status: active
timestamp: 2026-06-21
tags: [services, catalog, free-tier, easy, no-application, no-card, commercial-use-ok]

Easy free-tier services — only the ones that work for chirag127/oriz* without applications, without cards

SSoT catalog of free-tier services: public repos, no card, commercial use OK

Easy free-tier services — locked picks

Filter

Every service in this catalog satisfies ALL of:

The family is MIT-licensed across all 41 repos as of 2026-06-21, which unlocks every “free for OSS” perk while keeping commercial use clear via the MIT license itself.

Locked picks per concern

Code quality + SAST

ServiceTagURLFree?Badge URL
SonarCloudsast,linthttps://sonarcloud.io✅ public reposhttps://sonarcloud.io/api/project_badges/measure?project=chirag127_<repo>&metric=alert_status
DeepSourcesast,linthttps://deepsource.com✅ public reposhttps://app.deepsource.com/gh/chirag127/<repo>.svg/?label=active+issues
CodeQL (GitHub native)sasthttps://github.com/features/security✅ public reposSecurity tab; no badge
CodeRabbitai-reviewhttps://coderabbit.ai✅ public reposPR comments only

Test coverage

ServiceTagURLFree?Badge URL
Codecovcoveragehttps://codecov.io✅ public reposhttps://codecov.io/gh/chirag127/<repo>/branch/main/graph/badge.svg
Coverallscoveragehttps://coveralls.io✅ public reposhttps://coveralls.io/repos/github/chirag127/<repo>/badge.svg?branch=main

Security + dependency + secret scanning

ServiceTagURLFree?Setup
Dependabotdep-scan,dep-updategithub native✅ all repos.github/dependabot.yml
Renovate (Mend)dep-scan,dep-updatehttps://github.com/apps/renovate✅ all reposrenovate.json + GH App
GitHub Secret Scanning + Push Protectionsecret-scangithub native✅ public reposAuto-on
Snykdep-scan,sast,containerhttps://snyk.io✅ unlimited tests on publicGH App
GitGuardiansecret-scanhttps://gitguardian.com✅ public reposGH App
OSSF Scorecardposturehttps://github.com/ossf/scorecard✅ public repos.github/workflows/scorecard.yml
Trivy (Action)container,sbom,vulnhttps://github.com/aquasecurity/trivy-action✅ free OSSaquasecurity/trivy-action@master
Gitleaks (Action)secret-scanhttps://github.com/gitleaks/gitleaks-action✅ public repos freegitleaks/gitleaks-action@v2

CI/CD platforms (Linux runners only per [[rules/linux-ci-only]])

PlatformTagURLFree (public, Linux)?Migration plan
GitHub Actionsci-primarygithub native✅ unlimited public-repo minutesPrimary
GitLab CIci-fallback-1https://gitlab.com✅ 400 min/mo private + unlimited publicSee [[runbooks/migrate-ci-platform]]
CircleCIci-fallback-2https://circleci.com✅ 6000 min/mo LinuxSee [[runbooks/migrate-ci-platform]]

E2E + visual regression + accessibility

ServiceTagURLFree?Setup
Playwrighte2ehttps://playwright.dev✅ Apache-2.0 libOSS framework
Vitestunithttps://vitest.dev✅ MIT libOSS framework
Chromaticvisual-regressionhttps://www.chromatic.com✅ 5K snapshots/mo on public repos (commercial-use OK)GH App + project token
axe-core / Pa11y / Lighthouse CIa11yhttps://www.deque.com/axe, https://pa11y.org, https://github.com/GoogleChrome/lighthouse-ci✅ OSS libsPer-app workflow
BrowserStack for OSScross-browserhttps://www.browserstack.com/open-source✅ unlimited after MIT switch + applicationApply once per project

Hosting (static + serverless + database + storage + CDN)

Static hosting — fallback chain

ServiceTagURLFree?Commercial OK?
Cloudflare Pagesstatic-primaryhttps://pages.cloudflare.com✅ unlimited bandwidth✅
GitHub Pagesstatic-mirrorhttps://pages.github.com✅ 100 GB/mo✅
Firebase Hosting (Spark)static-fallbackhttps://firebase.google.com/docs/hosting✅ 10 GB/mo + 360 MB/day✅
Surge.shstatic-fallbackhttps://surge.sh✅ unlimited✅
Deno Deploystatic-fallbackhttps://deno.com/deploy✅ 1M req + 100 GiB✅
Netlify freestatic-fallbackhttps://netlify.com✅ 100 GB + 300 build-min✅
Vercel HobbyDROP—Free but commercial-use forbidden❌
Codeberg PagesDROP—Free but FOSS-only/non-commercial❌

Serverless

ServiceTagURLFree?
Cloudflare Workersserverless-primaryhttps://workers.cloudflare.com✅ 100K req/day
Cloudflare Pages Functionsserverless-sharedhttps://pages.cloudflare.com✅ shared with Workers
Firebase Cloud Functions (Spark)serverless-fallbackhttps://firebase.google.com/products/functions✅ 125K invocations/mo
Deno Deployserverless-fallbackhttps://deno.com/deploy✅ included with static

Database

ServiceTagURLFree?
Neon Postgressql-primaryhttps://neon.tech✅ 0.5 GB + scale-to-zero
Turso (libSQL)sql-edgehttps://turso.tech✅ 5 GB + 500M reads
Xatasql-fallbackhttps://xata.io✅ 15 GB + 750 req/sec
MongoDB Atlas M0nosql-fallbackhttps://www.mongodb.com/cloud/atlas✅ 512 MB
Firestore (Spark)nosql-primaryhttps://firebase.google.com/docs/firestore✅ 1 GB + 50K reads/day
Upstash Rediskv-redishttps://upstash.com✅ 10K commands/day
Cloudflare D1sql-edge-cfhttps://developers.cloudflare.com/d1✅ 5 GB + 5M reads
Cloudflare KVkv-cfhttps://developers.cloudflare.com/kv✅ 1 GB + 100K reads/day

Storage

ServiceTagURLFree?
Cloudflare R2object-primaryhttps://developers.cloudflare.com/r2✅ 10 GB + zero egress
Backblaze B2object-fallbackhttps://www.backblaze.com/b2✅ 10 GB + 1 GB/day egress
GitHub Releases + jsDelivrbinary-versionedgithub native✅ unlimited public + CDN auto
Storjobject-fallbackhttps://storj.io✅ 25 GB + 25 GB egress

CDN

ServiceTagURLFree?
Cloudflare CDNcdn-primaryincluded with Pages✅ unlimited
jsDelivrcdn-npm-ghhttps://www.jsdelivr.com✅ unlimited public CDN
wsrv.nlcdn-imagehttps://wsrv.nl✅ unlimited image proxy
ImageKitcdn-imagehttps://imagekit.io✅ 20 GB
Cloudinarycdn-imagehttps://cloudinary.com✅ 25 credits
Bunny Fontscdn-fontshttps://fonts.bunny.net✅ unlimited Google Fonts mirror

Monitoring + observability

ServiceTagURLFree?Notes
Sentry for Open Sourceerrors,perf,replayshttps://sentry.io/for/open-source✅ 5M errors + 1B spans + 100K replays + Business featuresNow eligible (MIT)
Better Stacklogs,uptime,statushttps://betterstack.com✅ 3 GB logs + 10 monitors + 1 status pageNo license check
Axiomlogshttps://axiom.co✅ 500 GB/mo ingestNo license check
UptimeRobotuptimehttps://uptimerobot.com✅ 50 monitors @ 5-minNo license check
Healthchecks.iocron-heartbeathttps://healthchecks.io✅ 20 checksApply for OSS Business plan (now MIT-eligible)
Cloudflare Workers Logs/Taillogs-workersincluded with Workers✅ unlimitedNative
Cloudflare Web Analyticsrumhttps://cloudflare.com/web-analytics✅ unlimitedNative
Microsoft Clarityheatmaps,replayshttps://clarity.microsoft.com✅ unlimitedNo license check
PostHog for Startupsproduct-analyticshttps://posthog.com/startups✅ 1M events/mo + Pro featuresEligible (MIT)

Funding (.github/FUNDING.yml)

ServiceTagFeeNotes
GitHub Sponsorssponsor-primary0% platformStripe processing only
Open Collectivesponsor-collective10% host (no personal bank)Apply once for OSC fiscal host
Liberapaysponsor-eu0% platformStripe or PayPal payout
Ko-fisponsor-tips0% on tipsDirect to PayPal/Stripe
thanks.devsponsor-aggregatorn/aAggregator over GH Sponsors + OC
PayPal.mesponsor-directprocessing onlyListed under custom:

Community

ServiceTagURLFree?
GitHub Discussionsforum-defaultgithub native✅ unlimited
Discordchathttps://discord.com✅ unlimited
Telegramchat,notificationshttps://t.me✅ unlimited
Zulip Cloud Standard for OSSchat-power-userhttps://zulip.com/for/open-source✅ free-forever after MIT switch

Translation / i18n (now eligible after MIT)

ServiceTagURLFree?
Crowdin for OSSi18n-primaryhttps://crowdin.com✅ unlimited strings/members after application (MIT eligible)
Weblate Hosted Librei18n-fallbackhttps://weblate.org/en/hosting✅ 160K strings (MIT eligible)

Docs hosting (single vendor — Cloudflare Pages)

ServiceTagURLFree?
Cloudflare Pages + Astro Starlightdocs-primaryalready in stack✅ unlimited
Read the Docs Communitydocs-fallbackhttps://readthedocs.com✅ free for OSS (MIT eligible)

GitHub Apps to install (20+ at org level with “All repositories”)

Click each, choose “chirag127”, select “All repositories”:

#AppURL
1CodeRabbithttps://github.com/apps/coderabbitai/installations/new
2Codacyhttps://github.com/apps/codacy-production/installations/new
3DeepSourcehttps://github.com/apps/deepsource-io/installations/new
4SonarCloudhttps://github.com/apps/sonarcloud/installations/new
5Snykhttps://github.com/apps/snyk/installations/new
6GitGuardianhttps://github.com/apps/gitguardian/installations/new
7Renovate (Mend)https://github.com/apps/renovate/installations/new
8Mergifyhttps://github.com/apps/mergify/installations/new
9All Contributorshttps://github.com/apps/allcontributors/installations/new
10Stalehttps://github.com/apps/stale/installations/new
11Welcomehttps://github.com/apps/welcome/installations/new
12Imgbothttps://github.com/apps/imgbot/installations/new
13Release Drafterhttps://github.com/apps/release-drafter/installations/new
14Lock Threadshttps://github.com/apps/lock/installations/new
15Aikido Securityhttps://github.com/apps/aikido-security/installations/new
16Reviewablehttps://github.com/apps/reviewable/installations/new
17Argos CIhttps://github.com/apps/argos-ci/installations/new
18Chromatichttps://github.com/apps/chromaticio/installations/new
19Mintlifyhttps://github.com/apps/mintlify/installations/new
20Greptilehttps://github.com/apps/greptile-bot/installations/new

Run via c:/D/oriz/scripts/install-easy-github-apps.sh (opens each in browser sequentially).

Telegram notifications

Single Telegram channel for all 41 repos.

Git host mirrors (insurance against GitHub shutdown)

Master umbrella runs a weekly cron (Friday 4am Asia/Kolkata) that pushes every submodule’s HEAD to:

  1. GitLab.com — gitlab.com/chirag127/<repo>
  2. Codeberg.org — codeberg.org/chirag127/<repo>
  3. Bitbucket — bitbucket.org/chirag127/<repo>
  4. GitFlic.ru — gitflic.ru/project/chirag127/<repo>

Env vars: GITLAB_TOKEN, CODEBERG_TOKEN, BITBUCKET_APP_PASSWORD, GITFLIC_TOKEN (org-level GH secrets).

If a single mirror push fails, others still succeed. If GitHub itself disappears: see [[runbooks/migrate-from-github]] (TODO when needed).

Strict drop list (services we DO NOT use)

ServiceReason
Vercel HobbyFree but commercial-use forbidden
Codeberg PagesFree but FOSS-only / non-commercial
TabnineNo free tier since 2025
Sourcegraph Cody (Free/Pro)Closed to new signups 2026-06-25
Sweep AIDiscontinued 2024
BountysourceBankrupt Nov 2023
PingdomFree tier dead
FreshpingShut 2026-03-06
BaselimeSunset post-CF acquisition
Cirrus CI unlimited OSSCapped at ~16K CPU-min/mo since Sept 2023
Drone CloudShut down 2021
PlanetScale HobbyKilled Apr 2024
FaunaDBShut May 2025
Fly.io freeRemoved 2024
Glitch freeEnded Jul 2025
Heroku freeGone since 2022
TideliftInvite-only
Patreon10% fee + processing
Polar.sh5% + 50¢
Buy Me a Coffee5% on everything
AWS / GCP / Azure free tiersCard required at signup
Oracle CloudCard required at signup

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