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ripienaar/free-for-dev

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How fast ripienaar/free-for-dev is gaining stars, and where it lands on Trendshift and GitHub Trending

Activity and trending

Stars, forks and merged pull requests each day or month, lined up with the repository's rank on Trendshift Trending

Sep 16 – Nov 15, 2026

Stars +5,503 in 61 days

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Forks +1,072 in 61 days

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Merged PRs 152 in 61 days

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Trendshift Trendingwhere the repository ranked each day it made the top 25

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Stars, forks, merged pull requests and Trendshift Trending rank, by day
DayStars gainedForks gainedMerged PRsHTML
Wed, Sep 16, 2026+99+131#6
Thu, Sep 17, 2026+82+113#11
Fri, Sep 18, 2026+41+123#23
Sat, Sep 19, 2026+53+80#14
Sun, Sep 20, 2026+93+132#5
Mon, Sep 21, 2026+62+131#14
Tue, Sep 22, 2026+53+111#18
Wed, Sep 23, 2026+75+172#13
Thu, Sep 24, 2026+204+243#2
Fri, Sep 25, 2026+235+243#2
Sat, Sep 26, 2026+113+141#7
Sun, Sep 27, 2026+71+163#14
Mon, Sep 28, 2026+96+175#10
Tue, Sep 29, 2026+79+201#17
Wed, Sep 30, 2026+107+193#14
Thu, Oct 1, 2026+53+50#19
Fri, Oct 2, 2026+47+133#17
Sat, Oct 3, 2026+37+164#21
Sun, Oct 4, 2026+56+81#16
Mon, Oct 5, 2026+49+53#20
Tue, Oct 6, 2026+62+101#13
Wed, Oct 7, 2026+56+111#18
Thu, Oct 8, 2026+0+110Not trending
Fri, Oct 9, 2026+47+73#25
Sat, Oct 10, 2026+52+92#17
Sun, Oct 11, 2026+42+122#23
Mon, Oct 12, 2026+53+124#18
Tue, Oct 13, 2026+72+174#17
Wed, Oct 14, 2026+72+164#14
Thu, Oct 15, 2026+45+71Not trending
Fri, Oct 16, 2026+52+91#18
Sat, Oct 17, 2026+64+101#10
Sun, Oct 18, 2026+45+142#25
Mon, Oct 19, 2026+51+100Not trending
Tue, Oct 20, 2026+43+126Not trending
Wed, Oct 21, 2026+27+120Not trending
Thu, Oct 22, 2026+53+94Not trending
Fri, Oct 23, 2026+25+81Not trending
Sat, Oct 24, 2026+34+72Not trending
Sun, Oct 25, 2026+46+90#24
Mon, Oct 26, 2026+28+143Not trending
Tue, Oct 27, 2026+44+156#22
Wed, Oct 28, 2026+306+862#4
Thu, Oct 29, 2026+238+461#4
Fri, Oct 30, 2026+156+403#8
Sat, Oct 31, 2026+152+330#7
Sun, Nov 1, 2026+438+754#1
Mon, Nov 2, 2026+220+523#5
Tue, Nov 3, 2026+135+2810#9
Wed, Nov 4, 2026+118+239#10
Thu, Nov 5, 2026+110+200#13
Fri, Nov 6, 2026+115+202#11
Sat, Nov 7, 2026+86+132#17
Sun, Nov 8, 2026+88+163Not trending
Mon, Nov 9, 2026+99+224Not trending
Tue, Nov 10, 2026+120+231Not trending
Wed, Nov 11, 2026+129+163Not trending
Thu, Nov 12, 2026+87+134#13
Fri, Nov 13, 2026+54+92Not trending
Sat, Nov 14, 2026+84+178Not trending
Sun, Nov 15, 2026+50+00Not trending
Total+5,503+1,072152
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    • GitHub trending history

    Where the repository ranked on GitHub Trending, one dot for each day it was on a list

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    Sep 19, 2023 – Aug 23, 2026Best #2

    #1#5#10#15#20#25
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    Mentions and achievements

    Where people are talking about ripienaar/free-for-dev, and every badge it has earned
    1. Oct 161 post

      • 做 产品，最浪费时间的往往不是写代码，而是到处找资源、找 API、找部署方案。 整理了 7 个宝藏开源项目，从找资源到做出 AI 应用，基本都能用得上。 1. Awesome｜找资源 AI、开发框架、学习资料的精选导航。遇到陌生领域，先来这里找方向。 2. Public APIs｜找数据 天气、金融、地图等公开 API 目录。做应用缺数据，可以先来这里找现成接口。 3.…

        Read full on X, posted by @CY160909

        @CY160909 · x.com

    2. 7 days earlier
    3. Oct 91 post

      • 几百个「永久免费」的服务清单：数据库、云主机、存储、监控、CI。 个人项目基本够用，对着账单核一遍。

        Read full on X, posted by @laogeai

        @laogeai · x.com

    4. 12 days earlier
    5. Sep 271 post

      • 开发者想省钱，先把这个项目收藏起来。 Free for Dev 整理了大量免费服务器、数据库、云服务、邮件和监控工具。 做个人项目、独立产品或 MVP 时，很多服务都能先用免费方案顶上。 能省下的，可能不只是几杯咖啡钱。 🔗

        Read full on X, posted by @Johnsonhkac

        @Johnsonhkac · x.com

    6. Sep 231 post

      • 这几年花的钱，其实这 5 个 github 仓库早就免费给你了 ~ awesome（495k stars）：所有其他 list 的 list，你想找的基本都在这 ~ public apis（456k stars）：50 个分类下 1400 多个免费 api，天气、金融、图片、游戏，全都有文档 ~ scrapling（73.6k stars）：自带 cloudflare…

        Read full on X, posted by @cryptowluha

        @cryptowluha · x.com

    7. 9 days earlier
    8. Sep 141 post

      • 这 10 个 GitHub 仓库，让你每年省下超万元的工具订阅费！ 具体涵盖超30个领域的各类工具、API、Agent等等内容！ 完全免费！ 1. Awesome GitHub 里的“导航总站”。你想找 AI、设计、开发、创业、效率工具，先来这里搜对应的 Awesome List，不用自己在 GitHub 大海捞针。 2. Scrapling…

        Read full on X, posted by @qihang_zeng6688

        @qihang_zeng6688 · x.com

    9. Sep 112 posts

      • 这个GitHub，132K Star，维护了11年。 收录了57个大类、1200+个免费开发服务。 从云服务器、数据库、邮件、CI/CD到AI， 全是真实的免费额度，不是Free Trial。 OPC（独立开发者）必备省钱地图。

        Read full on X, posted by @Oscars_dou

        @Oscars_dou · x.com

      • Free Programming Books This is a valuable resource, which offers a huge collection of free programming books covering a wide range of languages, frameworks, and technologies.

        Read full on X, posted by @Shefali__J

        @Shefali__J · x.com

    10. 13 days earlier
    11. Aug 291 post

      • ❌ NO PAGUES MÁS POR MONTAR TU SAAS free-for-dev es una lista de más de 50 categorías de servicios con plan gratuito de verdad. No pruebas de 14 días. GRATIS. Unos ejemplos de lo que hay dentro: →…

        Read full on X, posted by @josesilesdata

        @josesilesdata · x.com

    12. Aug 281 post

      • 2. awesome-selfhosted, 315k stars. Stop renting the tools you could run yourself.

        Read full on X, posted by @Nishant_N_25

        @Nishant_N_25 · x.com

    13. Aug 241 post

      • Open it when you are about to swipe a card for DNS, CI, email, object storage, or “just a small VM.” Cloudflare, Oracle always-free, GitHub, workers, R2, the usual suspects are in there with the…

        Read full on X, posted by @GitGem

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