There's no substitute for hands-on experience, but for most students, real world tools can be cost prohibitive. That's why we created the GitHub Student Developer Pack with some of our partners and friends: to give students free access to the best developer tools in one place so they can learn by doing.
A hackable text editor for the 21st Century
Benefit Open Source by GitHub, free for everyone
Access to the AWS cloud, free training, and collaboration resources
Benefit GitHub Student Developer Pack members receive up to $110 in bonus AWS credits for a total of $75-$150
Install cloud applications in a single click
Benefit Business 3 plan (normally $49/month) free for one year
An open and powerful platform for spatial data analysis, visualization, and application creation.
Benefit Free account upgrades with increased database storage, real time data, Location Data Services Credits, and premium features for 2 years.
Crowdsourcing and data enrichment platform
Benefit Access to the Crowdflower platform
Cloud-based infrastructure monitoring
Benefit Pro Account, including 10 servers. Free for 2 years.
Simple cloud hosting, built for developers
Benefit $50 in platform credit for new users
Learn Web Development from the premier coding bootcamp for launching developers.
Benefit Free one-month membership ($149 value) to Community-Powered Bootcamp: a proven online Web Development course with a curated community of learners.
Powerful collaboration, code review, and code management
Benefit Unlimited private repositories (normally $7/month) while you are a student.
The downright luxurious Git client for Windows, Mac and Linux
Benefit GitKraken Pro account for 1 user. Free for 1 year (normally $60/year).
Live programming help available 24/7
Benefit $25 in platform credit
Affordable registration, hosting, and domain management
Benefit One year SSL certificate (normally $9/year)
Benefit One year domain name registration on the .me TLD (normally $18.99/year)
Email infrastructure as a service
Benefit Student plan 15K free emails/month (normally limited to 200 free emails/day) while you're a student
Track errors in every language, framework, and library
Benefit 500,000 events/month with unlimited projects and members while you're a student
Web and mobile payments, built for developers
Benefit Waived transaction fees on first $1000 in revenue processed
Dynamic A/B testing, smart push notifications and custom analytics for native mobile apps
Benefit Complete access to the suite of tools for native mobile apps. Unlimited access to the platform free for 6 months.
Learn Fundamentals of Web Development to launch your career as a developer
Benefit One month of access to a web development course that will get you started with HTML/CSS, JavaScript, and developer tools. Includes access to online office hours with experienced developers for feedback on your work and help when you need it.
Localization platform that easily integrates with your code base
Benefit One year free of the Starter plan, a $99/month value. Get 50,000 hosted words, unlimited projects, and access to translation partners to bring your software to a global market from the start.
Continuous integration platform for open source and private projects
Benefit Private builds (normally $69/month) while you're a student
A complete suite of game development tools for PC, console, mobile, web and VR
Benefit Unreal Engine while you're a student
If your company produces developer tools and wants to be included in the Pack, pass us a note.
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Learn, build, and share at hackathons every weekend of the semester with the latest technologies, best mentors, and most creative student hackers in the world.
Find a hackathonIf you're a student aged 13+ and enrolled in a degree or diploma granting course of study, the GitHub Student Developer Pack is for you. All you need is a school-issued email address, valid student identification card, or other official proof of enrollment.
To get access to the GitHub Student Developer Pack, we'll need to verify your student status. Sign up using the form and we'll send you an email once you've been verified.
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