Your Toolkit

✓ 3 projects freeFrom $15/moFree Education plan

Collaborative design tool for wireframes, mockups, and prototypes.

Canva

✓ Free plan with templatesFrom $13/mo

Quick design tool for logos, social graphics, and presentations.

Coolors

Generate beautiful color palettes in seconds.

Google Fonts

Free, open-source fonts optimized for the web.

Next.js

React framework for production — SSR, SSG, API routes, and more.

React

The most popular UI library. Huge ecosystem and community.

Vue.js

Progressive framework with gentle learning curve and great docs.

Svelte

Compile-time framework. Less code, faster runtime, radical approach.

Tailwind CSS

Utility-first CSS framework. Build designs directly in your markup.

Node.js

JavaScript runtime for building server-side applications.

TypeScript

Typed superset of JavaScript. Catches bugs before they reach users.

PostgreSQL

The most advanced open-source relational database. Battle-tested at scale.

MongoDB

✓ 512MB Atlas free clusterFrom $57/mo

Document database for flexible schemas and rapid prototyping.

Supabase

✓ 500MB database, 1GB storageFrom $25/moPart of GitHub Student Pack

Open-source Firebase alternative. Postgres + Auth + Storage + Realtime.

Redis

In-memory data store for caching, sessions, and real-time features.

Vercel

✓ Hobby plan free (personal projects)From $20/mo per member

Best-in-class hosting for Next.js. Instant deploys, previews, analytics.

Netlify

✓ 100GB bandwidth, 300 build min/moFrom $19/mo

Hosting with built-in CI/CD, forms, and serverless functions.

Render

✓ Free static sites, free web services (spin down)From $7/mo

Simple cloud for web services, databases, and background jobs.

AWS

✓ 12-month free tier (limited)AWS Educate — free credits

The everything cloud. EC2, S3, Lambda, RDS — enterprise-grade.

Azure

✓ $200 credit for 30 daysAzure for Students — $100 credit, no card required

Microsoft's cloud platform. Great for .NET but supports everything.

Cloudflare

✓ Free DNS, SSL, CDN, basic DDoSFrom $20/mo

Free DNS, SSL, CDN, and DDoS protection. Every site should use it.

Namecheap

From ~$9/year for .comFree .me domain for students

Affordable domain registrar with good UI and free privacy.

GitHub Actions

✓ 2,000 minutes/month free (public repos unlimited)From $4/user/mo (Team)

CI/CD built into GitHub. Automate testing, building, and deploying.

Docker

✓ Docker Desktop free for personal/educationFrom $5/mo (Pro)

Containerize your app. Same environment everywhere — dev, CI, prod.

NextAuth.js

Open-source auth for Next.js. Google, GitHub, email — easy setup.

Supabase Auth

✓ 50,000 monthly active users

Auth built into Supabase. Social logins, magic links, row-level security.

Sentry

✓ 5K errors/month freeFrom $26/mo

Error tracking and performance monitoring. Know when things break.

Google Analytics

Free web analytics. Track visitors, pages, and conversions.

Resend

✓ 3,000 emails/month, 100/dayFrom $20/mo

Modern email API. Beautiful DX with React Email templates.

Cloudinary

✓ 25K transformations/monthFrom $89/mo

Image and video management with automatic optimization and CDN.

Stripe

From 2.9% + 30¢ per transaction

The gold standard for payments. Cards, subscriptions, invoicing.

GitHub

✓ Unlimited public repos, 500MB packagesFrom $4/user/moGitHub Student Developer Pack — 100+ free tools

Code hosting, collaboration, issues, PRs, and CI/CD — all in one.

VS Code

The most popular code editor. Extensible, fast, and free.

ESLint

Find and fix problems in your JavaScript/TypeScript code.

Prettier

Opinionated code formatter. Consistent style with zero config.

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