GitHub Student Developer Pack
Learn to ship software like a pro. 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.
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Experiences

Virtual Event Kit
Everything you need for your virtual event. Design for engagement and we'll take care of the tools. The Virtual Event Kit gives students the resources to make running online events simple and accessible.
Offers in this bundle
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Namecheap
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Microsoft Azure
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StreamYard
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Name.com
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Discord

Intro to Web Dev
Everything you need to build your next website. Learn how to design and build your own website as you learn the basics of web development. The Intro to Web Dev Experience gives students the tools to start you on a path, no matter how much experience or technical knowledge you currently have.
Offers in this bundle
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Bootstrap Studio
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DigitalOcean
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JetBrains
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Microsoft Azure
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Intro to Web Dev offers (Total 9)
Twilio
GitHub Pages
Bootstrap Studio
JetBrains
DigitalOcean
Polypane
Educative
Microsoft Azure
Microsoft Visual Studio Dev Essentials
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Microsoft

Hackathon in the Cloud
Make managing your virtual hackathon events even easier. Learn how to organize, promote, and communicate your next codefest or hackday. Whether you're hosting your first or you’re a pro, the Hackathon in the Cloud Experience gives students the tools to help empower student hacker communities.
Offers in this bundle
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Typeform
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GitHub Pages
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Visual Studio Code
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GitLens
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Hackathon in the Cloud offers (Total 5)
GitHub Pages
Mailgun
Typeform
GitLens
Visual Studio Code
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Major League Hacking
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MIT Platform
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Hackathon in the Cloud additional benefits (Total 3)
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Major League Hacking
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MIT Platform
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GitHub Discussions
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Aspiring Creatives
Working on a creative project? Develop your design and collaboration skills to get your clever intentions off the ground. Unleash your originality and start to tinker with the Aspiring Creatives Experience.
Offers in this bundle
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Icons8
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Octicons
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IconScout
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Aspiring Creatives offers (Total 4)
Icons8
IconScout
Octicons
GitHub Community Exchange
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Figma
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FigJam

Primer: Codespaces
Wondering how to get started with Codespaces? This Primer makes it easy by giving you the templates, videos and step-by-step resources you need to get you started running, testing, debugging and pushing code using this instant cloud developer environment.
Offers in this bundle
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GitHub Codespaces
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LinkedIn Learning
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Codespaces JS Template
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Primer: Codespaces additional benefits (Total 6)
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LinkedIn Learning
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Codespaces JS Template
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Codespaces Python Template
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Codespaces Discord Template
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Codespaces VS Code Tutorial
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Blazor WebAssembly framework
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Career Readiness
Whether you’re approaching graduation or just want to get a head start, it’s never too early to prepare for your future in the industry. This Career Readiness Experience provides you with a four-week guide to launching your career including how to check your skills, organize your projects, prepare for interviews and present a strong portfolio to potential employers.
Offers in this bundle
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Educative
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InterviewCake
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DailyBot
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GitHub Pages
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Career Readiness offers (Total 6)
DailyBot
GitHub Pages
InterviewCake
Educative
Visme
AlgoExpert
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GitHub Classroom Career Readiness Course

Data Science & Machine Learning
Flex your skills in data collection, cleaning, analysis, visualization, programming, and machine learning. The Data Science & Machine Learning experience gives you the tools to analyze, collaborate and harness the power of predictive data to build amazing projects.
Offers in this bundle
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Datadog
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SQLGate
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GitHub Codespaces
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Deepnote
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Data Science & Machine Learning offers (Total 6)
DataCamp
MongoDB
Datadog
SQLGate
GitHub Codespaces
Deepnote
Additional benefits are not included in the Student Developer Pack, but are exclusively offered by GitHub and partners for this Experience.
Developer tools offers
- JetBrains
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About JetBrains
Professional desktop IDEs: IntelliJ IDEA, PyCharm, and more.
Benefit
A free subscription for students, to be renewed annually.
Developer tools - GitHub
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About GitHub
Powerful collaboration, code review, and code management
Benefit
Free GitHub Pro while you are a student.
Developer tools - Bootstrap Studio
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About Bootstrap Studio
Bootstrap Studio is a powerful desktop app for creating responsive websites using the Bootstrap framework.
Benefit
A free license for Bootstrap Studio while you are a student.
Design Developer tools - Visual Studio Code
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About Visual Studio Code
Microsoft's goal is to empower all students with the best resources and tools as they learn to code.
Benefit
These coding packs help you download everything you need to start coding in Java, Python, or .NET.
Developer tools - GitHub Pages
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About GitHub Pages
Websites for you and your projects. Hosted directly from your GitHub repository. Just edit, push, and your changes are live.
Benefit
Get one site per GitHub account and organization, and unlimited project sites.
Developer tools - GitLens
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About GitLens
GitLens is the #1 Git extension for VS Code; it unlocks the knowledge within your Git repos to help visualize code authorship by leveraging CodeLens and Git blame. GitLens provides auto-linking and rich hover information for GitHub pull requests and issues.
Benefit
Free GitLens+ Pro while you are a student.
Developer tools - Microsoft Visual Studio Dev Essentials
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About Microsoft Visual Studio Dev Essentials
Free developer tools, cloud services and training from Microsoft.
Benefit
Visual Studio Community, Visual Studio Community for Mac, access to Pluralsight training, 1 free year of Azure services with $200 credit for the 1st month and more.
Cloud Developer tools Learn - Termius
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About Termius
SSH client that works on desktop and mobile. Termius securely syncs data across all your devices.
Benefit
Free access to the Premium plan while you're a student.
Developer tools Mobile - Scrimba
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About Scrimba
Scrimba is an interactive learning platform for frontend developers.
Benefit
Level up your coding skills with interactive courses, projects, and challenges. Learn JavaScript, CSS, React, Python, and more. Enjoy 1 month of free access to Full access to Scrimba’s Pro courses, projects, and coding challenges, which includes 40+ courses.
Learn Developer tools - Microsoft Azure (for ages 13-17)
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About Microsoft Azure (for ages 13-17)
Access to Microsoft Azure cloud services and learning resources for students aged 13-17 – no credit card required
Benefit
For students age 13-17. Free access to Azure App Services, Azure Functions, Notification Hubs, MySQL database from MySQL in-app, Application Insights, Azure DevOps.
Developer tools Cloud - Polypane
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About Polypane
A powerful browser and developer tool that lets developers and designers make better websites and web apps in less time.
Benefit
Polypane free for 1 year.
Design Developer tools - Deepnote
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About Deepnote
Deepnote is a new kind of data notebook built for collaboration - Jupyter compatible, works magically in the cloud, and sharing is as easy as sending a link.
Benefit
Our offer includes free use of the Deepnote Team plan while you are a student. The Deepnote Team Plan includes: Unlimited team members & projects, 30-day version history, unlimited basic machines with up to 5GB RAM and 2vCPU, premium integrations (Snowflake, SQL Server, BigQuery, Redshift, and more), and 30-day revision history.
Developer tools Machine Learning & AI - Testmail
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About Testmail
Get unlimited email addresses and mailboxes for automating email tests with our powerful APIs.
Benefit
Free Essential plan while you're a student.
Developer tools - DeepSource
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About DeepSource
Static analysis platform to help you write good code.
Benefit
Free to use for students enrolled in GitHub Education pack.
Developer tools - GitKraken
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About GitKraken
GitKraken Client is the most popular Git client for Windows, Mac & Linux, offering both a GUI and terminal interface. Deep integration with GitHub repos and issues enable interactive pull request management and issue management directly in the client.
Benefit
Free GitKraken Client Pro ($59 value) while you’re a student.
Developer tools - Twilio
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About Twilio
Twilio is a developer platform for communications. Software teams use Twilio APIs to add capabilities like voice, video, and messaging to their applications.
Benefit
$50 in Twilio API credits and exclusive in-game items in TwilioQuest. The credit can only be applied to new Twilio accounts.
Developer tools Learn Infrastructure & APIs - Replit
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About Replit
An online IDE that lets you instantly code in over fifty languages. Start learning, building, collaborating and hosting all in one place.
Benefit
Six free months of private repls.
Developer tools Learn - CodeScene
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About CodeScene
Learn how to write healthier code, pinpoint and manage tech debt and other code quality issues. CodeScene gives you instant feedback on your code and recommendations based on the best coding practices and latest standards. Integrate CodeScene into your pull requests to get automated code reviews, set quality gates and only merge quality code. 25+ programming languages are supported.
Benefit
A free Student account to analyze private GitHub repositories.
Security & analytics Developer tools - New Relic
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About New Relic
New Relic is an observability platform that helps fully understand how to improve your software.
Benefit
Free New Relic while you are a student. ($300/month value)
Developer tools Cloud - GitHub Desktop
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About GitHub Desktop
Reduces frustration and makes Git and GitHub workflows more approachable.
Benefit
Open Source by GitHub, free for everyone.
Developer tools - SQLGate
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About SQLGate
Simple but powerful IDE for multiple SQL databases.
Benefit
Access to most Standard Subscription features for 1 year.
Developer tools - WorkingCopy
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About WorkingCopy
Powerful Git client for iPhone & iPad.
Benefit
All Pro features for free while you are a student.
Developer tools Mobile - BrowserStack
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About BrowserStack
Test your web apps with BrowserStack's Real Device Cloud, which gives you instant access to 2000+ browsers and real iOS and Android devices.
Benefit
Free Automate Mobile Plan for 1 parallel and 1 user for 1 year.
Developer tools - Tower
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About Tower
The Git client that brings all of Git and GitHub's power to the desktop, for Mac and Windows.
Benefit
Free license for Tower Pro while you are a student.
Developer tools - Kodika
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About Kodika
Build iOS applications with drag & drop.
Benefit
Kodika Unlimited Pro subscription free for 6 months.
Design Developer tools Mobile - PopSQL
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About PopSQL
Modern, collaborative SQL editor for your team — write queries, visualize data, and share your results.
Benefit
Free Premium subscription for PopSQL while you're a student.
Developer tools - Travis CI
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About Travis CI
Continuous integration platform for open source and private projects
Benefit
Private builds for free while you're a student.
Developer tools Infrastructure & APIs - Zyte
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About Zyte
Zyte's Scrapy Cloud is a battle-tested cloud platform for running web crawlers. Manage and automate your web spiders at scale.
Benefit
1 Free Forever Scrapy Cloud Unit - unlimited team members, projects or requests. Unlimited crawl time and 120 day data retention.
Developer tools - Doppler
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About Doppler
A different way to manage secrets. From local development to production, we work on every stack, scaling with you as your team and products grow.
Benefit
Free Doppler subscription while the user is an active student.
Infrastructure & APIs Security & analytics Developer tools - Cryptolens
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About Cryptolens
License and sell your software securely.
Benefit
10 licenses and any number of end-users for free for students.
Developer tools Infrastructure & APIs - LambdaTest
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About LambdaTest
Perform automated and live interactive cross browser testing on 2000+ real browsers and operating systems online.
Benefit
Free LambdaTest Live Plan for one year.
Developer tools - Xojo
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About Xojo
A cross-platform development tool for making native apps for the Desktop.
Benefit
Xojo Desktop license free while you are a student.
Design Developer tools - Sentry
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About Sentry
Track errors in every language, framework, and library.
Benefit
Students enjoy: 50K errors, 100K transactions, 1GB attachments, 500 replays, Team features, 1 yr limit (can renew), Disabled On-demand
Infrastructure & APIs Developer tools - Lingohub
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About Lingohub
Translation management service for web, desktop and mobile apps.
Benefit
Free Professional Plan containing 10,000 text segments for students.
Developer tools Infrastructure & APIs Productivity - Restyled
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About Restyled
With Restyled, automatically re-format Pull Requests to have consistent style.
Benefit
Run Restyled for free on private repositories while you're a student.
Developer tools - POEditor
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About POEditor
POEditor is a highly scalable localization management platform for teams.
Benefit
Plus Plan for free for one year.
Developer tools Infrastructure & APIs - Codecov
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About Codecov
Codecov makes it easy to implement code coverage to develop healthier code
Benefit
Free access to Codecov on public and private repositories.
Developer tools - ConfigCat
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About ConfigCat
Learn feature flags with the industry leading feature flag service.
Benefit
1000 feature flags, ∞ users for free.
Developer tools Infrastructure & APIs - AccessLint
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About AccessLint
AccessLint brings automated web accessibility testing into your development workflow.
Benefit
Unlimited use for public and private repositories while you are a student.
Developer tools - DeepScan
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About DeepScan
DeepScan is a platform for building better and more reliable JavaScript apps.
Benefit
Free 6-month trial while you are a student.
Developer tools