JetBrains Open Source licenses
JetBrains · Free seats · checked Sep 27, 2026 6 weeks ago · Unverified
JetBrains gives free licenses for open source development to the core contributors of qualifying projects.
- What you get
- Free IDE licenses for core contributors
- Amount
- No dollar amount stated
- Window
- Rolling
- For
- For maintainers
- Lasts
- No end date
- Licenses
- JetBrains IDEs for core contributors
- Who can get it
- Core contributors to qualifying, non-commercial open source projects.
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Atlassian for open source
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Cal.com OSS sponsorship
Cal.com sponsors a limited number of open source projects each month with free access, in exchange for a README banner.
Docker-Sponsored Open Source
Non-commercial open source projects get a Docker-Sponsored Open Source badge on Docker Hub, plus Hub features and insights.
Stainless for FOSS
Stainless gives qualifying non-commercial open source projects its Starter plan for SDK, docs and MCP server generation.
Tailscale for open source
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webclaw for OSS
The Growth plan's 100,000 web scraping credits a month, free, renewing while the project stays active.