A $0 maintainer's kit

What a maintainer can get personally: AI coding tools, a place to keep the project's secrets, community chat, and translations.

5 roles4 with no end dateEvery pick is open to apply now

Role	Pick	What you get	Swap for
AI coding plan A top-tier coding assistant for the maintainer.	AI coding plan Claude for Open Source Anthropic · Open now · 6 months 6 months of free Claude Ultra	6 months of free Claude Ultra
Cloud agents Background agents that work through the backlog.	Cloud agents Ona for Open Source Ona · Rolling Up to $200 a month in credits	Up to $200 a month in credits
Secrets Shares the project's keys and tokens safely.	Secrets 1Password for Open Source 1Password · Rolling Free 1Password Teams	Free 1Password Teams	Only option
Community chat Where contributors talk.	Community chat Zulip for open source Zulip · Open now Zulip Cloud Standard, free	Zulip Cloud Standard, free	Only option
Translations Lets the community translate the project.	Translations Crowdin for open source Crowdin · Rolling Localization, free	Localization, free	Only option

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AI coding plan

Anthropic Claude for Open Source

Plan: Claude Ultra · Length: 6 months · Maintainers: 500+ dependent repos, 100+ dependent packages, or 200,000+ monthly downloads · Active contributors: 100+ merged PRs to repos you do not own in last 12 months · Community builders: 20+ unique external contributors in last 12 months · Critical infrastructure: OpenSSF criticality score of 0.4 or above

Cloud agents

Ona for Open Source

Credits: Up to $200 a month · Size: Depends on your open source contributions · Review: Usually a few days

Secrets

1Password for Open Source

Plan: 1Password Teams · Length: While the project stays eligible

Community chat

Zulip for open source

Plan: Zulip Cloud Standard · History: Full message history

Translations

Crowdin for open source

Plan: Free of charge