Free Productivity Applications

July 2020


List of free applications that are useful for startups

Hosting a website

To host a simple website like this:

  1. Jekyll (Free for public repositories)
  2. WordPress (Not custom domain name)
  3. Weebly (Not custom domain name)

To create and deploy a website / application:

  1. Azure
  2. AWS
  3. Google Cloud
  4. Heroku
  5. Vercel

SSL

To encrypt website traffic:

  1. Let’s Encrypt

Website Monitoring Tools

To make sure your website is online:

  1. Happy Apps (5 min interval)
  2. Uptime Robot (5 min interval)

Project Management

To manage your projects:

  1. Jira Atlassian
    1. Jira Software (10 users)
    2. Jira Service Desk (3 users)
  2. Trello Atlassian
  3. Todoist (5 users)

Communication

To collaborate with your team:

  1. Slack (10k messages)
  2. Microsoft Teams (500k users)
  3. Zoom

Documentation

To make sure everything is in writing:

  1. Confluence Atlassian (10 users)

Source Control

To track changes of your applications:

  1. GitHub
  2. BitBucket Atlassian (10 users)
  3. Gitlab

IDEs

To create applications:

  1. Visual Studio Microsoft
    1. Community
    2. Code
  2. JetBrains
    1. Pycharm Community
    2. IntelliJ IDEA
    3. Educational License
  3. Android Studio JetBrains / Google

CI/CD

To have continous integration and deployment:

  1. Jenkins (open source)
  2. Bamboo (unlimited local agents)
  3. GitHub Actions (2000 build minutes per month)
  4. GitLab-CI (2000 build minutes per month)
  5. TeamCity JetBrains (3 local agents)

Free for Students

More freebies for those who still take courses:

  1. GitHub Education Pack