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Claude for Open Source: six months of Claude Max 20x free for open-source maintainers

Anthropic's Claude for Open Source program gives approved maintainers and contributors six months of Claude Max 20x at no cost. It is capped at 10,000 recipients and reviews applications on a rolling basis until it closes.

ClaudeFree trialOngoing
Offer
6 months of Max 20x
Ends
Ongoing
Who
Maintainers and core contributors of widely used open-source projects

Verified Oct 17, 2026Claude for Open Source

Get the deal

How to get it

  1. 1Check that you meet one of the bars, such as 500+ dependent repositories, 200,000+ monthly downloads or 100+ merged pull requests to other people's repositories in the last 12 months.
  2. 2Apply with your GitHub account on Anthropic's Claude for Open Source page and explain in up to 500 words why you qualify.

Good to know

  • Your GitHub account must be at least two years old, with public open-source activity in the last 90 days.
  • Anthropic contacts only approved applicants; there is no notice for rejections.
  • After six months, members who had a paid plan go back to it at their old rate unless they cancel; everyone else returns to the Free plan.

Questions about this deal

Yes. As of Oct 23, 2026, it is an ongoing program with no announced end date.

Maintainers and core contributors of widely used open-source projects

1. Check that you meet one of the bars, such as 500+ dependent repositories, 200,000+ monthly downloads or 100+ merged pull requests to other people's repositories in the last 12 months. 2. Apply with your GitHub account on Anthropic's Claude for Open Source page and explain in up to 500 words why you qualify.

From Claude for Open Source (https://claude.com/contact-sales/claude-for-oss). PromoClock last checked it on Oct 17, 2026.

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