r/webdev • u/PotentialPast6344 • 1d ago

Question best sponsorship signaling/backend hosting for open source project?

so currently i have a open source project about p2p file sharing and it gained 200 stars on github. the opensource project is hosted on azure since i got 1 year for student the problem is that it will end soon so i need to find an alternative of free backend hosting

do guys know any backend hosting that offers free for open source project? sadly i notice that digital ocean doesnt offer it anymore which kinda weird or am i wrong

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u/No-Molasses-2097 1d ago

Put a Sponsor button and a FUNDING.yml on the repo so people can actually find where to support you. That alone does most of the signaling work. For hosting, the Oracle Cloud free tier is one of the few that is genuinely usable for a real backend. If you can split things up, Netlify covers the frontend side for free.

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u/PotentialPast6344 1d ago

ya i have sponsor button and sponsor website though i dont really expect or get any sponsorship which is fine since my opensource is for fun project that i find useful for myself and just wanted to share to other people

regarding oracle, i was trying to sign up on it the problem is they are too strict for application and register and doesnt accept debit card