Coding & Programming student deals
Student discounts on AI code editors, coding assistants, IDEs, cloud credits, and developer infrastructure — to learn programming and ship real projects. Most of the good ones cost a student nothing.
Every deal, best claims first
Curated order Apps & Sites Lovable Student Discount Verified students get one year of Lovable Pro for $12.50/month — half off the AI app builder's standard $25/month Pro… $25/mo $12.50/mo Coding YC AI Stack Students who attend a YC university event get the YC AI Stack: over $25,000 in free credits including $10K AWS, $10K… FREE Coding Firecrawl Student Program Verified students get 10,000 free Firecrawl credits, enough to scrape roughly 10,000 web pages, with full API access… FREE Coding Manus Students, alumni, and staff from participating academic institutions can join the Manus Campus Program to earn 1,000… FREE Coding Kiro Students Verified students at 11 partner universities in the US and Canada get one year of free access to Kiro — equivalent to… $20/mo FREE for 12 mo Collaboration Linear Student Discount Full-time college students get 100% off Linear's Basic and Business plans for one year through Linear's Education… $10/mo FREE Coding Zed for Students Currently enrolled university students (18+) get Zed Pro free for one year — including $10/month in AI token credits… $10/mo FREE Coding Replit Student Discount Students get 50% off the Replit Core plan, auto-applied at checkout with a valid .edu email. Build, deploy, and ship… $20/mo $10/mo Coding Hugging Face Academia Hub Institutional Hugging Face Hub subscription for universities: 1TB private + 1TB public storage per seat, monthly… from $10/seat Coding ChatGPT Codex for Students Verified university students in the US and Canada get $100 in free ChatGPT credits to use in Codex — OpenAI's coding… $100 FREE Design ElevenLabs for Students Students and educators get a free year of ElevenReader Ultra ($99 value) plus expanded access to ElevenLabs' free voice… $99/yr FREE Coding Raycast Pro 50% Student Discount Get 50% off Raycast Pro, the macOS productivity launcher with AI features, cloud sync, and custom themes, for verified… $10/mo $5/mo Apps & Sites Cloudflare Student Discount Cloudflare Workers Paid plan FREE for 12 months (Reg: $5/month) for US students 18+ with verified .edu email. Includes… $5/mo FREE
Apps & Sites Appwrite Verified GitHub Student Developer Pack members get free access to Appwrite's Education plan, which carries the same… $25/mo FREE Coding Amp for Students Students and teachers get Amp's Megawatt plan for $10/month instead of $20. That's the full agentic coding setup from… $20/mo $10/mo Coding Codecademy Student Discount Eligible college and high school students get Codecademy Pro for over 35% off the regular price. Pro is the full… $19.99/mo 35%+ off Coding GitLens Pro Verified students get 6 months free access to GitLens Pro and the full GitKraken Student Pack through the GitHub… FREE for 6 mo Coding Replit for Educators Replit's educator program: free Replit for verified teachers, credits for their students, 1:1 onboarding with the… $20/mo FREE Coding Parallels Desktop for Education Run Windows on a Mac at half price. Verified students, educators, and parents get 50% off Parallels Desktop. The… 50% off Coding v0 by Vercel Students at 15 select universities get free v0 access, the AI development platform that turns plain-English prompts… FREE Apps & Sites DigitalOcean $200 Student Credit DigitalOcean left the GitHub Student Developer Pack. The last day to redeem the $200 credit was July 31, 2026, and… ENDED Coding Unreal Engine Students get free access to Unreal Engine, the game development platform behind countless AAA titles, plus Twinmotion… FREE Coding Unity Students get the full Unity Pro Editor completely free, including all professional game development features, 20% off… FREE Coding JetBrains Student Pack The JetBrains Student Pack gives students free educational licenses for every JetBrains IDE, including IntelliJ IDEA… FREE Coding Tabnine Student Plan Ended Tabnine no longer has a student plan or a free tier. It now sells only two paid enterprise plans, and the free Dev… $39/user/month ENDED Coding GitHub Copilot Student Discount Free Copilot Pro for students ended on March 12, 2026. It was replaced by a Copilot Student plan, but new sign-ups for… ENDED Coding Cursor Student Discount Cursor closed its free Pro year to new student sign-ups on June 25, 2026. Existing students keep their rate until their… ENDED Coding GitHub Student Developer Pack Get free access to dozens of premium developer tools, cloud credits, and learning resources while you are a verified… FREE Coding Windsurf Student Discount Windsurf no longer has a student discount. On June 2, 2026 the editor was renamed Devin Desktop and its student page… ENDED Coding Claude Campus Program Anthropic folded its $50 Student Builder API credits into the Claude Campus program: Builder Clubs on campus share… FREE
Picking your coding stack
- Start with a bundle, if the shelf has one. A single student check that unlocks a whole pack of tools beats claiming them one by one — bundles sit at the top of the list whenever one is live.
- Add one AI editor, not three. Free student years on AI code editors are common — pick the one that fits how you work and skip the rest. Switching later costs you nothing.
- Match the IDE to your coursework. A full IDE suite for Java, Python or Kotlin classes; a game engine if you're on a game-dev track.
- Shipping something real? Stack the infrastructure deals: cloud hosting credit, a free backend plan, and API credits for the AI layer of your project.
How eligibility is checked here
.edu / student email ×8other checks ×7GitHub Education ×6SheerID ×4application form ×3event-gated ×2
Each row shows which check applies — most deals here run through SheerID, GitHub Education or a plain school email. Confirm eligibility on the official page before you sign up.
Coding & Programming deals, explained
This shelf collects every student discount on coding and programming tools we've checked: AI code editors and pair programmers, full IDE suites, game engines, cloud hosting and backend credits, and API credits for building AI into your own projects. If a tool helps you write, run or ship code as a student, it lives here.
Most of this shelf is completely free — usually for 12 months or for as long as you're enrolled — because developer companies want students on their stack before they graduate. The rest are genuine student discounts, often around half price. Watch for bundle packs: one student check that unlocks a whole set of tools at once is routinely the best value on the page, and the list is sorted so claims like that come first.
Every deal on this shelf is checked before it's listed, and each deal page shows when it was last checked, the exact claim steps, and the fine print — education licenses sometimes limit commercial use, and free years usually ask you to re-confirm your student status to renew. Terms can change without notice, so the official page linked from each deal is always the source of truth.
Before you sign up
Are these coding tools really free for students?
Most of this shelf is — usually for 12 months or while you're enrolled. The rest are student discounts. The price column on every row shows which is which, and each deal page lists the exact terms and the catch, if there is one.
Do I need a .edu email for all of them?
No. GitHub Education and SheerID also accept enrollment documents like a student ID or certificate — see the claim guide for what each method asks for.
How long do the free plans last?
Most run 12 months or as long as you're enrolled, then ask you to re-check your status. The duration sits next to the price on every row and deal page.
Which single deal is worth the most?
Usually a bundle pack — one student check that unlocks a whole set of tools at once. The list is sorted best claims first, so start at the top; the biggest headline values sometimes carry extra conditions, which the deal page spells out.
Can I use the free plans for paid or freelance work?
It varies — some education licenses limit commercial use. Check the fine-print panel on the deal page before you build anything you plan to sell.
What if a deal on this page stops working?
Deal terms change without notice. Every page shows when we last checked it — if you hit a dead claim flow, the official link on the deal page is always the source of truth.
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