How this wiki is built

JSON in data/resources.json is the source of truth, shipped as js/resources-data.js. Quotas come from official live pages only. Collapsed cards show a one-line run summary plus compact facts; caveats sit in <details>.

Official docs for allowances and claim steps. Community reports for pitfalls only.
Unincorporated / India / card-upfront called out on every card.
3-day trials and $5 coupons are flagged or hidden by default.
Homepage defaults to all categories, with perks/trials and vertical-only programs hidden. Filters are native dropdowns (Category, Type, Eligibility, India, Card, Program, View) — not a wrapping chip strip. Founder-program grants are Program → Founder programs, not a relabel of AWS Free Plan. Type narrows Payments (MoR / India PG / payouts) and Accelerators (zero-equity vs equity). Bio/climate/mobility-only programs stay in JSON with a vertical pill and appear when View is Hide perks only or Show all.

Cloud-first rules & founder grants

Always-free (Cloudflare, Oracle Ampere, Lambda, Cloud Run) ranks above paid-cheap VPS and above grants. Independently verified core credits: Microsoft Founders Hub ($1,000 + $4,000), AWS Activate Founders, Google for Startups Start tier. Also listed: Cloudflare for Startups, DigitalOcean Startups, and India DPIIT→AWS — startup-grant cards with requirements + numbered steps.

Dead hosts (Fly.io free for new accounts, Heroku free, Cyclic, Deta, Glitch) stay in JSON as do-not-chase, hidden until you turn off Hide perks & trials. Category GPU is paid rental and model-serve (RunPod, E2E, Jarvislabs, …) — still no standing $0 production GPU-hour. Recurring free tokens stay under AI APIs.

Railway re-check (2026-09-01)

Official docs: 30-day trial with a one-time $5 grant, then Free with $1 of non-rolling credit per month. Listed with that catch — not a toy coupon, not a generous host.

Deploy

Static Cloudflare Pages, output ., no npm build. Viewers load js/resources-data.js.

Corrections

Open a correction issue with the official URL. Re-verify anything older than 30 days.