Application. As of 2026-10-11, Anthropic Claude for Open Source (Anthropic); human step: a person completes a signup form; no stated expiry.
Six months of Claude Max 20x, free, for open-source maintainers — verbatim: "6 months of free Claude Max 20x".
Every Anthropic offer, and its verdict · Does a provider have a free tier? A–Z
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic |
| Category | inference |
| Offer status | available |
| Deal type | free |
| What is free | Six months of Claude Max 20x, free, for open-source maintainers — verbatim: "6 months of free Claude Max 20x". |
| Access barrier | web-form |
| How you get a credential | web-form (stated on the row) |
| Agent-usable | False |
| Evidence | documented |
| Confidence | verified |
| Last verified | 2026-10-11 |
| Source | https://claude.com/contact-sales/claude-for-oss |
| Caveats | agent_usable stays false: whether the program grant carries API credits is NOT STATED. claude.com/pricing lists "Monthly API credits" on Max 20x, but neither the program page nor the program terms mention API credits, so neither direction is asserted. Individual-only ("for the individual use of the approved Applicant only"; "only one active Program subscription at a time"). The complimentary period "does not renew automatically"; an existing paid plan's billing is paused for the benefit period and resumes at the then-current plan and rate unless cancelled, and overages may be charged at standard pricing. Eligibility is published as several tracks: maintainers of packages with 500+ dependent repos, 100+ dependent packages, or 200,000+ combined monthly downloads, plus further tracks and an explicit "apply anyway" route for borderline cases. Terms (anthropic.com/claude-for-oss-terms): "The Program is limited to 10,000 approved recipients unless this cap is increased by Anthropic." Distinct from Anthropic's VC-network API-credits programme, which is a different offer. |
No measured example — this row is evidence: documented: it states what the provider's own page advertised on the date shown, and this worker holds no credential to call it. The provider's documentation is the source: https://claude.com/contact-sales/claude-for-oss
Rendered 2026-10-27 00:59 UTC. Machine-readable: ai-deals.json.