Anthropic free for open source — what you get and how to apply

6 months of free Claude Max 20x subscription for eligible open source maintainers and core contributors; program accepts up to 10,000 contributors.

Eligibility: for the maintainer; public repo required; Primary maintainer or core team member of a public repository with 5,000+ GitHub stars or 1M+ monthly NPM downloads, with commits, releases, or PR reviews within the last 3 months. Maintainers of smaller but ecosystem-critical projects are invited to apply and explain their project.

How to apply: Application form on the program page; reviewed on a rolling basis, approved applicants get an activation link for Claude Max.

last verified 2026-07-07