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Is Equinix Metal still free for open source? No.

Equinix Metal's free-for-open-source offer has been discontinued (last checked 2026-07-06). The details below are kept for reference.

Open-Source Partner Program (bare-metal infrastructure) discontinued

Formerly free bare-metal servers and network transfer for notable open source projects (e.g. freedesktop.org, Alpine Linux, CNCF community infrastructure). Program ended with the shutdown of the Equinix Metal platform.

Eligibility: for the project; Program no longer accepting projects; platform sunset.

How to apply: No longer possible; the Equinix Metal platform was retired.

last verified 2026-07-06

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