{"id":88827,"date":"2021-09-28T12:00:45","date_gmt":"2021-09-28T19:00:45","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-05-29T14:43:23","modified_gmt":"2025-05-29T21:43:23","slug":"announcing-azure-credits-for-open-source-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/opensource.microsoft.com\/blog\/2021\/09\/28\/announcing-azure-credits-for-open-source-projects\/","title":{"rendered":"Announcing: Azure credits for open source projects"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Open source software is an integral part of development at Microsoft, aligned with our goal to empower all developers to be successful building any application, using any language, on any platform. We are committed to building open, flexible technology and working with the open source community to grow together as an industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Today we&#8217;re excited to announce a program to give back to that community: <a href=\"https:\/\/opensource.microsoft.com\/azure-credits\">Azure credits for open source projects<\/a>. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This program grants Azure credits to open source projects for a year. Developers will be able to use these credits for testing, storage, or other development. Any project in any technology with an <a href=\"https:\/\/opensource.org\/licenses\">Open Source Initiative (OSI)-approved license<\/a> is eligible to apply.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We\u2019ve already extended these grants to some projects in the open source ecosystem. Highlights include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.freebsd.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>FreeBSD<\/strong><\/a>: FreeBSD is a Unix operating system for servers, desktops, and embedded platforms. Azure credits have helped developers to work on custom kernels. They are now releasing more timely updates for security advisories for third-party software and spinning up larger VM classes for package building and smaller VM classes for testing, both of which are hugely helpful to their developers. <span class=\"TrackChangeTextInsertion TrackedChange SCXW186098000 BCX8 TrackChangeHoverSelectColorBlue\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW186098000 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW186098000 BCX8 TrackChangeHoverSelectHighlightBlue\">The project is using its Azure credits to expand the project&#8217;s CI coverage prior to commit.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TrackChangeTextInsertion TrackedChange SCXW186098000 BCX8 TrackChangeHoverSelectColorBlue\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW186098000 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW186098000 BCX8 TrackChangeHoverSelectHighlightBlue\">FreeBSD does lots of\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TrackChangeTextInsertion TrackedChange SCXW186098000 BCX8 TrackChangeHoverSelectColorBlue\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW186098000 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW186098000 BCX8 TrackChangeHoverSelectHighlightBlue\">resource<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TrackChangeTextInsertion TrackedChange SCXW186098000 BCX8 TrackChangeHoverSelectColorBlue\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW186098000 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW186098000 BCX8 TrackChangeHoverSelectHighlightBlue\">&#8211;<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TrackChangeTextInsertion TrackedChange SCXW186098000 BCX8 TrackChangeHoverSelectColorBlue\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW186098000 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW186098000 BCX8 TrackChangeHoverSelectHighlightBlue\">intensive t<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TrackChangeTextInsertion TrackedChange SCXW186098000 BCX8 TrackChangeHoverSelectColorBlue\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW186098000 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW186098000 BCX8 TrackChangeHoverSelectHighlightBlue\">esting<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TrackChangeTextInsertion TrackedChange SCXW186098000 BCX8 TrackChangeHoverSelectColorBlue\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW186098000 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW186098000 BCX8 TrackChangeHoverSelectHighlightBlue\">. 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Azure credits are helping their continuous integration system, releases, their GitLab instances, and other builds.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/snakemake.github.io\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Snakemate<\/strong><\/a>: The Snakemake workflow management system is a tool for creating reproducible and scalable data analyses. Workflows are described via a human-readable, Python-based language, and Snakemake enables these to be seamlessly scaled to server, cluster, grid, and cloud environments. <span class=\"TrackChangeTextInsertion TrackedChange SCXW86559415 BCX8\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW86559415 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2 SCXW86559415 BCX8 DefaultHighlightTransition\">Snakemate<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TrackChangeTextInsertion TrackedChange SCXW86559415 BCX8\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW86559415 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW86559415 BCX8\">\u00a0is using its Azure credits for\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TrackChangeTextInsertion TrackedChange SCXW86559415 BCX8\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW86559415 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW86559415 BCX8\">developing the Azure plugins for\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TrackChangeTextInsertion TrackedChange SCXW86559415 BCX8\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW86559415 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2 SCXW86559415 BCX8\">Snakemake<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TrackChangeTextInsertion TrackedChange SCXW86559415 BCX8\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW86559415 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW86559415 BCX8\">, as well as testing those integrations.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a class=\"Hyperlink SCXW109994855 BCX8\" href=\"https:\/\/promitor.io\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span class=\"TrackChangeTextInsertion TrackedChange SCXW109994855 BCX8\"><span class=\"FieldRange SCXW109994855 BCX8\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW109994855 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW109994855 BCX8\">Promitor<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun Underlined SCXW109994855 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW109994855 BCX8\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"Hyperlink\">:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/strong><span class=\"TrackChangeTextInsertion TrackedChange SCXW109994855 BCX8\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW109994855 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW109994855 BCX8\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>From the maintainer of the project, Tom Kerkhove: \u201c<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TrackChangeTextInsertion TrackedChange SCXW109994855 BCX8\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW109994855 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW109994855 BCX8\">If there is one thing I love to do, then it is building open-source products that close gaps in the Microsoft Azure offering, such as\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TrackChangeTextInsertion TrackedChange SCXW109994855 BCX8\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW109994855 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2 SCXW109994855 BCX8\">Promitor<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TrackChangeTextInsertion TrackedChange SCXW109994855 BCX8\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW109994855 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW109994855 BCX8\">\u00a0&amp; Kubernetes Event Grid Bridge, and make them available for free so that everyone can benefit from them. However, this means I don&#8217;t have\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TrackChangeTextInsertion TrackedChange SCXW109994855 BCX8\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW109994855 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW109994855 BCX8\">budget<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TrackChangeTextInsertion TrackedChange SCXW109994855 BCX8\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW109994855 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW109994855 BCX8\"> for spinning up Azure resources to integrate with, verify changes and build qualitative software. Thanks to Microsoft&#8217;s Azure sponsorship I can keep on doing what I love, without having to make my software a paid product so that the community can use it at their convenience.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"learn-more\">Learn more<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We\u2019re thankful to the whole open source community for fostering innovation and inclusion, and we hope this program contributes to the community even more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span class=\"TextRun BCX8 SCXW259246532\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun BCX8 SCXW259246532\">You can learn more about the program and apply by <\/span><\/span>visiting the <a href=\"https:\/\/opensource.microsoft.com\/azure-credits\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Azure Credits website<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can learn more about open source on Azure by visiting the <a href=\"https:\/\/azure.com\/opensource\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">open source on Azure overview<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Open source software is an integral part of development at Microsoft, aligned with our goal to empower all developers to be successful building any application, using any language, on any platform. 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