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148 free resources to keep leveling up

Hand-picked free courses, tools, docs and platforms — from roadmap.sh and freeCodeCamp to local AI apps, agent frameworks and automation tools. “Free” means free to learn or use, or a genuinely useful free tier.

001Learn to Code

freeCodeCamp

Thousands of hours of free, certified curricula: web dev, Python, data analysis, ML, and more.

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002Learn to Code

roadmap.sh

Community-built visual roadmaps for every tech role — including AI Engineer, AI Agents and Prompt Engineering.

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003Learn to Code

The Odin Project

Project-based full-stack JavaScript and Ruby curriculum, completely free and open source.

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004Learn to Code

Harvard CS50

Harvard's legendary intro to computer science, plus CS50 AI and CS50 Python tracks.

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005Learn to Code

Full Stack Open

University of Helsinki's modern web dev course: React, Node, GraphQL, TypeScript.

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006Learn to Code

MDN Web Docs

The definitive reference for HTML, CSS, JavaScript and web APIs.

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007Learn to Code

JavaScript.info

A thorough, modern JavaScript tutorial from basics to advanced topics.

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008Learn to Code

Eloquent JavaScript

A free book that teaches programming through JavaScript, with interactive examples.

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009Learn to Code

Automate the Boring Stuff

Free Python book aimed at automating everyday office tasks — perfect for freelancers.

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010Learn to Code

Python Official Tutorial

The official, always-current Python tutorial.

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011Learn to Code

Khan Academy

Free courses in computing, math and statistics — great foundations for ML.

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012Learn to Code

W3Schools

Quick, example-driven references for web languages, SQL and Python.

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013Learn to Code

Exercism

Coding practice in 70+ languages with free human mentoring.

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014Learn to Code

Codewars

Level up with bite-sized coding challenges ranked by difficulty.

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015Learn to Code

Frontend Mentor

Real-world front-end challenges with professional designs to build against.

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016Learn to Code

web.dev

Google's courses on performance, accessibility and modern web best practices.

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017Learn to Code

GitHub Skills

Interactive courses on Git, GitHub Actions, Copilot and more — run inside GitHub.

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018Learn to Code

The Missing Semester (MIT)

Shell, Git, editors, debugging — the tools school never teaches.

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019Learn to Code

Pro Git Book

The complete Git book, free online.

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020Learn to Code

MIT OpenCourseWare

Free lecture videos, notes and exams from thousands of MIT courses.

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021Learn to Code

free-programming-books

A massive, curated list of free programming books in dozens of languages.

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022AI & ML Courses

fast.ai — Practical Deep Learning

Top-down, code-first deep learning course for people who already code a little.

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023AI & ML Courses

Hugging Face Learn

Free courses on LLMs, NLP, diffusion, audio, computer vision and RL.

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024AI & ML Courses

Hugging Face Agents Course

Build agents from scratch with smolagents, LlamaIndex and LangGraph — with certification.

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025AI & ML Courses

DeepLearning.AI Short Courses

1–2 hour courses on agents, RAG, prompting, MCP, fine-tuning and more.

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026AI & ML Courses

Google ML Crash Course

Google's fast-paced, practical introduction to machine learning.

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027AI & ML Courses

Kaggle Learn

Hands-on micro-courses: Python, Pandas, ML, deep learning, SQL — in free notebooks.

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028AI & ML Courses

Elements of AI

A gentle, non-technical intro to AI for business people and beginners.

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029AI & ML Courses

Microsoft AI for Beginners

12-week, 24-lesson curriculum covering classic AI through neural networks.

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030AI & ML Courses

Microsoft ML for Beginners

12-week classic machine learning curriculum with quizzes and projects.

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031AI & ML Courses

Microsoft Generative AI for Beginners

21 lessons on building generative AI applications.

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032AI & ML Courses

Microsoft AI Agents for Beginners

Lessons on agent design patterns, tool use, planning and multi-agent systems.

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033AI & ML Courses

Neural Networks: Zero to Hero

Andrej Karpathy builds neural nets and a GPT from scratch, step by step.

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034AI & ML Courses

3Blue1Brown — Neural Networks

Beautifully animated intuition for how neural networks and transformers work.

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035AI & ML Courses

Dive into Deep Learning

Interactive deep learning textbook with runnable code in multiple frameworks.

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036AI & ML Courses

Stanford CS224N

Stanford's NLP with deep learning course — lectures and materials.

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037AI & ML Courses

Made With ML

Learn to design, develop, deploy and iterate on production ML systems.

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038AI & ML Courses

LangChain Academy

Free courses on LangGraph, agent architectures and LLM app development.

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039AI & ML Courses

Google Cloud Skills Boost

Free generative AI learning paths and labs from Google Cloud.

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040AI & ML Courses

Coursera (audit mode)

Audit many AI courses for free, including Andrew Ng's classics.

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041AI & ML Courses

edX

Free audit tracks from Harvard, MIT and more on AI, data and CS.

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042Prompting & Docs

Anthropic Prompt Engineering Guide

Official, practical prompting techniques for Claude models.

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043Prompting & Docs

Anthropic Courses (GitHub)

Free notebooks: prompt engineering tutorial, real-world prompting, tool use.

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044Prompting & Docs

OpenAI Cookbook

Code examples and guides for common LLM tasks.

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045Prompting & Docs

Prompt Engineering Guide

Open guide to prompting techniques, agents, RAG and model behavior.

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046Prompting & Docs

Learn Prompting

Free, beginner-friendly prompt engineering course.

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047Prompting & Docs

Google Gemini API Docs

Docs, cookbooks and a free tier for Gemini models.

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048Prompting & Docs

Ollama Docs

API reference, Modelfile syntax, GPU setup and FAQs for running local models.

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049Agents & Frameworks

Hermes Agent (Nous Research)

Open-source, self-improving agent harness with memory, skills, MCP and messaging gateways.

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050Agents & Frameworks

Model Context Protocol

The open standard for connecting AI agents to tools, data and apps.

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051Agents & Frameworks

MCP Servers Directory

Reference and community MCP servers: files, Git, databases, browsers and more.

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052Agents & Frameworks

Claude Agent SDK

Build production agents on the same harness that powers Claude Code.

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053Agents & Frameworks

OpenAI Agents SDK

Lightweight Python framework for multi-agent workflows with handoffs and guardrails.

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054Agents & Frameworks

LangGraph

Build stateful, controllable agents as graphs — with persistence and human-in-the-loop.

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055Agents & Frameworks

CrewAI

Orchestrate role-playing teams of agents that collaborate on tasks.

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056Agents & Frameworks

Microsoft AutoGen

Framework for multi-agent conversations and agentic applications.

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057Agents & Frameworks

smolagents

Hugging Face's minimal library for agents that think in code.

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058Agents & Frameworks

Pydantic AI

Type-safe Python agent framework from the Pydantic team.

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059Agents & Frameworks

LlamaIndex

Framework for RAG and document agents over your own data.

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060Agents & Frameworks

OpenHands

Open-source autonomous software-engineering agent platform.

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061Agents & Frameworks

Aider

AI pair-programmer in your terminal; works with local and cloud models.

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062Agents & Frameworks

Dify

Open-source visual platform for building LLM apps, RAG and agents (self-hostable).

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063Agents & Frameworks

Flowise

Drag-and-drop builder for LLM flows and agents, open source.

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064Agents & Frameworks

Langflow

Visual, low-code builder for agents and RAG apps; open source.

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065Agents & Frameworks

Agent Skills

Open standard for portable, shareable agent skills.

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066Local AI

Ollama

The easiest way to download and run open models locally on Mac, Windows and Linux.

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067Local AI

Ollama Model Library

Browse open models (Llama, Qwen, Gemma, Mistral, DeepSeek, gpt-oss…) with one-line pulls.

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068Local AI

LM Studio

Desktop app to discover, download and chat with local models; exposes an OpenAI-compatible server.

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069Local AI

Jan

Open-source, offline ChatGPT-style desktop app.

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070Local AI

llama.cpp

The high-performance C/C++ engine behind most local LLM tools.

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071Local AI

Open WebUI

Self-hosted, feature-rich web chat UI for Ollama and OpenAI-compatible APIs.

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072Local AI

GPT4All

Private, local chat app that runs on ordinary laptops, with local document chat.

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073Local AI

AnythingLLM

All-in-one desktop app for local RAG, agents and document chat.

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074Local AI

LocalAI

Self-hosted, OpenAI-compatible API for text, images and audio on consumer hardware.

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075Local AI

vLLM

High-throughput inference server for serving open models on GPUs.

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076Local AI

Hugging Face Model Hub

Over a million open models to download, compare and run.

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077Local AI

Whisper (OpenAI)

Open speech-to-text model you can run locally for transcription.

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078Local AI

ComfyUI

Node-based interface for running image-generation models locally.

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079Automation

n8n

Fair-code workflow automation with native AI agent nodes; free to self-host.

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080Automation

Activepieces

Open-source Zapier alternative with AI pieces; self-hostable.

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081Automation

Node-RED

Flow-based, open-source low-code tool for wiring together APIs and devices.

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082Automation

Windmill

Open-source platform for scripts, workflows and internal tools.

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083Automation

Zapier (free plan)

Connect 7,000+ apps; the free plan covers simple two-step automations.

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084Automation

Make (free plan)

Visual scenario builder with a free monthly operations allowance.

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085Automation

Pipedream (free tier)

Code-level workflows connecting APIs, with a generous free tier.

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086AI Playgrounds & APIs

Google AI Studio

Prototype with Gemini models for free and grab an API key.

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087AI Playgrounds & APIs

Groq Console

Ultra-fast inference for open models with a free developer tier.

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088AI Playgrounds & APIs

OpenRouter

One API for hundreds of models, including many free-to-use models.

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089AI Playgrounds & APIs

Cloudflare Workers AI

Run open models at the edge with a free daily allocation — pairs with Pages.

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090AI Playgrounds & APIs

Hugging Face Spaces

Try thousands of AI demos in the browser, or host your own for free.

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091AI Playgrounds & APIs

Google Colab

Free Jupyter notebooks in the cloud with limited free GPU access.

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092AI Playgrounds & APIs

Kaggle Notebooks

Free notebooks with weekly GPU/TPU quotas and thousands of datasets.

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093AI Playgrounds & APIs

Claude.ai (free plan)

Chat, write, analyze files and code with Claude on the free plan.

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094Hosting & Dev Tools

Cloudflare Pages

Free static hosting with global CDN — this very site runs here.

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095Hosting & Dev Tools

GitHub Pages

Host static sites directly from a GitHub repository.

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096Hosting & Dev Tools

Netlify (free tier)

Deploy sites and serverless functions with a free starter plan.

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097Hosting & Dev Tools

Vercel (hobby)

Free hobby hosting for front-end frameworks and AI apps.

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098Hosting & Dev Tools

Supabase (free tier)

Postgres, auth, storage and pgvector for AI apps — free tier included.

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099Hosting & Dev Tools

VS Code

Free, extensible code editor used by most developers.

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100Hosting & Dev Tools

GitHub Codespaces

Cloud dev environments with free monthly hours for personal accounts.

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101Hosting & Dev Tools

Docker Docs

Learn containers — essential for self-hosting n8n, Open WebUI and agents.

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102Hosting & Dev Tools

DevDocs

Fast, offline-capable combined API documentation browser.

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103Hosting & Dev Tools

regex101

Build, test and explain regular expressions interactively.

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104Hosting & Dev Tools

Postman (free)

Test and document APIs, including LLM APIs.

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105Hosting & Dev Tools

public-apis

A huge list of free public APIs to power projects and agent tools.

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106Hosting & Dev Tools

OWASP Top 10 for LLM Apps

Security risks for LLM applications — prompt injection, data leakage and more.

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107Design & Content

Figma (free plan)

Design UIs, mockups and prototypes collaboratively.

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108Design & Content

Canva (free)

Quick social graphics, decks and brand assets with built-in AI tools.

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109Design & Content

Excalidraw

Hand-drawn style whiteboard for diagrams and agent architectures.

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110Design & Content

Mermaid Live Editor

Write diagrams as text — great for documenting workflows.

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111Design & Content

Unsplash

Free high-quality stock photos for websites and content.

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112Design & Content

Google Fonts

Free, open-source fonts for any project.

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113Design & Content

Coolors

Generate and explore color palettes in seconds.

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114Business & Career

Grow with Google

Free digital skills training, including AI essentials for small businesses.

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115Business & Career

Google Skillshop

Free certifications for Google Ads, Analytics and more.

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116Business & Career

HubSpot Academy

Free courses on marketing, sales, CRM and AI-powered marketing.

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117Business & Career

Microsoft Learn

Free learning paths for Azure AI, Copilot and Power Automate.

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118Business & Career

AWS Skill Builder (free)

Free digital courses on cloud and generative AI fundamentals.

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119Business & Career

Y Combinator Startup School

Free program on building and growing a startup.

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120Data & Datasets

Kaggle Datasets

Hundreds of thousands of public datasets for practice and projects.

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121Data & Datasets

Hugging Face Datasets

Open datasets for training, evaluating and fine-tuning models.

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122Data & Datasets

Google Dataset Search

Search engine for datasets published across the web.

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123Data & Datasets

Our World in Data

Open, well-documented global data on hundreds of topics.

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124Data & Datasets

Hugging Face Open LLM Leaderboard

Compare open models on standard benchmarks before you download one.

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125Data & Datasets

LMArena

Crowd-sourced, head-to-head model rankings — and a free way to try many models.

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126AI Assistants

ChatGPT (free)

OpenAI's assistant with a free tier for chat, writing and analysis.

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127AI Assistants

Gemini

Google's assistant with Workspace integration and a free tier.

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128AI Assistants

Microsoft Copilot

Free AI assistant integrated with Windows and Microsoft 365.

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129AI Assistants

NotebookLM

Chat with and summarize your own sources; generates audio overviews.

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130AI Assistants

Perplexity

Search-first AI answers with citations; useful for quick research.

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131AI Assistants

Mistral Le Chat

Free assistant from Mistral AI, a leading open-weight model lab.

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132AI & ML Courses

Anthropic — Building Effective Agents

The most practical guide to agent design patterns — short and essential.

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133Agents & Frameworks

12-Factor Agents

Principles for building reliable, production-grade LLM agents.

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134AI & ML Courses

LLM Course (mlabonne)

Free roadmap and notebooks covering LLM fundamentals to fine-tuning.

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135Agents & Frameworks

Awesome LLM Apps

Dozens of runnable example apps: RAG, agents, multi-agent teams.

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136AI & ML Courses

OpenAI Academy

Free workshops and guides on using AI at work.

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137Prompting & Docs

Simon Willison's Weblog

Clear, practical writing on LLMs, prompt injection and tools.

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138Data & Datasets

arXiv (cs.AI / cs.CL)

Free access to the latest AI research papers.

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139Business & Career

NIST AI Risk Management Framework

Free framework for managing AI risks responsibly.

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140Business & Career

National Privacy Commission (PH)

Official guidance on the Philippine Data Privacy Act.

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141Local AI

whisper.cpp

Fast local speech-to-text on CPUs and Apple Silicon.

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142Local AI

Piper TTS

Fast, local neural text-to-speech with many voices.

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143Local AI

Unsloth

Free notebooks to fine-tune open models faster with less memory.

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144Local AI

LiteLLM

One OpenAI-style API in front of 100+ providers, including Ollama.

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145Hosting & Dev Tools

Chroma

Open-source vector database for RAG apps.

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146Hosting & Dev Tools

Qdrant

Open-source vector search engine with a free cloud tier.

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147Hosting & Dev Tools

Tailscale

Private networking to reach your local AI securely — free for personal use.

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148Hosting & Dev Tools

Cloudflare Tunnel

Expose self-hosted tools like n8n securely without opening ports.

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