---
title: "How to host your side-projects for free in 2023: from Auth to Database"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-host-your-side-projects-for-free-in-2023-from-auth-to-database-xiogorsed
source_url: https://livecycle.io/blogs/free-hosting-2023
type: article
source: "Livecycle"
published: 2023-05-22T08:48:45.530Z
updated: 2026-03-15T04:54:02.323Z
tags: ["authentication", "backend", "database", "general-programming", "github", "redis", "serverless", "startup", "vercel"]
reading_time: 6
upvotes: 132
comments: 16
language: en
---

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# How to host your side-projects for free in 2023: from Auth to Database

**[Livecycle](https://daily.dev/sources/livecycle)** · 6 min read · 132 upvotes · 16 comments

## Summary

Hosting side projects without a monthly cost is a great way to bring your ideas to life without breaking the bank. In this article, we’ll explore different categories of services that can help you host your side projects for free in 2023.

## Full article

daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: <https://livecycle.io/blogs/free-hosting-2023>

## Community discussion

Top comments from developers on daily.dev.

**@assaf** · 7 upvotes

> Kinda awesome what you can build for free nowadays. You can build a fairly complex application without paying a dime

**@ghost** · 7 upvotes

> Maybe replace clerk & planetscale with supabase, because supabase is open source & self-hostable.

**@aldennis** · 2 upvotes

> One last thing to add. You can store your code for free and private on GitHub.
> https://github.blog/2019-01-07-new-year-new-github/

**@yabolank** · 2 upvotes

> Nothing is free guy. Everything is free until you depend on it.

**@qoyyuum** · 1 upvotes

> Nice article. I have my own stack for free services: https://stackshare.io/qoyyuum/free-stack#stack

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Tags: [#authentication](https://daily.dev/tags/authentication), [#backend](https://daily.dev/tags/backend), [#database](https://daily.dev/tags/database), [#general-programming](https://daily.dev/tags/general-programming), [#github](https://daily.dev/tags/github), [#redis](https://daily.dev/tags/redis), [#serverless](https://daily.dev/tags/serverless), [#startup](https://daily.dev/tags/startup), [#vercel](https://daily.dev/tags/vercel)

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