459 business, software, startup and AI directories that list you for free or have a free tier. Directory links are steady rather than spectacular: they help people and search engines find you, and they build a consistent footprint for your brand.
Archive your genuine public source repository and add its resulting SWHID permalink to release and citation metadata.
Submit freeware or shareware for Windows via their author submission page.
Create a free provider profile for your agency and collect client reviews.
Find your country's section and add or update your company entry.
Canadian startups can send launch, funding or growth news to the editorial team.
Submit your Windows app for review and malware testing.
Email funding or acquisition news with key facts and a press kit.
Create profile/comment or pitch startup article.
Register your tool as a B2B product, choose relevant categories, and complete the vendor profile in English.
Propose your qualifying open-source privacy project through the official contribution process.
Build a reusable Typst privacy, accessibility, or document-checking package with a valid manifest, docs, examples, and tests, then submit it to the official packages repository.
If your tool ships a real tool that reads, validates, generates, visualizes, or otherwise supports AsyncAPI documents, add the required .asyncapi-tool metadata file and submit it for the public tools dashboard.
Create your accurate company profile and list only real software or digital services with the canonical website.
Add your startup and post a real opening so your company page with website link goes live.
Create/claim startup profile for global startup map.
Create a founder or editor portfolio and add a small selection of substantial your tool guides and externally published articles.
Create vendor account and submit software.
Submit only AI-facing your tool features, not whole toolbox if too broad.
If you run an agency, create a profile with services, portfolio work and client reviews.
Add SaaS/product profile.
Create business citation profile.
Submit your free Windows program through the author submission form.
If your app calls models through OpenRouter, set the referer and title headers so it shows in public app rankings.
Add your Australian business with consistent contact details and a website link.
Create business profile if eligible.
Add your tool website listing.
Submit your tool for startup feature/review.
Send funding, launch or milestone news if you are a European startup.
Israeli startups can claim or request a profile and add product details and website.
Create a free company profile as an importer, exporter or service provider.
Create your business page with concise brand details and links to the homepage, popular tools and socials.
Submit your qualifying open research-software component and short software paper after it has mature public development history.
Register as a vendor to list your software for Indian business buyers.
Add standards-valid CycloneDX support, then submit your structured entry through the official contribution workflow.
Apply using valid Startup India/DPIIT credentials and complete your tool startup profile for ecosystem visibility.
Make your tool generate or consume valid SPDX, document validation, then file the requested supplier-information issue with its canonical URL.
Create your real OSPO function or a tool that materially supports OSPO work, then contribute the logo and canonical URL by issue or pull request.
List your tool as productivity/developer/startup resource.
Submit AI privacy/redaction or prompt-safety tools.
Register your genuinely life-science-focused resource with stable homepage, scientific operations, inputs, outputs, licence, and documentation.
Prefer directories with a real review step. If anything gets listed instantly, the directory carries little weight.
Pick the right category inside each directory, and write a fresh description rather than pasting the same paragraph everywhere.
Skip any directory that sells hundreds of links for a fee. That is a link scheme, not a directory.