A maintained list of 1,432 directories, launch platforms, registries and marketplaces that accept product submissions. 1,134 of them are free or have a free tier, and 192 are quick wins — free, low effort, and worth doing first. Every row shows cost, effort and priority, and links straight to the submission page.
Submit your tool with homepage URL, privacy-first positioning, logo, screenshots and accurate pricing.
Submit your tool with homepage URL, privacy-first positioning, logo, screenshots and accurate pricing.
Submit your tool with homepage URL, privacy-first positioning, logo, screenshots and accurate pricing.
Submit one polished your tool web utility that is directly useful to front-end developers, programmers, or designers, with a precise one-line explanation and working URL.
Submit an original hacker-spirit article on a privacy failure, scam-defense experiment, file-forensics method, or unusual defensive technique—not your advertisement.
Submit your tool with homepage URL, privacy-first positioning, logo, screenshots and accurate pricing.
Submit your tool with homepage URL, privacy-first positioning, logo, screenshots and accurate pricing.
Submit a substantial implementation article with code samples for a local privacy or document-processing technique used in your tool.
Create a truthful founder or engineering profile and submit a useful tutorial on local-first privacy tooling, secure web utilities, or accessibility engineering.
Publish #showdev article about client-side privacy tools.
Join as the developer and publish an original technical tutorial about a privacy-safe browser workflow, citing your tool only where relevant.
Submit your polished landing/tool UI with clean screenshots and design credits.
Submit your polished landing/tool UI with clean screenshots and design credits.
Submit your polished landing/tool UI with clean screenshots and design credits.
Submit your polished landing/tool UI with clean screenshots and design credits.
Submit your canonical URL and optional creator details; let the gallery prepare its own screenshots after review.
Create a founder or editor portfolio and add a small selection of substantial your tool guides and externally published articles.
Submit your tool with homepage URL, privacy-first positioning, logo, screenshots and accurate pricing.
Post technical/product story with canonical link.
Create an account and submit your tool with a precise category, readable summary, official URL and evidence of a working product.
If a reciprocal badge fits the site policy, place it transparently on an appropriate page and email your official URL for independent review.
Pitch your tool for software review/listing.
Submit your tool with homepage URL, privacy-first positioning, logo, screenshots and accurate pricing.
Pitch only major developer/security story.
Behind the list
Every row here starts as a line in a sheet, gets normalised into one of 15 groups, scored for cost, effort and impact, and written up with the steps to actually submit. The floor below represents that pipeline.
Open the sheet viewAn illustration of the AltF Backlinks floor: opportunities sourced at the back, vetted for cost and effort by the engineering pod, written up for outreach by the design pod, then tracked to placement along a line.
One-shot launches where timing and preparation decide the outcome.
Fast-growing listings specifically for AI-powered tools.
Extension, plugin and integration stores. Real review processes, real distribution.
Startup listings, beta lists and founder media.
General tool and software catalogues with real search traffic.
B2B review sites. Slow to approve, strong once live.
Package, image and docs hosting that carries real authority.
Showcases judged on craft. A good screenshot matters more than copy.
Write once, link back. Editorial standards vary widely.
Get quoted or distribute a release. Slower, higher ceiling.
Company and local listings. Unglamorous, consistently indexed.
Owned pages you control: company, founder, knowledge-panel entities.
Answer real questions. Never drop a bare link.
Brand surface and referral traffic more than link equity.
Everything that does not fit the buckets above.