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.
First publish a fresh, human-authored accessibility case study or tutorial with real lessons and disabled-user perspective where available, then suggest that single article by email.
Email your strongest developer-focused feature with a self-service demo, documentation, privacy model, and concise reason it is novel.
Propose a text-based, interactive course on web privacy, security headers, local-first tools, or accessible frontend testing, with practical code exercises and clear outcomes.
Send a concise exclusive angle on your new security feature, dataset, vulnerability study, or expert commentary.
Pitch a vendor-neutral security article using original your tool tests, threat-model findings, or privacy research.
Submit your tool with homepage URL, privacy-first positioning, logo, screenshots and accurate pricing.
Pitch a short, beginner-friendly, human-authored accessibility post through an issue, or submit one established free your tool accessibility resource under the correct Resources category.
Submit a useful AI privacy, local processing, prompt-security, or responsible-tooling tutorial with reproducible examples.
Submit your tool for a hand-reviewed founder-tool profile and direct website CTA.
Pitch an original standards, accessibility, privacy, or responsible-web essay based on first-hand product engineering experience.
Pitch your genuinely differentiated launch or an original opinion on privacy, security, and useful web tooling.
Register a real founder or engineer profile and publish an original code-backed tutorial on privacy-safe browser tooling, mentioning your tool only where it is part of the implementation.
Apply with founder expertise and pitch an actionable digital-experience, privacy, AI-governance, or trust article.
Propose a lived-experience frontend article on accessible tool interfaces, privacy-safe browser APIs, CSS, or performance.
Pitch a practical, outcome-based tutorial on client-side privacy, accessible UI, or web safety using original examples and an honest author identity.
Write an original technical article about a broadly useful browser-security, privacy, or accessibility technique and cite your tool only when it is a necessary working example.
Publish a detailed build or usage tutorial around your original workflow, with the relevant tool link only where it helps readers.
Email one exceptional your tool engineering article, open-source project or deeply useful technical resource to Pointer's official share address.
Submit a formal publication, case study, educational resource or on-demand training linking digital resilience to disaster-risk reduction.
Submit original, factual long-form product copy, five real features, founder details, launch date and a strong featured image.
Write an original Japanese developer tutorial or benchmark that uses your tool and cite the relevant tool or source only where it helps readers.
Create an account and submit your tool with its privacy, security and utility use cases plus the homepage link.
Pitch a practical privacy-by-design, accessibility, frontend-security, or local-first tooling article backed by real your tool lessons.
Pitch a rigorous developer-facing article about secure file handling, browser privacy, accessibility testing, or tool architecture.
Pitch original your tool data, an AI/privacy industry argument, or a consequential product launch to the relevant desk.
Publish an original design or accessibility article with practical examples, then use the contact form's official submit-a-link path for that one article.
Submit your tool only if its AI functionality is material, with correct category, URL, pricing and product facts.
Propose a vendor-neutral, reproducible cloud-native security tutorial or case study, then write it in Markdown and submit the draft by pull request after community discussion.
Pitch an original evidence-backed privacy, scam, or cyber advisory based on genuine your tool research.
Publish a detailed hardware or IoT project that genuinely uses your tool, with code, parts, instructions and an external tutorial link where useful.
Publish a mature open-source interoperability or public-administration solution with documentation, releases, licence, and owner metadata.
Submit your polished landing/tool UI with clean screenshots and design credits.
Publish a clinical-data de-identification or quality tool with source, installation steps, dependencies, documentation, and tests.
Submit an educational, non-sales session on privacy-safe tooling or accessible creator workflows when the next CFP opens.
Contribute a generalized privacy-by-design pattern derived from your tool experience, with problem, context, forces, and solution.
Document your real implementation of a named RDA recommendation with challenge, measurable outcome, lessons, and supporting resources.
Create a developer portfolio and publish your original build story or project showcase.
Submit your 100-plus-word startup story for editorial consideration.
Pitch original your tool security research, a defensible dataset or timely threat analysis.
Submit your tool with homepage URL, privacy-first positioning, logo, screenshots and accurate pricing.
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.