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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.
Implement applicable ACT Rules, execute official test cases, publish the implementation report, join ACT-R CG, and propose your tool as an implementation.
Create account, wait cooldown if new, submit your tool as platform alternative.
Request an Analyst Briefing and complete the company survey with product, customer, growth, funding, and market evidence.
Apply as a company and accurately describe your tool C2PA or content-provenance tools and intended participation.
Complete the current CAIQ or AI-CAIQ truthfully and submit your tool real cloud service to the STAR Registry.
Add standards-valid CycloneDX support, then submit your structured entry through the official contribution workflow.
Submit one or more free your tool utilities that work without registration.
Deploy your maintained MCP server from GitHub, Docker, npm, or PyPI, verify maintainer ownership, and switch it public only after production testing.
Publish a genuinely reusable privacy or accessibility lesson on your tool, give it a stable URL and open license, then add its educational metadata to MERLOT.
Open-source your well-scoped component, document its governance, tests, security process, and complete the passing-badge self-assessment.
Create your public workspace with sanitized API collections, examples, documentation, and a canonical homepage link on the publisher profile.
Launch your platform first; prepare maker comment and assets.
List your stable API with OpenAPI definitions, clear endpoints, health checks and its official website in the permitted listing field.
Submit platform, add competitor alternatives, verify domain email.
Register your tool as an Indian startup, complete its offering profile, and use Product Expo or Startup Connect when relevant.
Publish a genuine hosted, external, or stdio MCP server exposing a small set of consent-based your tool utilities with complete metadata and documentation.
Use the official Register flow and build your verified company profile if Tamil Nadu startup rules are met.
Submit the company website and concise product, market, founder, funding, and traction details for analyst review.
Create a valid Helm, OPA, Tekton or supported repository for your deployment and add it through the control panel.
Package a narrow, safe your tool plugin with a public repository, validate it with the Claude plugin validator, and submit it through the in-app directory flow.
Publish your genuine Rust client, CLI, parser, or privacy library and set homepage, repository, README, license, and documentation metadata.
Create or claim your tool, add its verified website, product description, sector, founding details, team, and milestones.
Build and test a free Dify plugin for your distinct privacy or file-analysis capability, package it, add a privacy policy, and submit the required pull request.
Create your tool company profile with accurate product, team, media, and website details, then submit it for verification.
Create and verify your complete company page with offerings, target users, location, and canonical website link.
Upload or design your useful privacy report and add contextual external links before public sharing.
Create your original interactive privacy or accessibility guide and add relevant external actions to cited live tools.
Create a useful Godot editor add-on or privacy-safe asset pipeline tool, release it under an accepted license and submit its repository.
Build your add-on for Drive, Docs, Sheets, Gmail, or another Workspace product and publish it.
Submit as Show HN: your tool - privacy-first toolbox people can try instantly.
Publish your standards-based JavaScript or TypeScript SDK with generated docs, readme and project links.
Create a useful Julia client or data utility, register it in Julia General and provide complete package docs with your source link.
Apply using valid Startup India/DPIIT credentials and complete your tool startup profile for ecosystem visibility.
Register your genuine open-source component, complete its project summary and link its official homepage and source repository.
Write and publish a substantial original handbook on local-first privacy, web safety, or accessible-tool engineering, including reproducible examples and relevant your tool references.
Build a maintained Linear integration that sends approved your tool audit findings into issues, then submit its listing and assets.
Choose Startup Register and complete your tool verified entity, DPIIT, contact, product and website profile.
Create a supported Mattermost plugin or app that scans user-approved text for sensitive data before sharing, with docs and a public issue tracker.
Package your real MCP server, verify its namespace, create server.json and publish it with mcp-publisher.
Register in Partner Center and publish your SaaS or Microsoft-integrated offer.
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.