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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.
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.
Deploy your maintained MCP server from GitHub, Docker, npm, or PyPI, verify maintainer ownership, and switch it public only after production testing.
Launch your platform first; prepare maker comment and assets.
Submit platform, add competitor alternatives, verify domain email.
Publish a genuine hosted, external, or stdio MCP server exposing a small set of consent-based your tool utilities with complete metadata and documentation.
Submit the company website and concise product, market, founder, funding, and traction details for analyst review.
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.
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.
Submit as Show HN: your tool - privacy-first toolbox people can try instantly.
Build a maintained Linear integration that sends approved your tool audit findings into issues, then submit its listing and assets.
Create a supported Mattermost plugin or app that scans user-approved text for sensitive data before sharing, with docs and a public issue tracker.
Launch your tool with a unique tagline, screenshots and founder profile linking to your tool.
Launch your tool with a unique tagline, screenshots and founder profile linking to your tool.
Launch your tool with a unique tagline, screenshots and founder profile linking to your tool.
Create a vendor account and submit your tool under the closest B2B software categories with an accurate feature summary.
Launch your tool with a unique tagline, screenshots and founder profile linking to your tool.
Submit the production web app, then verify domain ownership to manage its official listing, assets, and analytics.
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.
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.