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 an original L&D article on teaching practical privacy or accessibility skills, linking only to your genuinely informative guide where it supports the lesson.
Apply with a code-heavy observability, Node, Ruby, Python, or Elixir tutorial using your real engineering problem as the case study.
Create a real founder or researcher portfolio containing original your tool engineering, privacy, and accessibility articles already published under that person's byline.
Create your free company profile and upload polished UX, privacy-tool, or brand work as documented case studies.
Launch a consistent Trustworthy Tools digest that mixes independent sources with occasional relevant your tool research, adding original commentary to every selected link.
Send one current, technically substantive frontend or accessibility article/tool after publishing it, explaining the concrete reader value and disclosing your tool ownership.
First publish a strong JavaScript/browser engineering article or genuinely novel developer utility, then reply to a current issue with one concise, disclosed editorial tip.
Publish original, text-first notes about building local-only privacy and accessibility tools, with restrained links to your relevant live implementation.
Submit your founder-written product or privacy case study with concrete decisions, evidence, failures, and lessons for product practitioners.
Use your tool or founder social-web identity to publish original technical/privacy articles with relevant references.
Create your original engineering field-notes publication with human-approved privacy, accessibility, and local-first essays rather than republished marketing copy.
Submit your strongest privacy-first module with jurisdiction, open-source and audit details.
Submit your polished landing/tool UI with clean screenshots and design credits.
Submit your tool with homepage URL, privacy-first positioning, logo, screenshots and accurate pricing.
Create your publication or original Japanese engineering article with reproducible examples and contextual links to source or documentation.
Submit your tool with homepage URL, privacy-first positioning, logo, screenshots and accurate pricing.
Submit your tool to the best-fit software directory with truthful pricing and unique copy.
Test one legitimate product-news release, then use paid tiers only if referral or discovery value is measurable.
Apply with a genuine technical portfolio and propose an original mobile privacy tutorial aligned with Kodeco's listed subject areas.
Build a focused public portfolio for your real designer/team and publish one detailed product, privacy, or accessibility design case study with the project link.
Pitch an original Python privacy, document-safety, or local-processing tutorial based on real your tool engineering lessons.
Publish an original, media-rich tutorial or founder case study with useful screenshots and your contextual reference, using a complete real profile.
Submit your tool with homepage URL, privacy-first positioning, logo, screenshots and accurate pricing.
Submit your tool for an editorial tool profile and optional promotion.
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.