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 a GDevelop extension for safe local storage, consent UX, or secret-free analytics configuration.
Build your public OAuth integration, gain qualifying installs, then submit setup docs plus support, privacy, and terms URLs.
Open-source your reusable research-focused component, archive it with a persistent identifier, and submit a software metapaper with project/code links.
Obtain senior approval, submit the signed endorsement materials, implement the Principles and share a real case study.
Build a genuine Salesforce package or API solution for selected-record privacy or document checks and complete its company and listing profile.
Submit a mature macOS, iOS, or web companion app that provides your privacy workflow and links to its official product documentation.
Build a Shopware admin extension for privacy and accessibility checks on selected catalog content, media, and exports.
Build a SketchUp extension for model metadata sanitization or accessibility-ready export checks.
Build a Stripe app that sends selected non-sensitive invoice or export data to your clearly scoped audit and publish complete documentation.
Place your targeted campaign in TLDR Dev, InfoSec, AI, Tech, Product, or Founders with a focused landing page.
Build your VTEX IO storefront or admin privacy utility, define billing, and submit it for homologation.
Publish a secure one-click self-hosted your tool image or cloud-init deployment with documentation and support.
Distribute your substantial launch or privacy/security research story with media, founder quote, and one canonical URL.
Reserve for major corporate news, partnerships, funding, or independently useful your tool research.
Build a tightly relevant press list and pitch your original report, launch, or expert source contribution.
Use its PR Newswire-backed packages only for your strong national-interest story with clear evidence.
Use for a major release or original your tool trend report that merits broad international distribution.
Develop an open statistical/privacy-analysis component, then submit a reproducible English LaTeX software paper linking its code and your tool project page.
Identify reporters actively covering privacy, security, developer tools, and consumer utilities; send individualized evidence-led pitches.
Use a focused product or research announcement and target the most relevant technology or cybersecurity distribution.
Use its distribution-only option for ready copy or writing package for your strong UK-facing announcement.
Submit your newsworthy release and target its newspaper, radio, television, and online media network.
Pitch a high-signal announcement to relevant technology, AI, privacy, or India media lists through its distribution network.
Build a genuine RO-Crate validator or privacy linter and submit a technical developer article using the official blog template.
Research AI-cited journalists, build a narrow list, and pitch your tool research or expert commentary rather than generic product copy.
Submit a deep technical tutorial showing a generalizable web, security, or privacy technique used while building your tool.
Submit a polished technology or company announcement and select only the relevant distribution circuit.
Consider only after your tool has a substantial AI feature and the directory offers business value beyond a link.
Onboard your operational research-facing service through an eligible EOSC Node using the Federation Handbook process.
Apply as Associate or full Member only after operating a credible incident-response team/program and completing sponsorship/review.
Apply only with a meaningful open agent-security or MCP-governance contribution and an ongoing participation plan.
Apply only after operating a real civil-society digital-security help desk and meeting network operations and vetting requirements.
Apply only after your tool operates a genuine OA scholarly-book publishing program, then submit peer-reviewed privacy-tech books.
Join only when your tool will fund and actively contribute to open-source AI or data work.
Join only to contribute substantively to relevant security or privacy technical committees and use approved organization metadata.
After releasing meaningful OSI-licensed code, consider sponsorship only when supporting OSI aligns with your tool strategy.
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.