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 hacker-spirit article on a privacy failure, scam-defense experiment, file-forensics method, or unusual defensive technique—not your advertisement.
Pitch an original standards, accessibility, privacy, or responsible-web essay based on first-hand product engineering experience.
Run AI Verify on your real AI use case, then submit accurate results, version, experience, lessons and company logo.
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 your tool with homepage URL, privacy-first positioning, logo, screenshots and accurate pricing.
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.
Submit a substantial implementation article with code samples for a local privacy or document-processing technique used in your tool.
Create a truthful founder or engineering profile and submit a useful tutorial on local-first privacy tooling, secure web utilities, or accessibility engineering.
Propose a lived-experience frontend article on accessible tool interfaces, privacy-safe browser APIs, CSS, or performance.
Publish #showdev article about client-side privacy tools.
Join as the developer and publish an original technical tutorial about a privacy-safe browser workflow, citing your tool only where relevant.
Submit your polished landing/tool UI with clean screenshots and design credits.
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.
Submit your polished landing/tool UI with clean screenshots and design credits.
Publish a detailed build or usage tutorial around your original workflow, with the relevant tool link only where it helps readers.
Submit your polished landing/tool UI with clean screenshots and design credits.
Register as source for B2B writer quotes/backlinks.
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.
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.
Submit your tool with homepage URL, privacy-first positioning, logo, screenshots and accurate pricing.
Create an account and submit your tool with its privacy, security and utility use cases plus the homepage link.
Submit your tool with homepage URL, privacy-first positioning, logo, screenshots and accurate pricing.
Submit your polished landing/tool UI with clean screenshots and design credits.
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.
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.
Submit your tool with homepage URL, privacy-first positioning, logo, screenshots and accurate pricing.
Submit your polished landing/tool UI with clean screenshots and design credits.
Pitch original your tool data, an AI/privacy industry argument, or a consequential product launch to the relevant desk.
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.