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 your tool only if its AI functionality is material, with correct category, URL, pricing and product facts.
Propose a vendor-neutral, reproducible cloud-native security tutorial or case study, then write it in Markdown and submit the draft by pull request after community discussion.
Pitch an original evidence-backed privacy, scam, or cyber advisory based on genuine your tool research.
Publish a detailed hardware or IoT project that genuinely uses your tool, with code, parts, instructions and an external tutorial link where useful.
Publish a mature open-source interoperability or public-administration solution with documentation, releases, licence, and owner metadata.
Submit your polished landing/tool UI with clean screenshots and design credits.
Publish a clinical-data de-identification or quality tool with source, installation steps, dependencies, documentation, and tests.
Submit an educational, non-sales session on privacy-safe tooling or accessible creator workflows when the next CFP opens.
Contribute a generalized privacy-by-design pattern derived from your tool experience, with problem, context, forces, and solution.
Document your real implementation of a named RDA recommendation with challenge, measurable outcome, lessons, and supporting resources.
Create a developer portfolio and publish your original build story or project showcase.
Submit your 100-plus-word startup story for editorial consideration.
Pitch original your tool security research, a defensible dataset or timely threat analysis.
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.
Create a durable project journal containing original founder and engineering posts, using contextual your tool links and real authorship rather than copied site content.
Build your branded newsroom, publish media-ready stories, and send targeted pitches to opted-in contacts.
Use the site's Submit Your Product flow for your tool.
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.
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.