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 through the free launch queue with a truthful description and product URL.
Submit your public open-source repository and product description after a reusable component is released.
Create your public repository and distribute real signed DEB, RPM, npm, Maven, Helm or other supported packages with accurate metadata.
Create boards for PDF/image/calculator tools linking pages.
Contact the curator with your maintained self-hostable edition, repository, documentation and project website.
Submit maker/startup launch if fit.
List software in relevant category.
Create software listing/vendor profile.
Host your useful open-source SDK, CLI or example project with documentation and a canonical homepage link.
Create/claim startup profile for global startup map.
Create your truthful /founder profile or content page and add the website link where allowed.
Register your tool only under an accurate eligible service category and complete its website, location, description, and contact details.
Create a public professional portfolio and add your tool as a real project with official links.
Submit smaller focused feature launch.
Release one standalone your tool utility as open source, ad-free and local-first, then submit via GitHub.
Create your truthful /founder profile or content page and add the website link where allowed.
Submit your maintained voice/audio utility with licensing and a clear creator or voice-AI use case.
Create your truthful /founder profile or content page and add the website link where allowed.
Create your truthful /founder profile or content page and add the website link where allowed.
Create profile, build-in-public threads, link homepage.
Submit your tool to product-launch/tools category.
Submit your tool if AI search/GEO tool category fits.
Submit AI developer/privacy tools.
Submit AI-facing your tool tools.
Launch your properly scoped vulnerability disclosure or public bug-bounty program.
Submit your tool feature/project journey.
Join the vendor program and package your tool as a legitimate one-click app or supported SaaS add-on with documentation and website links.
Use Become a Vendor to publish your tool business-software profile.
Submit your tool for dofollow tools directory.
Submit developer-facing AI tools.
Submit free AI feature/tool.
After security readiness, launch a properly scoped public VDP or bounty program with safe-harbor language, assets, response SLAs and funded rewards where applicable.
Build a production-ready PrestaShop module or theme and submit its technical package, product page and support links.
Create a scoped ServiceNow application that performs your real workflow for selected records or attachments and submit it through the Store.
Launch your defensive vulnerability disclosure or public bug-bounty program with managed researcher access.
Publish useful browser extension linking your tool.
Package your commercetools Connector and request certification and public Marketplace listing.
After publishing a mature security policy and VDP, contact the Secretariat to apply as a signatory to all four principles.
Submit a working AI feature with accurate categorization, pricing, description, and screenshots for quality review.
Apply as an eligible Member or Partner and contribute resources or expertise to real cyber-capacity-building working groups.
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.