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.
Complete the current CAIQ or AI-CAIQ truthfully and submit your tool real cloud service to the STAR Registry.
Open-source your well-scoped component, document its governance, tests, security process, and complete the passing-badge self-assessment.
Create your public workspace with sanitized API collections, examples, documentation, and a canonical homepage link on the publisher profile.
Use the official Register flow and build your verified company profile if Tamil Nadu startup rules are met.
Recommend your official API with its documentation URL, concise Markdown description, category, and technical details.
When your tool exposes a stable public API, host an official OpenAPI definition at a permanent URL and submit it with accurate ownership, category, logo, and metadata.
Submit your tool once with its strongest free-use case, correct category, concise copy, and product URL.
Submit your mature self-hosted edition using the required YAML entry and canonical website/source links.
Register an authorized Indian business seller and list only real eligible your tool services with accurate catalogue details.
Search for and claim your real podcast, then keep its RSS-supplied website and episode metadata accurate.
Submit your real podcast RSS feed whose show website and episode notes naturally reference relevant tools.
Publish your useful editor extension whose marketplace metadata links to its homepage and documentation.
Submit a genuinely open-source, maintained and self-hostable your tool component as an alternative to a named proprietary tool.
Build your tool triggers/actions, submit them to the public registry by GitHub PR, and address review feedback.
Submit your genuine podcast RSS feed or Apple Podcasts URL with accurate show-website and episode metadata.
Submit your real public podcast RSS feed whose metadata and episode notes reference the official site naturally.
Propose your qualifying open-source privacy project through the official contribution process.
Submit your tool MCP repository or public server URL, preferably after publishing it to the official MCP Registry.
First pass PWA checks, then submit the installable HTTPS app with manifest, service worker, offline behavior, icons, and screenshots.
Create a founder expert profile and submit substantive talks about privacy-first tools, accessibility or web security.
Publish a maintained Terraform provider for your tool stable API, or a genuinely reusable deployment module, with signed releases, generated documentation, examples, tests, and semantic versions.
Build your working automation Actor, publish it to the Store and include contextual project/documentation links.
Package your legitimate desktop app as an official AppImage, then file the requested issue or pull request for inclusion.
If your property genuinely uses Astro, use the Submit site action to propose it for the public showcase.
Create your public package repository for genuine releases and complete its namespace, description, licence and source/homepage metadata.
Publish a genuine iOS or macOS your tool SDK and set homepage/source URLs in its podspec.
After releasing a genuinely Django-relevant open-source component, sign in and add its GitHub or GitLab repository and accurate project links.
Publish your genuine versioned Nix flake under the correct GitHub owner and maintain its README and project links.
Submit your real maintained open-source release with accurate categories and project metadata.
Release a useful Haxe SDK or privacy utility and set haxelib.json's URL to your relevant documentation page.
Publish a genuine browser or desktop your tool utility with screenshots, documentation and an official-site link.
Build your functional Joomla integration and submit a complete listing with an approved download route.
Create your project team, connect verified project accounts, and describe the official website and repository contextually.
Release your reusable -related security or privacy module from a correctly named public GitHub repository.
Search for your tool; submit an accurate profile update or request research coverage with authoritative company data and website.
List your legitimate documented API in the relevant developer category using the normal or Pro review queue.
Build your tool actions as a Raycast extension and publish through the official GitHub PR workflow.
Submit your maintained open-source component for community review.
An eligible active researcher can publish genuine your tool studies, code or datasets and add the official website where appropriate.
Publish and maintain a tested Scoop manifest for your actual portable Windows CLI or app.
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.