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.
Build and test a Slicer extension for medical-image de-identification, metadata inspection or privacy validation, then add its .s4ext metadata to ExtensionIndex by pull request.
Apply only if the founder or team member has real design/engineering leadership experience and intends to provide genuine mentoring, then add an accurate personal website/profile reference.
Submit your public AI-enabled utility with its official URL, correct category, pricing model and an accurate quality-focused description.
Open a pull request for your genuine AI-native component with repository metadata.
Submit your tool (or its blog/feed where required) under productivity, privacy or developer tools.
Submit your tool (or its blog/feed where required) under productivity, privacy or developer tools.
Package your stable CLI or self-hosted helper as a tested APKBUILD, add it under Alpine testing and submit an aports merge request with accurate project metadata.
Submit a tested your app for compatible Amazon devices with complete descriptions, support links, privacy details and store assets.
Register as your tool vendor and add its software/service profile.
Publish an original UI/UX visual case study showing your tool interaction design, accessibility states, and design process, with a contextual project URL.
Submit your original -related technical paper and cite your tool only where it is genuinely the software or study subject.
If your tool ships a real tool that reads, validates, generates, visualizes, or otherwise supports AsyncAPI documents, add the required .asyncapi-tool metadata file and submit it for the public tools dashboard.
Build and openly maintain a Backstage plugin that gives platform teams your real workflow, then announce it through the community-plugins process and meet directory metadata requirements.
Build a deployable edge privacy utility or reusable block, add balena.yml metadata, public source, configuration and multi-device tests, then publish it on balenaHub.
Submit your tool as startup/tool; source says free dofollow.
Package your maintained self-hosted deployment as a Juju charm with canonical documentation, source, and support links.
Build a maintained Cinnamon applet that launches or monitors your useful local privacy workflow and submit it by pull request.
Create an age-appropriate digital-citizenship or privacy FlexBook chapter with practical your tool exercises.
Answer real end-user software or privacy questions in depth and reference your specific page only when it materially completes the answer.
Submit your specific AI-powered utility with its official URL, category and a factual description for editorial review.
Create and fully test your Docker Compose service template, add metadata, logo, and documentation, then submit it to Coolify's next branch.
Apply as a designer and publish an original template, icon pack or printable that genuinely complements your workflow.
Apply with a strong portfolio and sell your original -compatible template or design kit, using permitted shop branding and product documentation.
Submit your tool (or its blog/feed where required) under productivity, privacy or developer tools.
Build a useful dbt package for privacy classification, redaction tests or data-governance macros and add it to the Hub index by pull request.
If your component is open source and genuinely targeted at public administration, add valid publiccode.yml metadata so the catalogue crawler can discover it.
Participate as a real developer with original lessons and honest build stories; reference your tool only if a specific discussion genuinely calls for the working example.
Sign in with GitHub or Google and add your tool as a real portfolio project with tech stack.
Build a generic DHIS2 health-data de-identification or permission-audit app and submit it to App Hub for core-team review.
Use a real developer profile and contribute tested solutions on Discourse integrations, accessibility, or privacy only when the team has genuine implementation experience.
If your tool documentation genuinely runs on Docusaurus, add the polished docs site through the official showcase discussion.
Build your Ecwid app, propose it, sign the partner agreement, and submit it for review with website and support links.
Create a structured open handbook on digital privacy or accessibility with reproducible your tool labs.
Register a substantive life-science privacy, medical-data de-identification, or research-data training resource hosted by your tool.
Create a genuinely useful package of tested security-header, HTML-meta, JSON-LD and webhook snippets with your tool validation examples, then submit it to the official Hub.
Discuss your substantive -backed research-software quality task or resource with the Editorial Board, then contribute through its approved workflow.
Submit your genuine -maintained database, reusable reporting standard, or data policy with complete stewardship metadata.
Create a COPR project, build maintained RPMs and add your official homepage and package documentation.
Publish privacy/helper extension.
Submit a mature graphical Linux your app with verified metadata, screenshots, homepage and source links.
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.