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.
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.
Add the company, verify ownership, and supply genuine customer references, case studies, and brand assets.
Create a founder expert profile and submit substantive talks about privacy-first tools, accessibility or web security.
Create your genuine collective, complete its public profile, and add the official website plus repository/social links.
Claim your genuine show, verify ownership, and complete its official website and creator details.
Create your project team, connect verified project accounts, and describe the official website and repository contextually.
Search for your tool; submit an accurate profile update or request research coverage with authoritative company data and website.
An eligible active researcher can publish genuine your tool studies, code or datasets and add the official website where appropriate.
Publish genuine authored your tool research and add matching project or supporting-material URLs in the paper metadata.
Create a truthful guest profile, add expertise and collaboration preferences, then respond to relevant interview requests.
Create your organization, set its official website, and publish a real free or paid digital product or subscription.
Host real build sessions or tool demos and add your tool to the channel About/social 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.