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.
Create tutorials for top your tool tools with links.
Package your free-software self-hosted deployment, implement reliable install, upgrade, backup and restore operations, then submit it to the official app catalog.
Create a sandbox-compatible Zed extension for local secret, Unicode, or privacy checks, test it, publish its repository, and submit the registry pull request.
Build a defensive Zeek script or plugin for privacy-safe log inspection, include zkg metadata and tests, then register it in the default Zeek package source.
Publish your genuine open dataset, benchmark, software release, poster, or reproducible research artifact and connect its related identifier to your tool.
Build a minimal-scope Zoom app that sends selected meeting content to your explicit privacy or redaction workflow and links its support, privacy, and documentation pages.
Build a useful Coda Pack that connects to your tool functionality and publish it to the Gallery with documentation and support links.
Create the founder or studio portfolio and publish your tool as a detailed product case study with the live project link.
Create/claim company profile linking your tool/Anslation.
Host your genuine privacy/tool workshop or webinar; add your tool in the organizer website field and useful event description.
Create your verified listing with Indian phone, address, category, hours, website, social links, and product or service details.
Use the free submission tier for your standard listing.
Submit your real public MCP server repository with correct name, install steps and configuration details.
Publish an original interactive notebook showing transparent your tool benchmark, privacy, performance, or tool-usage data and cite your relevant pages.
Build and document your Odoo module, register its repository, and upload a maintained free or paid listing.
Create an accessible, openly licensed handbook or course text with structured chapters, exercises, citations, and relevant links, then make the webbook public for directory discovery.
Create expert/source profile for media coverage requests.
Use the free listing path for your tool; evaluate paid multi-directory service separately.
List your tool as productivity/developer/startup resource.
Submit an original hacker-spirit article on a privacy failure, scam-defense experiment, file-forensics method, or unusual defensive technique—not your advertisement.
Pitch an original standards, accessibility, privacy, or responsible-web essay based on first-hand product engineering experience.
Submit AI-assisted privacy/safety tools.
Run AI Verify on your real AI use case, then submit accurate results, version, experience, lessons and company logo.
Submit your tool with homepage URL, privacy-first positioning, logo, screenshots and accurate pricing.
Submit your tool with homepage URL, privacy-first positioning, logo, screenshots and accurate pricing.
Submit your tool with homepage URL, privacy-first positioning, logo, screenshots and accurate pricing.
Build and upload a real conda package with homepage, documentation, source and license metadata.
Submit your tool with homepage URL, privacy-first positioning, logo, screenshots and accurate pricing.
Verify the organization, claim any legitimate your tool location, and add logo, hours, images, website, and key details.
Submit your genuine podcast RSS feed in Podcasts Connect and include the official show website in valid metadata.
Curate a thoughtful public channel on local-first privacy, scam safety, or accessible-tool design, adding your tool only among diverse high-quality resources with original annotations.
Submit fresh module/your tool beta angle, not stale generic site.
Pitch your genuinely differentiated launch or an original opinion on privacy, security, and useful web tooling.
Launch your tool with a unique tagline, screenshots and founder profile linking to your tool.
Register a real founder or engineer profile and publish an original code-backed tutorial on privacy-safe browser tooling, mentioning your tool only where it is part of the implementation.
Apply with founder expertise and pitch an actionable digital-experience, privacy, AI-governance, or trust article.
Submit a substantial implementation article with code samples for a local privacy or document-processing technique used in your tool.
Create a truthful founder or engineering profile and submit a useful tutorial on local-first privacy tooling, secure web utilities, or accessibility engineering.
Build a Crisp plugin for deliberate conversation privacy checks or sanitized exports and submit your clear marketplace profile.
Propose a lived-experience frontend article on accessible tool interfaces, privacy-safe browser APIs, CSS, or performance.
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.