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.
Email one exceptional your tool engineering article, open-source project or deeply useful technical resource to Pointer's official share address.
Submit a formal publication, case study, educational resource or on-demand training linking digital resilience to disaster-risk reduction.
Submit original, factual long-form product copy, five real features, founder details, launch date and a strong featured image.
Launch a public-interest digital-safety community and publish substantial methods, reports, and tutorials with contextual your tool references.
Write an original Japanese developer tutorial or benchmark that uses your tool and cite the relevant tool or source only where it helps readers.
Launch your tool with a unique tagline, screenshots and founder profile linking to your tool.
Publish your focused open demo or developer utility and link its canonical your tool page from the app and project description.
Publish a synthetic benchmark for screenshot redaction, document masking, or visual privacy detection.
Submit your tool with homepage URL, privacy-first positioning, logo, screenshots and accurate pricing.
Create an account and submit your tool with its privacy, security and utility use cases plus the homepage link.
Submit the working your platform with an English description, strong logo, accurate screenshots, categories and pricing details.
Submit your tool with homepage URL, privacy-first positioning, logo, screenshots and accurate pricing.
Submit your polished landing/tool UI with clean screenshots and design credits.
Launch your tool with a unique tagline, screenshots and founder profile linking to your tool.
Apply with an original class outline and teaching sample for privacy-safe design, accessibility, or a practical productivity workflow, then build the class project and lessons if approved.
Publish your original research, privacy or accessibility deck with useful citations and contextual links.
Pitch a practical privacy-by-design, accessibility, frontend-security, or local-first tooling article backed by real your tool lessons.
Create a truthful founder or subject-matter expert page and feature your tool in relevant bio, talks and media.
Pitch a rigorous developer-facing article about secure file handling, browser privacy, accessibility testing, or tool architecture.
Submit your polished landing/tool UI with clean screenshots and design credits.
Create a vendor account, add your tool as a SaaS product and complete the platform's authenticity validation.
Submit your tool with homepage URL, privacy-first positioning, logo, screenshots and accurate pricing.
Launch your tool with a unique tagline, screenshots and founder profile linking to your tool.
Sign in, prepare the live URL, clear launch copy, logo and category, then submit your tool for the next weekly review.
Submit your tool name, live URL, pricing tier and optional visuals; editor writes the final listing.
Submit your tool with homepage URL, privacy-first positioning, logo, screenshots and accurate pricing.
Submit AI feature; free listing reviewed by human.
Submit your polished landing/tool UI with clean screenshots and design credits.
Pitch original your tool data, an AI/privacy industry argument, or a consequential product launch to the relevant desk.
Submit your tool with homepage URL, privacy-first positioning, logo, screenshots and accurate pricing.
Publish an original design or accessibility article with practical examples, then use the contact form's official submit-a-link path for that one article.
Submit your polished landing/tool UI with clean screenshots and design credits.
Submit your canonical URL and optional creator details; let the gallery prepare its own screenshots after review.
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.
Apply with a code-heavy observability, Node, Ruby, Python, or Elixir tutorial using your real engineering problem as the case study.
Create a real founder or researcher portfolio containing original your tool engineering, privacy, and accessibility articles already published under that person's byline.
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.
Create your free company profile and upload polished UX, privacy-tool, or brand work as documented case studies.
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.