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.
Submit only your substantive free-software component that runs primarily on free systems and needs authentic Savannah project hosting and collaboration.
Upload your original research-backed guide and reference relevant tools naturally in the document.
Create generic defensive Sigma rules for privacy-leak, credential-exposure, or scam-related log patterns, validate them, cite legitimate references, and submit a PR.
Create your truthful /founder profile or content page and add the website link where allowed.
Build a genuine SMath plugin or reusable worksheet resource and register it for the public Extensions Manager gallery.
Register your tool and complete the product, company, and category fields.
Join with a transparent identity and answer relevant IT/privacy questions from direct experience; mention your resource only when it materially completes a specific answer.
Create a truthful author account and submit your substantive privacy, security or accessibility working paper with legitimate citations.
Create an account and submit your tool for a dedicated startup profile and category placement.
Create startup profile linking canonical homepage.
Submit your tool name, URL, category, description and key features for a permanent directory page.
Suggest one mature your tool utility through the official Codeberg issue path only if it is an easy-to-use, privacy-respecting replacement for a clearly identified invasive service.
Publish a public Webmix of trustworthy privacy resources with clearly labeled your tool tiles among independent sources.
Contribute a substantive accessibility role template, translation or toolkit improvement with useful source attribution.
Create your truthful /founder profile or content page and add the website link where allowed.
Create and verify an account, then submit your tool or individual qualifying tools.
Build your Trello Power-Up, register it, sign the developer agreement, and submit it.
Create a secure Docker Compose-based your tool self-hosted deployment, test it against TrueNAS app tooling and submit it to the official community catalog with useful documentation/resources.
Submit your tool (or its blog/feed where required) under productivity, privacy or developer tools.
Build and test your useful Visual Studio or Azure DevOps extension, then publish it with truthful homepage, repository and overview metadata.
Create a reproducible Tale containing your evaluation's data, code, environment, outputs, and narrative, then publish through a supported repository.
Submit your tool (or its blog/feed where required) under productivity, privacy or developer tools.
Submit a validated manifest for an installable Windows release with PackageUrl, PublisherUrl and support metadata.
Build an XWiki extension for a useful privacy, accessibility or link-audit workflow, release it as a valid XAR/JAR and publish or import it into the official extension repository.
Create clean founder/product profile linking your tool.
Publish genuine authored your tool research and add matching project or supporting-material URLs in the paper metadata.
Use the free plan to submit qualifying your tool AI utilities.
Sign up then submit/claim AI tool listing.
Request a free listing with your tool logo, name, slogan, short description, website and best-fit category.
Create visual link hub for your tool categories.
Register a real bioimage privacy, de-identification, or analysis tool with accurate scientific functions, documentation, and maintainers.
Submit as Product Hunt/Uneed-style launch alternative.
List your tool with live URL, icon, screenshots, category and an optional repository/demo video.
Create a useful public learning list with annotations about privacy, accessibility, and scam prevention, placing relevant your tool resources beside independent references.
Claim or update your tool’s legal business record, website, address, phone, industry, and ownership details.
Create your accurate company profile and list only real software or digital services with the canonical website.
Submit if reciprocal-link policy is acceptable or use paid tier.
Claim or create your tool’s genuine business location and maintain its website, contact information, hours, and categories.
Use an authentic maker profile to publish your portfolio piece containing original images, article, code, video, or audio samples.
Create your company profile with product, team, traction, and website information.
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.