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.
Apply as a company and accurately describe your tool C2PA or content-provenance tools and intended participation.
Upload or design your useful privacy report and add contextual external links before public sharing.
Write and publish a substantial original handbook on local-first privacy, web safety, or accessible-tool engineering, including reproducible examples and relevant your tool references.
Create a sequenced, classroom-ready module on practical browser privacy or accessible web testing, with learner activities, instructor notes, and your relevant resource link.
Submit a sharp founder-authored opinion based on real privacy or security evidence discovered while building your tool.
First publish a fresh, human-authored accessibility case study or tutorial with real lessons and disabled-user perspective where available, then suggest that single article by email.
Launch a human-reviewed Privacy & Accessibility Field Notes newsletter with original experiments, implementation lessons, and contextually relevant links to your tool resources.
Send a concise exclusive angle on your new security feature, dataset, vulnerability study, or expert commentary.
Pitch a vendor-neutral security article using original your tool tests, threat-model findings, or privacy research.
Pitch a short, beginner-friendly, human-authored accessibility post through an issue, or submit one established free your tool accessibility resource under the correct Resources category.
Submit a useful AI privacy, local processing, prompt-security, or responsible-tooling tutorial with reproducible examples.
Pitch an original advanced article with reproducible examples, such as local PII redaction or malicious-document inspection on Linux, linking only to a genuinely informative supporting page.
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.