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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.
Build a privacy-safe macOS Alfred workflow that opens or runs useful your tool actions, publish it on the forum, gather feedback, and seek Gallery inclusion.
Complete a relevant accessibility or privacy-themed challenge, submit its real live URL and public repository, and add your tool only as maker context or a case-study link.
Build a polished Alfred workflow that opens or securely sends selected content to your relevant utility, then submit it through the official Gallery forum flow.
Create a real designer profile and publish your original UX/accessibility case study with process artifacts, outcomes, and the official project link.
Publish your reproducible privacy benchmark with code, synthetic data, model versions, and documentation.
Create the real developer profile and add your tool as a genuine built project with problem, challenges, technologies, screenshots, demo, and accurate collaborator credits.
Open-source a meaningful component and prepare a community-focused talk, demo, or joint stand proposal for the next FOSDEM CFP rather than a company sales presentation.
Publish your small standalone privacy or accessibility demo with explanatory comments and a stable share URL.
Join as your real designer and share polished, original interface explorations or accessibility improvements with useful design context and a profile website link.
Create a founder or developer portfolio and publish your build case study with screenshots, process, outcomes, and the live project link.
Propose a lived-experience frontend article on accessible tool interfaces, privacy-safe browser APIs, CSS, or performance.
Start with the free submission using a strong screenshot, precise categories, and your tool canonical URL.
Submit your polished landing/tool UI with clean screenshots and design credits.
Publish authentic your tool UX screenshots and case studies, then add a custom page or navigation link to the matching live tool.
Submit your polished landing/tool UI with clean screenshots and design credits.
Publish a small original demo showing one your tool privacy or accessibility technique, then share its encoded URL or deploy the project to a controlled GitHub Pages site.
Submit your polished landing/tool UI with clean screenshots and design credits.
Publish polished public your tool demos and use their share links in genuine tutorials or reproducible examples.
Publish a synthetic benchmark for screenshot redaction, document masking, or visual privacy detection.
Submit your polished landing/tool UI with clean screenshots and design credits.
Submit your polished landing/tool UI with clean screenshots and design credits.
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.
Create your free company profile and upload polished UX, privacy-tool, or brand work as documented case studies.
Submit your tool as an actively maintained React and Next.js project, highlighting useful product functionality and implementation quality.
Sponsor your frontend, accessibility, CSS, or developer utility with a useful demo and audience-specific copy.
Promote a privacy-respecting or thoughtfully designed your tool utility through a classified or main sponsor slot.
After becoming a genuine member, submit your tool as a completed web project with a plain factual description in MetaFilter Projects only.
Pitch a crafted, original interactive tutorial or demo about client-side privacy visualization, inclusive motion, or accessible creative tooling, with source and a working demo.
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.