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.
Release a useful Haskell library or command-line client with homepage, source and bug-report metadata.
Create a truthful scholarly profile and deposit an original privacy, accessibility, or digital-humanities paper or teaching resource with its related your tool URL.
Create a useful Lua client or helper, publish its rockspec and include homepage, license and source links.
Package your stable CLI or self-hosted helper as a tested APKBUILD, add it under Alpine testing and submit an aports merge request with accurate project metadata.
Build a useful dbt package for privacy classification, redaction tests or data-governance macros and add it to the Hub index by pull request.
Create a genuinely useful package of tested security-header, HTML-meta, JSON-LD and webhook snippets with your tool validation examples, then submit it to the official Hub.
Create a COPR project, build maintained RPMs and add your official homepage and package documentation.
Open-source your component, then add its website and repositories through the official oss-directory PR.
Publish an open-source Lua/OpenResty package that integrates your privacy or security workflow and includes honest package metadata.
Submit a validated manifest for an installable Windows release with PackageUrl, PublisherUrl and support metadata.
Apply as an eligible Member or Partner and contribute resources or expertise to real cyber-capacity-building working groups.
Publish a Max package for media metadata inspection, audio privacy, or accessibility analysis.
Prepare and test a policy-compliant ebuild for your stable CLI, including accurate HOMEPAGE and source metadata, then work with a Gentoo developer or proxy maintainer for repository inclusion.
Port your functional desktop or CLI utility to Haiku, write and test a compliant recipe, then submit a feature-branch pull request to HaikuPorts.
Submit a licensed computational neuroscience model with code ZIP, publication citation, overview, contributors, and tags.
Register only after your tool launches a genuine open repository for reusable privacy/security research outputs.
Create a tested Bioconda recipe for a genuinely biomedical or bioinformatics your tool utility, with accurate homepage/source metadata, and submit it through the official review workflow.
Create a policy-compliant Debian package for your stable useful CLI, file the appropriate intent-to-package request, include accurate upstream metadata and secure a Debian sponsor for upload.
Create and thoroughly test a FreeBSD port for your stable CLI or desktop utility, include its canonical project website in WWW metadata and submit the patch through FreeBSD Bugzilla.
Develop a stable ioBroker adapter for your credible privacy/security API, publish the npm package, test it with users and request inclusion in the official latest repository.
Package your stable cross-platform CLI for pkgsrc, test it with pkglint and supported builds, include the canonical homepage, then submit via pkgsrc-wip or NetBSD's package bug tracker.
Build your OpenWrt-compatible service or utility for a real router/privacy/security workflow, add correct package metadata and tests, then submit it to the official feed.
Create a Void package template for your mature CLI, test native and cross builds, include the canonical project homepage and submit it to void-packages.
List an operational CSIRT, CERT, SOC, ISAC or PSIRT after securing sponsors and passing the community-vote process.
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.