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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.
Free, low effort, high priority. No account debris, no paid tier.
act-rules.github.io
alternativeto.net
cbinsights.com
contentauthenticity.org
cloudsecurityalliance.org
cyclonedx.org
Create a public case-study portfolio and add your tool with screenshots, live demo and build rationale.
Submit your complete launch profile, then answer relevant discussions authentically.
Create high-confidence defensive templates for authorized checks of privacy leaks or misconfigurations, include safe matchers and test evidence, then submit them for review.
Create your maintained exporter or native Prometheus metrics integration and submit it to the official exporters list.
Apply as an author and publish original privacy, security or accessibility articles with contextual your tool references.
Publish a real multi-language Pulumi provider or component for deploying or configuring your tool, with binaries, SDK packages, schema, documentation, examples, tests, and a registry pull request.
Build and test a Puppet module for supported your tool setup or security policy, complete metadata.json, package it, and publish through a Forge account.
Post to relevant subs with context: SideProject, SaaS, webdev.
After your tool has eligible ReliefWeb content, request publishing access and submit humanitarian reports or training from verified owned URLs.
Create your reproducible evaluation project with code, data connectors, environment, narrative, and a public session launcher.
Launch your tool with a unique tagline, screenshots and founder profile linking to your tool.
Submit your tool with its official URL, concise value proposition, category, logo and only currently working capabilities.
Submit your tool product, website, owner, and category information.
Distribute your Android or Galaxy app and add its official website and support information.
Adapt your privacy-first web utility to Sandstorm's grain model, package and sign the SPK, add complete metadata and tests, then publish it for review.
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.
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.