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.
Publish your original guide or annual privacy report and add useful contextual website links through the Hotspot Editor.
After publishing a mature security policy and VDP, contact the Secretariat to apply as a signatory to all four principles.
Submit a working AI feature with accurate categorization, pricing, description, and screenshots for quality review.
Build a Homey app only if your tool adds a genuine IoT privacy or local-device workflow; package, test, validate, and submit it for certification.
Host your maintained open-source component with complete README, homepage/source metadata, releases and optional pages.sr.ht docs.
Submit only your specific AI tool with the official site and contact email, not the platform as a generic tools directory.
Build your useful iOS or macOS app and submit complete support, privacy, accessibility and marketing metadata through App Store Connect.
Build a production Contentful app for your tool privacy or content checks and apply through the Marketplace submission flow.
Create a portfolio for genuine your tool product/design work and use each project's external URL field for the matching live page.
Create a legitimate free or paid your tool resource or software product and publish it on a branded hosted storefront.
Apply only with a validated open-source privacy or anti-surveillance project that directly helps users facing repressive censorship or surveillance.
Apply as a General Member only if your tool will meaningfully contribute engineering or resources to open-source security.
Submit the production PWA URL only after its manifest, service worker, installability, icons, and offline flow pass validation.
Publish your genuine Android app with accurate support/privacy URLs, data-safety declarations, assets and compatible binary.
Submit a specific AI-powered product with a functional site, clear pricing, precise name, original description, and suitable images.
Submit a specific, working AI-powered your tool experience with honest copy, pricing, images, and a direct product URL.
Build a truthful founder or your tool show profile, link relevant credentials, and book privacy, security or accessibility interviews.
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.