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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 functional Jellyfin privacy, metadata-cleanup, or local-safety plugin with a maintained manifest repository, then propose its repository and documentation entry.
Create a truthful scholarly profile and deposit an original privacy, accessibility, or digital-humanities paper or teaching resource with its related your tool URL.
Choose the free listing or purchase your dedicated product page.
Create a useful Lua client or helper, publish its rockspec and include homepage, license and source links.
Create your working public integration or reusable Mastra template with repository and documentation for review and cross-listing.
Create a useful npe2 napari plugin for image privacy, metadata inspection or scientific redaction, publish it correctly on PyPI and let the official hub index its project metadata.
Document a real participatory public-decision deployment as a Case, Method or Organization entry with evaluations and project URL.
Create your genuine publication and post substantial product research, tutorials or engineering notes.
Build a ProcessWire admin module for external URL, metadata, accessibility or security audits, register as a module author and submit it to the official directory.
Build a stable open-source RabbitMQ plugin for your legitimate security/privacy workflow and ask the RabbitMQ team to list it.
Request access, then publish your rich research-software page with source, getting-started URL, DOI, contributors, and research mentions.
Publish a substantial open-source Backstage plugin that integrates your tool privacy/security checks, then request inclusion if the directory does not discover it.
Register a stable, genuinely research-used your tool software, service, or database with accurate maintainer and version metadata.
Build a maintained Silverstripe CMS module for your useful privacy, accessibility or URL-audit workflow, publish it with correct Composer metadata and submit it to the public directory.
Publish an original educational 3D asset connected to your real tutorial, with accurate credits and a contextual project link in the description.
Add your tool as a SaaS or online service with its official URL.
Build a Python keyword extension that runs useful your tool URL, domain or metadata checks and displays concise results, then submit its public repository through the official form.
Create a founder profile, add your tool as a startup and share authentic milestones or metrics.
Build and upload a genuinely useful Vim privacy or secret-checking plugin with your tool documentation and a relevant project link.
Build a WebThings adapter, notifier, or interface extension for local privacy or device-risk controls, follow the add-on APIs, test on Gateway 2.x, and publish it to the directory.
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.