Launch directories
Places to list a new product, app or tool. A good launch week puts you on several of them at once, and the best keep sending visitors for years.
14 places12 checked on a live pageLast checked
Sorted by link type, how easy it is to get listed, check date and site popularity.
- FollowedReviewedThe Visit website button on your product pageChecked 1 Nov 2026
A weekly product launch board for indie makers. Each launch gets a permanent product page that links to the maker's site.
Good to know: Smollaunch's plans page says the basic free listing stays nofollow until you verify with its badge, which makes the listing followed. All four product pages we read showed followed links, so we can't tell which plan each used. A free launch covers a product's first launch, and there's a queue.
Outside the Tranco top million. Steps and full check
- MixedInstantThe title link of your Show HN postChecked 1 Nov 2026
Hacker News's place for showing something you made. If it reaches the front page, it can bring tens of thousands of technical visitors in a day.
Good to know: The post we checked had a followed title link; another Show HN post we looked at had nofollow. Hacker News doesn't publish the rule, so plan for either.
Tranco rank 2,145. Steps and full check
- MixedReviewedThe Visit button at the top of your launch pageChecked 1 Nov 2026
A launch site for new products. The free plan asks you to link back to Fazier from your own site.
Good to know: Pages we sampled were followed, but Fazier only promises a followed link on its top plan, so a free listing may not get one.
Tranco rank 180,526. Steps and full check
- MixedReviewedThe main visit button on your tool pageChecked 1 Nov 2026
A daily launch site for tools and products. Free launches wait in a queue, and the link only stays followed if your launch day goes well.
Good to know: Every tool page we sampled had a followed link. Uneed's own submit page says a free launch keeps it only if it reaches the launch-day score.
Tranco rank 342,468. Steps and full check
- MixedReviewedThe visit button on your tool pageChecked 1 Nov 2026
A launch site for developer tools, run like Product Hunt for code. Each tool gets a permanent page and a weekly launch.
Good to know: The page we checked had a followed link, but DevHunt's FAQ says free listings get nofollow and only its upgraded launches get a followed one. Expect nofollow on a free launch.
Tranco rank 725,396. Steps and full check
- NofollowInstantThe website link in your product page header and descriptionChecked 1 Nov 2026
A community of founders building small, profitable businesses. A product page plus honest posts about your numbers gets you read by other builders.
Good to know: Links in posts are nofollow too, and comment links carry ugc as well.
Tranco rank 33,494, read by hand in a browser. Steps and full check
- NofollowReviewedThe official website link on your app's About pageChecked 1 Nov 2026
A crowd-sourced list of alternatives to well-known software. If your product replaces something people already know, this is where they look for it.
Good to know: The listing's value comes from being suggested on competitors' pages, so add those links after approval.
Tranco rank 16,622, read by hand in a browser. Steps and full check
- NofollowReviewedThe website link on your project pageChecked 1 Nov 2026
A marketplace for side projects: show one off, find a co-founder or hand it to someone who'll keep it going.
Tranco rank 152,566. Steps and full check
- NofollowReviewedThe website link on your product pageChecked 1 Nov 2026
A launch site with a free queue. Free launches wait about a month and ask for a StartupBase badge on your site.
Tranco rank 608,599. Steps and full check
- NofollowReviewedThe visit button on your launch pageChecked 1 Nov 2026
A launch site for small products and side projects, with a weekly leaderboard.
Good to know: TinyLaunch says the link becomes followed when you add its badge to your site, and the top three each week get extra placement.
Tranco rank 949,314. Steps and full check
- NofollowReviewedThe website link on your startup pageChecked 1 Nov 2026
A long-running directory of new startups. Submitting is free and takes five minutes.
Tranco rank 951,964. Steps and full check
- UGCInstantThe website link on your project pageChecked 1 Nov 2026
A professional network for people in tech, with a weekly Launchpad for projects. Launches go live on Mondays.
Good to know: Peerlist's FAQ says only the top five projects of each week get a backlink. Your profile's website link is nofollow ugc.
Tranco rank 194,186, read by hand in a browser. Steps and full check
- Not checkableInstantThe Visit website button on your product pageTried 1 Nov 2026Couldn't check: the reason is under More
The best-known launch site for tech products. A launch day can bring thousands of visitors, early users and press, and the product page keeps ranking for your name long after.
Why not checked: The site shows a bot challenge to automated checks and to our browser, so we couldn't read the live link. We don't guess.
Good to know: A launch only works if people show up on the day. Line up your own audience before you schedule it.
Tranco rank 4,337. Steps and full check
- Not checkableReviewedThe Website field on your organisation profileTried 1 Nov 2026Couldn't check: the reason is under More
The database investors, journalists and sales teams use to look up companies. Many news sites and data tools pull company details from it.
Why not checked: The site shows a bot challenge to automated checks and to our browser, so we couldn't read the live link. We don't guess.
Tranco rank 3,193. Steps and full check
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What these links do for you
- Your homepage gets its first links from sites search engines crawl daily, so a new domain is found fast.
- Tool directories are where AI assistants look when someone asks for the best tool for a job.
- The listing ranks for your brand name, which gives you more of page one when people search for you.