Directories, communities, newsletters and subreddits that take indie submissions. 112 places, checked 12 November 2026.
Paid
An editorial directory of startups that are new to its audience, whether you have a waitlist, a beta or a live product. Widely known products and sites on free subdomains are not a fit. You only pay if you are featured.
All submissions are paid. There is no free option. Current plans are shown at the end of the submission form. If your startup is not selected, you get a full refund automatically.
Early adopters, founders and investors. BetaList states 500,000+ pageviews a month, and faster plans can include its newsletter of 70,000+ subscribers.
BetaList's help page says a featured listing includes a do-follow backlink. The public 'Visit Site' button goes through a betalist.com URL that 301-redirects to you, which BetaList says is still do-follow.
Free or paid
A weekly launch pad only for developer tools, with voting by signed-in developers. The site is open source. Tools that are not for developers are not accepted.
Listing a tool is free and gets a permanent page. A launch week costs $49 once: you pick the week and get a newsletter spot. Optional weekly super boosts are $199, $149 and $99 for first, second and third in the launch email.
Developers voting on developer tools. Voting needs a GitHub or Google sign-in.
DevHunt's FAQ: links on free listings are nofollow. A paid launch gets a permanent dofollow link.
Free or paid
A weekly Monday launch board aimed at indie makers and small startups.
A Free Launch is $0. Paid options shown on 12 November 2026 included $9.90 (listed against $19) per launch and a weekly rate from $20. All launches run at 8:00 AM UTC on Mondays, with a limited number of projects each week.
OpenHunts states 10,414 users and 165,266 visits over about 12 months. Those are the site's own figures.
The homepage talks about high-DR backlinks. The pricing page we opened did not say whether the free listing's link is dofollow, so that is left unstated.
A weekly launch board inside Peerlist. Launches are tied to a personal profile rather than a company page. We did not confirm a price on the Launchpad page we opened, so cost is left out.
Builders with a Peerlist profile: developers and designers in a professional network.
Free or paid
A product directory written so both people and AI assistants can find a tool. You paste a URL, and a free listing waits in a queue; paid plans go live at once.
Free submissions join a publishing queue and are not visible until their slot. Standard Launch is $45 for instant publishing and a permanent listing. Launch plus 7-day promotion is $99. Launch plus 30-day promotion is $229.
PeerPush says it had 1,438,372 monthly visits across 167 countries, and that its pages were read by 32 AI systems in the last 30 days. Those are the site's own figures.
Free
The main daily launch board for new tech products. The team hand-picks which launches appear on the homepage leaderboard. You hunt your own product from a personal account, and asking for upvotes is not allowed.
Launching costs nothing. Submitting, commenting and reaching Product of the Day are free. Ads are a separate, paid product. Use a personal account with a verified email. You can schedule a launch from tomorrow up to 30 days ahead, going live at 12:01 AM Pacific Time.
Early adopters, makers, product people, founders, investors, and people who like trying new things, per Product Hunt's launch guide.
Free or paid
A smaller weekly board for small products, with a free standard queue and a $39 premium slot.
A Standard Launch sits in the free queue, lives on the homepage for several days, and can earn a backlink if you finish in the top 3. Premium Launch is $39 and includes a guaranteed high-authority backlink.
Makers of small products looking for a weekly launch slot.
The pricing page promises a high-authority backlink for the day's top 3 on Standard, and a guaranteed one on Premium. It does not say whether those links are dofollow, so that is left unstated.
Free or paid
A curated daily list of twelve new tools. You can submit for a free listing or pay once for a featured spot.
A free plan at $0, forever, and a Pro plan at $36 as a one-time payment, shown on the submit page on 12 November 2026.
People browsing a daily shortlist of new tools and startups. Twelve Tools publishes twelve new tools a day.
The homepage and submit page both offer a dofollow backlink for your tool.
Free or paid
A daily launch pad for indie and SaaS tools you can actually try. The free queue is long. Paid plans let you move up or pick the day.
The free 'Join the line' plan lets Uneed assign a date at least 50 days out. An upvote score of 10 keeps the listing published, and 20 unlocks the do-follow backlink. Fast-track is $14.99. Choosing your own date is $39.99. A relaunch of an existing product is listed as a paid option.
Uneed states 125,000 monthly visitors and about 22,000 visits sent to product sites each month.
Uneed's pricing page: a do-follow backlink from a 75 DR domain once a free launch reaches an upvote score of 20. Skip the line guarantees the do-follow link.
A large directory of software alternatives, where you can add a product so people comparing a rival can find you. The homepage was bot-walled from this network (HTTP 403) but the site is well known and not a 404. Cost and link terms were not verified this session.
People comparing software alternatives.
A launch platform for apps. Live on 12 November 2026. Cost and link terms were not verified on the homepage we opened.
Makers launching an app.
A product launch board. Live on 12 November 2026. Cost and link terms were not verified.
Makers launching a product.
A directory of indie products that takes submissions. Live on 12 November 2026. Cost and link terms were not verified.
People looking for indie products.
A product launch board. Live on 12 November 2026. Cost and link terms were not verified.
Makers launching a product.
A directory of products built by indie makers. Live on 12 November 2026. Cost and link terms were not verified.
People browsing indie-built products.
A software review and comparison directory. A listing can bring buyers over time, rather than a single launch day. The homepage was bot-walled from this network (HTTP 403). Cost and link terms were not verified this session.
Business buyers comparing software.
A product listing site. Live on 12 November 2026. Cost and link terms were not verified on the page we opened.
Makers listing a product.
A product launch board. Live on 12 November 2026. Cost and link terms were not verified.
Makers launching a product.
A launch board for early products. Live on 12 November 2026. Cost and link terms were not verified.
People looking for early-stage products.
A startup network and directory where you can create a company profile and apply to programs. Live on 12 November 2026. Cost and link terms were not verified.
Founders, programs and people browsing startup profiles.
A launch platform for new products. Live on 12 November 2026. Cost and link terms were not verified.
Makers sharing a first launch.
A launch directory for founders. Live on 12 November 2026. Cost and link terms were not verified.
Founders listing a product.
An AI-tool directory that takes submissions. Live on 12 November 2026. Cost and link terms were not verified.
People looking for AI tools.
A large AI-tool directory that takes submissions. Live on 12 November 2026. Cost and link terms were not verified.
People looking for AI tools.
A large software review directory. Getting listed and collecting reviews is a slower kind of launch than a daily board. The homepage was bot-walled from this network (HTTP 403). Cost and link terms were not verified this session.
Business buyers comparing software.
A product hunt-style board. Live on 12 November 2026. Cost and link terms were not verified.
Makers launching a product.
A launch and listing site for new products. Live on 12 November 2026. Cost and link terms were not verified.
Makers listing a product or idea.
A launch board aimed at indie products. Live on 12 November 2026. Cost and link terms were not verified.
Indie makers.
A long-running startup directory that takes submissions. Live on 12 November 2026. Cost and link terms were not verified.
People browsing featured startups.
A gallery of landing pages that accepts submissions, useful if a polished page is part of your launch. Live on 12 November 2026. Cost and link terms were not verified.
Designers and makers looking at landing-page inspiration.
A launch board at trylaunch.ai. Live on 12 November 2026. Cost and link terms were not verified.
Makers launching a product.
A tool launch board from Launch Llama. Live on 12 November 2026. Cost and link terms were not verified.
Makers listing tools.
A launch board at launchvault.dev. Live on 12 November 2026. Cost and link terms were not verified.
Makers, especially of developer-facing products.
A launch platform for new products. Live on 12 November 2026. Cost and link terms were not confirmed on a public pricing page, so they are left out.
Makers looking for a product launch slot.
A long-running directory of new startups and side projects. The homepage asks you to submit your startup. We did not find a public pricing page at /submit or /add, so cost is left out.
People looking for new tech startups and side projects. The site says it has featured 45,669 startups.
A launch directory and guide site. Live on 12 November 2026. Cost and link terms were not verified on the homepage we opened.
Makers launching a product.
A product launch board. Live on 12 November 2026. Price and link-follow details were not verified, so they are left out.
Makers submitting a product launch.
Paid
A 30-day launch campaign aimed at reviews, feedback and first sales, rather than a single day on a board.
The premium page we opened on 12 November 2026 showed Launch Pro at $39 (listed at $49) as a one-time pack, with a date you pick and a 30-day run. A higher Launch Plus pack and a $149 directory-submission add-on were also listed. No free launch was shown on that page.
Microlaunch states 30,000+ unique visitors a month and 1,800+ startups and founders using the site. Treat those as the site's own figures.
Launch Pro is listed with 'Lifetime SEO DR64+ Do-follow Backlinks' on Microlaunch's premium page.
A launch board run as Nick Launches. Live on 12 November 2026. Cost and link terms were not verified.
Makers looking for a weekly launch listing.
A long-running gallery of one-page sites, with a submission path. Live on 12 November 2026. Cost and link terms were not verified.
Designers and makers looking at one-page site inspiration.
A product launch board. Live on 12 November 2026. Cost and link terms were not verified.
Makers launching a product.
A daily board of new AI products, which used to run as BetaPage. We did not confirm current submission prices on the homepage we opened.
Pitchwall states 50,000+ newsletter subscribers and publishes a daily feed of new AI products and tools.
A directory of products made by indie makers, with a submission path. Live on 12 November 2026. Cost and link terms were not verified.
Makers browsing and listing indie products.
A business listing directory that takes submissions. Live on 12 November 2026. Cost and link terms were not verified on the homepage we opened.
Businesses wanting a public listing page.
A SaaS launch and listing site. Live on 12 November 2026. Cost and link terms were not verified.
People looking for SaaS tools.
A SaaS comparison directory that takes product listings. Live on 12 November 2026. Cost and link terms were not verified.
People comparing SaaS tools.
A launch board for SaaS products. Live on 12 November 2026. Cost and link terms were not verified.
People looking for new SaaS tools.
A launch board for new products. Live on 12 November 2026. Cost and link terms were not verified.
Makers launching a product.
A launch board for new products. Live on 12 November 2026. Cost and link terms were not verified.
Makers launching a product.
A marketplace for buying and selling side projects, not a classic launch board. Useful if the 'launch' is a sale. Live on 12 November 2026. Cost and link terms were not verified.
People buying or selling side projects.
A launch board aimed at small products. Live on 12 November 2026. Cost and link terms were not verified.
Makers of small products.
A long-running software directory and host. A listing can still send download traffic. The homepage was bot-walled from this network (HTTP 403). Cost and link terms were not verified this session.
People looking for software downloads, especially open-source and desktop tools.
A directory of new starter products. Live on 12 November 2026. Cost and link terms were not verified.
People browsing new starter products.
A large directory of tools for startups, which takes submissions. Live on 12 November 2026. Cost and link terms were not verified.
Founders looking for tools, and makers who want to be listed as one.
A daily product launch board. The homepage promises a high-authority backlink, without spelling out the conditions on the page we read.
The homepage invites you to launch today and mentions a DR 75+ backlink. New launches go up every day at 12:00 AM Pacific Time. We did not open a pricing page that stated a free or paid fee, so cost is left out.
People browsing a daily board of new products.
A product submission and launch board. Live on 12 November 2026. Cost and link terms were not verified.
Makers submitting a product.
A general product directory that takes submissions. Live on 12 November 2026. Cost and link terms were not verified.
People browsing a general product directory.
A compact launch board at superlaun.ch. Live on 12 November 2026. Cost and link terms were not verified.
Makers launching a product.
A directory of launch places and listings. Live on 12 November 2026. Cost and link terms were not verified.
Makers looking for a launch listing.
A directory of products with verifiable revenue. Live on 12 November 2026. Exact listing prices were not confirmed on the homepage we opened.
Founders who can show revenue, and people browsing verified-revenue products.
Free
A free writing community for developers. A launch post that teaches something, or shows how the thing works, usually does better than a bare announcement.
Free to publish a post with a free account.
Software developers who read and write long-form posts.
A long-running forum and product directory for bootstrapped founders. A useful post usually includes the story, the numbers or a lesson, not only a launch link. The homepage was readable from this network earlier in the day, then later returned 403 to some fetches; the site is live. Membership prices were not verified.
Bootstrapped founders and solo makers.
Free
The Show HN lane on Hacker News is for things people can run or hold. Landing pages, sign-up walls, blog posts and newsletters are off topic. Don't ask friends to upvote. Be around to answer.
Free. Post a story whose title begins with 'Show HN'.
Hacker News readers, especially people who will try a piece of software or hardware the same day.
A build-in-public community where people log what they shipped today. A good place to keep sharing a product over weeks, not only on launch day.
Makers post short daily progress in public. Some profiles are marked Pro. We did not confirm a free or paid plan on the homepage we opened, so cost is left out.
Makers who post work in public, including shipping product updates.
Free
A design community and link board. A good fit if the product is for designers, or if the story is the craft of making it.
Free to read and, with an account, to submit a story.
Product and interface designers.
A maker community site. Live on 12 November 2026. Membership cost was not verified on the homepage we opened.
Makers in a smaller public community.
Free
A free developer blogging network. You can write a launch or build post and reach readers who follow tags in your area.
Free to publish a post with a free account.
Developers who write technical posts and run blogs on Hashnode.
Free
An invite-based computing community for links and discussion. Read the current guidelines before sharing your own project, as self-promotion is limited.
Free to read. Posting needs an account, and accounts are typically invited.
A smaller computing audience than Hacker News, with a focus on technical work.
Free
A weekly newsletter that reviews 2 to 3 developer tools. A good fit if developers are the primary user, signup is self-service, and the docs are solid. Betas need to be clearly labelled as early.
Editorial review is free: email hello@console.dev with the details. Console also sells clearly marked text ads, which it keeps separate from reviews, and it does not do sponsored reviews.
Experienced developers who read a weekly review of tools and beta releases.
An AI newsletter and site. A possible mention if you are launching an AI tool. We did not confirm a public free-submission path on the homepage we opened, so cost is left out.
People following AI tools and news.
A popular JavaScript newsletter. We did not confirm a public free-submission path on the homepage we opened, so cost is left out. Check the current sponsor or tip pages.
JavaScript developers.
Paid
A developer news brief that takes community links. If you are launching a commercial product, this is a paid sponsorship, not a free tip.
Community submissions are free for newsworthy, non-commercial work. Changelog's submit page says commercial products and services are not accepted there, and that sponsorship is the path for those.
Developers who follow Changelog News.
The publisher behind a set of developer weeklies. Mentions of tools are usually paid sponsorships, but check the current page for each list before you write in.
Developers who read specialist weeklies such as JavaScript Weekly, Node Weekly and Frontend Focus.
A weekly email of notable Hacker News stories. There is no separate launch form; a strong Show HN that stays visible may be picked up. We did not confirm a paid placement on the homepage we opened.
People who want a weekly cut of Hacker News.
A curated link newsletter. We did not confirm a public submission or sponsor path on the homepage we opened, so cost is left out.
People who read a curated list of links on technology and making things.
A family of daily tech briefings. We did not confirm a public free-submission path on the homepage we opened, so cost is left out. Check the current advertise or tip pages before you assume a free mention.
People who read short daily briefs on tech, AI, crypto, design and related beats.
Free
A community for recruiting early testers. Lead with who should try it, what you want them to do, and whether the product is ready to use. Read the current rules: some tester subs remove waitlist-only pages.
Free. You need a Reddit account. Read the current rules before you post; they change, and this network could not load the live sidebar.
Free
A Reddit community of solo founders and small teams. Sharing a product is common, but many posts are expected to ask for feedback or include a lesson. Read the current flair and frequency rules.
Free. You need a Reddit account. Read the current rules before you post; they change, and this network could not load the live sidebar.
Free
You post a startup or landing page and ask for blunt criticism. Useful if you want honest reactions more than launch traffic.
Free. You need a Reddit account. Read the current rules before you post; they change, and this network could not load the live sidebar.
Free
The usual first stop for an 'I built this' post. Say what you made, why, and what you want feedback on, and read the current title format in the sidebar.
Free. You need a Reddit account. Read the current rules before you post; they change, and this network could not load the live sidebar.
Free
A community aimed at more experienced operators. Read the current rules; promotional posts may be limited.
Free. You need a Reddit account. Read the current rules before you post; they change, and this network could not load the live sidebar.
Free
A community for beta test calls. Be clear about stage, platform and what feedback you need. Read the current rules.
Free. You need a Reddit account. Read the current rules before you post; they change, and this network could not load the live sidebar.
Free
A community for progress, numbers and lessons while you build. A launch can sit inside a longer public build, rather than as a one-off ad.
Free. You need a Reddit account. Read the current rules before you post; they change, and this network could not load the live sidebar.
Free
A community around Chrome extensions and the Chrome Web Store. A possible place to share an extension. Read the current rules.
Free. You need a Reddit account. Read the current rules before you post; they change, and this network could not load the live sidebar.
Free
A place to share interesting GitHub projects. Best when there is a public repo people can open, not only a marketing site.
Free. You need a Reddit account. Read the current rules before you post; they change, and this network could not load the live sidebar.
Free
A community for developer tools. Sharing a tool can be on topic when the post is useful to other developers. Read the current rules.
Free. You need a Reddit account. Read the current rules before you post; they change, and this network could not load the live sidebar.
Free
A showcase community for Android apps. The main r/androidapps community often bans self-promotion, so this sister sub is the usual alternative. Read the current rules.
Free. You need a Reddit account. Read the current rules before you post; they change, and this network could not load the live sidebar.
Free
A large entrepreneurship community. Promotion is often limited to certain threads or formats. Read the current rules and don't drop a bare URL.
Free. You need a Reddit account. Read the current rules before you post; they change, and this network could not load the live sidebar.
Free
A community for build-in-public journeys and ride-along posts, more than one-shot launch ads. Read the current rules.
Free. You need a Reddit account. Read the current rules before you post; they change, and this network could not load the live sidebar.
Free
A community about growing a small business. Promotion is often a poor fit unless you are asking a specific growth question. Read the current rules.
Free. You need a Reddit account. Read the current rules before you post; they change, and this network could not load the live sidebar.
Free
A general showcase community for things people have made, not only software. Frame the post around the work itself.
Free. You need a Reddit account. Read the current rules before you post; they change, and this network could not load the live sidebar.
Free
A community for independently made apps. Read the current rules before posting a store link.
Free. You need a Reddit account. Read the current rules before you post; they change, and this network could not load the live sidebar.
Free
A community for independent businesses. Sharing what you built can be on topic if it is framed as a business or craft post. Read the current rules.
Free. You need a Reddit account. Read the current rules before you post; they change, and this network could not load the live sidebar.
Free
A community for delightful or unusually useful websites. Many commercial, paid or waitlist sites are a poor fit. Read the current rules carefully before posting a product.
Free. You need a Reddit account. Read the current rules before you post; they change, and this network could not load the live sidebar.
Free
A community around iOS apps. Developer promotion is often limited by karma, frequency or a megathread. Read the current rules.
Free. You need a Reddit account. Read the current rules before you post; they change, and this network could not load the live sidebar.
Free
A community for people getting a project off the ground. A launch post may fit if it is honest about the stage. Read the current rules.
Free. You need a Reddit account. Read the current rules before you post; they change, and this network could not load the live sidebar.
Free
A community around local and open language models. A fit if your product is genuinely for people running models locally. Read the current rules; bare product pitches are often unwelcome.
Free. You need a Reddit account. Read the current rules before you post; they change, and this network could not load the live sidebar.
Free
A community around Mac apps, with similar limits to other app subs. Read the current rules before posting your own app.
Free. You need a Reddit account. Read the current rules before you post; they change, and this network could not load the live sidebar.
Free
A community for small, focused software businesses. Posts that include the backstory, stack or a lesson tend to fit better than a bare link. Read the current rules.
Free. You need a Reddit account. Read the current rules before you post; they change, and this network could not load the live sidebar.
Free
A community for building without traditional code. A fit if your product is a no-code tool, or was built with one. Read the current rules.
Free. You need a Reddit account. Read the current rules before you post; they change, and this network could not load the live sidebar.
Free
A community for open-source work. Sharing a project is more welcome when the source is public and the post is about the work, not only the launch.
Free. You need a Reddit account. Read the current rules before you post; they change, and this network could not load the live sidebar.
Free
A large community about getting work done. Product posts are easy to read as ads, so only post if the current rules allow it and the post is genuinely useful.
Free. You need a Reddit account. Read the current rules before you post; they change, and this network could not load the live sidebar.
Free
A large community of people building and selling software. Self-promotion is often limited in frequency or pushed to a weekly thread. Read the current rules before you post a launch.
Free. You need a Reddit account. Read the current rules before you post; they change, and this network could not load the live sidebar.
Free
A community for self-hosted software. New project posts are often limited to a weekly thread and expected to be usable, with docs. Read the current rules.
Free. You need a Reddit account. Read the current rules before you post; they change, and this network could not load the live sidebar.
Free
A subreddit whose purpose is promoting your own work. The audience is smaller, and many readers are also promoting something.
Free. You need a Reddit account. Read the current rules before you post; they change, and this network could not load the live sidebar.
Free
An open promotion community. A low-context link usually does nothing, so treat it as a bonus post, not a plan.
Free. You need a Reddit account. Read the current rules before you post; they change, and this network could not load the live sidebar.
Free
A large small-business community. Self-promotion is often tightly limited. Read the current rules before posting a product.
Free. You need a Reddit account. Read the current rules before you post; they change, and this network could not load the live sidebar.
Free
A very large founder community that is often strict about promotional posts. Many launch mentions belong in a recurring thread rather than a standalone post. Read the current rules.
Free. You need a Reddit account. Read the current rules before you post; they change, and this network could not load the live sidebar.
Free
A community around more practical, often service or offline-friendly businesses. A fit only if your product belongs in that conversation. Read the current rules.
Free. You need a Reddit account. Read the current rules before you post; they change, and this network could not load the live sidebar.
Free
A community for asking people to test an app. Say what you want tested and on which platform. Read the current rules.
Free. You need a Reddit account. Read the current rules before you post; they change, and this network could not load the live sidebar.
Free
A community for sharing useful websites. A simple, working site is a better fit than a sales page. Read the current rules.
Free. You need a Reddit account. Read the current rules before you post; they change, and this network could not load the live sidebar.
Free
A large web-development community. Showing a project is often limited to a set day or flair, and commercial promotion may still be disallowed. Read the current rules.
Free. You need a Reddit account. Read the current rules before you post; they change, and this network could not load the live sidebar.
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