Communities
Forums and maker communities where you can share a product, usually as a post rather than a formal listing. Read each community's current guidelines before you post.
Communities 8
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Show HN
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.
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Indie Hackers
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.
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WIP
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.
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Lobsters
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.
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Designer News
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.
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DEV
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.
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Hashnode
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.
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Folks
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.
Nothing matches.
Other lists
When a listing changes
A short note when we re-check the board. No other mail.