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Startup directories and launch sites, compared

Where to launch a developer tool or startup, and what each place costs. Search and filter by type, audience, cost and followed links.

Some are free and built for developers, some are paid queues for early startups, and only a few give a followed link. This table covers 112 of them, with facts taken from each site's own pages, last checked on . Where a site did not publish something, we leave it out instead of guessing, and audience numbers are the site's own claims.

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Startup directories and launch sites. Select a column heading to sort; open a row for details.
Aura++

A startup launch platform for founders who want more than a one-day spike.

Launch platform · Freemium · Link: conditional
Awesome Indie

A launch site for indie tech.

Launch platform · Freemium · Link: conditional
Betabound

Lists beta tests for a community of testers.

Launch platform · Free
BetaList

Early adopters discover new internet startups, pre-launch, in beta or recently live.

Launch platform · Paid · Link: yes
CtrlAlt.cc

Cool tools for any startup task.

Launch platform · Freemium
DevHunt

A weekly launchpad for developer tools, built by developers, where developers vote.

Launch platform · Freemium · Link: paid only
EarlyHunt

A launch site with a free and a premium launch.

Launch platform · Freemium · Link: conditional
Fazier

A daily product discovery site.

Launch platform · Freemium · Link: conditional
Firsto

A product launch platform and public discovery database for startups, SaaS and AI tools.

Launch platform · Freemium
FoundrList

A startup launch platform and SaaS directory where every product gets a permanent page.

Launch platform · Freemium · Link: conditional
IndieHunt

A weekly launch platform for AI tools, indie SaaS and bootstrapped products.

Launch platform · Freemium · Link: conditional
LaunchBoard

A Product Hunt alternative for indie makers and SaaS founders.

Launch platform · Freemium · Link: conditional
Launches

Puts products in front of makers and early adopters every week.

Launch platform · Freemium · Link: conditional
LaunchIgniter

Creators share products and get feedback from the community.

Launch platform · Freemium · Link: conditional
Microlaunch

Gets a product reviews, exposure and first sales over 30 days.

Launch platform · Paid · Link: paid only
Open Launch

A launch platform where you submit, get a badge and a backlink.

Launch platform · Freemium · Link: conditional
OpenHunts

An open product launch platform for indie makers and tiny startups.

Launch platform · Freemium · Link: conditional
Peerlist Launchpad

A weekly launchpad on Peerlist, a network for professionals in tech.

Launch platform
PeerPush

A product discovery platform for people and AI.

Launch platform · Freemium
PitchWall (formerly Betapage)

Lists new AI products and tools every day. betapage.co now redirects here.

Launch platform · Freemium · Link: yes
Product Hunt

Makers submit what they built and products compete on a daily leaderboard.

Launch platform · Free
Smol Launch

A weekly product launch platform for indie makers.

Launch platform · Freemium
StartupBase

A launch and discovery platform with new products every day.

Launch platform · Freemium · Link: paid only
StartupTile

Collects startup launches from all over the web, every day.

Launch platform · Paid
The Launch Directory

A launch directory for startups.

Launch platform · Freemium · Link: paid only
Tiny Startups

A curated startup launch platform and directory with a weekly newsletter.

Launch platform · Link: yes
TinyLaunch

A launch board where the top 3 launches get badges and a backlink.

Launch platform · Freemium · Link: conditional
Uneed

A social launchpad for tech products.

Launch platform · Freemium · Link: conditional
1000.tools

A list of the 1000 best tools, vetted and maintained by people.

Directory · Paid
Alternative.me

Connects software with its alternatives.

Directory
AlternativeTo

A free, crowd-sourced site for finding alternatives to apps and software.

Directory · Freemium · Link: conditional
Best of JS

The best open source projects for the web platform and Node.js.

Directory
CyberSecTools

Search and compare cybersecurity products and the companies behind them.

Directory · Freemium
DevTools Directory

An open wiki of everything developers use.

Directory · Free
Dofollow.tools

A directory of AI tools and SaaS products.

Directory · Freemium · Link: conditional
G2

A software review site where vendors keep a product profile.

Directory · Freemium
Huzzler

A startup directory with product pages and alternatives pages.

Directory · Freemium · Link: yes
Indie.Deals

Tools, products and offers from indie makers.

Directory · Paid
KillerStartups

A startup publication; featured startups go in its newsletter and social posts.

Directory
Launching Next

Publishes the newest trending tech startups and projects.

Directory · Freemium
Microns

A marketplace for buying and selling micro startups.

Directory
Neeed Directory

A curated directory of developer tools, design resources and SaaS products.

Directory · Freemium · Link: conditional
Open Source Alternative

A directory of open source alternatives to proprietary software.

Directory · Freemium
OpenAlternative

A directory of open source alternatives to popular software.

Directory
Productivity Directory

A curated list of productivity apps and tools.

Directory
SaaSFame

A directory of popular SaaS products.

Directory · Freemium · Link: conditional
SaaSGenius

A SaaS directory for buying decisions.

Directory · Paid
SaaSHub

An independent software marketplace for alternatives and reviews.

Directory · Freemium
SideProjectors

Buy, sell and show off side projects, or find a co-founder.

Directory · Freemium
SourceForge

Open source project hosting with an open source directory.

Directory · Free
Startup Stash

A large directory of tools and resources for startups.

Directory
Startups.fyi

Money-making startups and side projects, with a newsletter.

Directory
TeaserTrack (this site)

A directory of upcoming and new developer tools, with waitlists.

Directory · Free · Link: conditional
Tool Finder

Reviewed and curated AI tools for work and life.

Directory · Paid
ToolFame

A directory of AI, SaaS and online tools.

Directory · Freemium · Link: conditional
Toolfio

Curated tools, SaaS platforms and resources for indie makers, developers and founders.

Directory · Freemium · Link: conditional
Turbo0

A directory of products for content creators.

Directory · Freemium · Link: conditional
Twelve Tools

Fresh, curated tools and startups.

Directory · Freemium · Link: conditional
WebCurate

A daily hand-picked list of useful websites.

Directory · Paid
Website Hunt

The best websites you did not know about.

Directory
AI Agents Directory

A marketplace for finding, comparing and publishing AI agents.

AI directory
AI Tools Directory

A curated list of AI tools.

AI directory
AI Top Tools

A directory of AI tools.

AI directory · Paid · Link: yes
AIcyclopedia

AI news, tools and learning.

AI directory
Dang.ai

A directory of AI tools and services since 2022.

AI directory · Freemium
Easy With AI

A directory of AI tools, grouped by task, running since 2022.

AI directory · Paid · Link: yes
Future Tools

A database of AI tools.

AI directory
Insidr AI tools

Says it lists 500+ AI tools in 78+ categories.

AI directory
OpenTools

Search and compare curated AI tools by task, category and pricing.

AI directory · Paid
ToolPilot

Discover and compare AI tools, with reviews and filters.

AI directory
Toolsfine

An AI tools directory with pricing, free tier and last verified facts on each tool.

AI directory · Paid
TopAI.tools

A directory that helps people find and choose AI tools.

AI directory · Paid
Designer News

Hand-picked links for the design community, every day.

Community
DEV Community #showdev

The DEV tag for showing off projects and launching products.

Community
Echo JS

A JavaScript news site where readers vote links up or down.

Community
HackerNoon

A platform where technologists read, write and publish stories.

Community · Free
Hashnode

A developer blog platform; write up your launch on your own blog.

Community · Freemium
Indie Hackers Products

A products database for indie founders, with a daily vote on product updates (The Build Board, in beta).

Community
Lobsters

A computing-focused link aggregation and discussion community.

Community
Product Hunt self-promotion forum

A Product Hunt forum for showing off what you are working on.

Community
Show HN (Hacker News)

The Hacker News section for things you made that people can try.

Community · Free
Sidebar

The five best design links, every weekday.

Community
WIP

A group of makers who ship together and keep each other accountable.

Community
Bytes

A JavaScript newsletter with news, humor and stories.

Newsletter · Paid
Changelog News

A software newsletter that is also a podcast.

Newsletter · Freemium
Console

A free weekly newsletter that reviews developer tools and beta releases.

Newsletter · Free
Cooperpress newsletters (JavaScript Weekly, Node Weekly, React Status and more)

Weekly developer newsletters, including JavaScript Weekly, Node Weekly, Golang Weekly, Ruby Weekly and Frontend Focus.

Newsletter · Paid
Pointer

A newsletter of hand-picked writing for engineering leaders.

Newsletter · Paid
PyCoder's Weekly

A weekly email newsletter about Python development.

Newsletter
This Week in Rust

Weekly hand-picked Rust updates.

Newsletter
TLDR

A free daily email with summaries of stories in startups, tech and programming.

Newsletter · Paid
Web Tools Weekly

A weekly newsletter of tools for web developers.

Newsletter · Freemium
Awesome Go

A curated list of Go frameworks, libraries and software.

Curated list · Free
Awesome Mac

High-quality macOS software, sorted by category.

Curated list
Awesome Privacy

Services and alternatives that respect your privacy.

Curated list
awesome-ai-tools

A curated list of AI tools.

Curated list · Free
awesome-developer-experience

Developer experience resources and tools.

Curated list
awesome-docker

A curated list of Docker resources and projects.

Curated list
awesome-javascript

Browser-side JavaScript libraries and resources.

Curated list
awesome-kubernetes

A curated list of Kubernetes resources.

Curated list
awesome-nodejs

Node.js packages and resources.

Curated list
awesome-oss-alternatives

Open source startup alternatives to well-known SaaS products.

Curated list
awesome-python

A list that answers which Python tool to use for a job.

Curated list
awesome-react

Awesome things in the React ecosystem.

Curated list · Free
awesome-rust

A curated list of Rust code and resources.

Curated list
awesome-selfhosted

Free software network services and web apps you can host yourself.

Curated list · Free
awesome-svelte

A curated list of awesome Svelte resources.

Curated list
awesome-sysadmin

Open source sysadmin resources.

Curated list
awesome-tailwindcss

Awesome things related to Tailwind CSS.

Curated list · Free
awesome-vue

A curated list of awesome things related to Vue.js.

Curated list
free-for.dev

A list of SaaS, PaaS and IaaS offers with free tiers for developers.

Curated list · Free
open-source-mac-os-apps

Open source applications for macOS.

Curated list

An order that works for developer tools

One launch per audience, spaced out, so each one gets your full attention. This is the order we suggest in places to launch your startup.

Diagram of a launch sequence: list early on a directory with a waitlist, launch on DevHunt or Show HN when people can try it, then Product Hunt or Uneed a few weeks later, then keep the listing updated
A launch sequence for a developer tool. Drawn by TeaserTrack.

Not sure what to post where? Check a title with the Show HN title checker and work through the launch checklist. When people can try it, submit your tool to TeaserTrack for free.

FAQ

Questions about launch sites

Which startup directories are free?

Use the Free option filter to see every site that states a free way in. Of the best known ones, Show HN, Product Hunt and TeaserTrack are free, DevHunt and SaaSHub have free listings next to paid options, and Uneed has a free line with an assigned date. BetaList and Microlaunch did not publish a free launch on the pages we checked.

Which launch sites give a dofollow link?

BetaList says featured listings get a dofollow link. DevHunt gives one with a paid launch, Microlaunch lists dofollow links on Launch Pro, and Uneed gives one from an upvote score of 20 on the free line. Treat links as a side effect: the readers are worth more than the link.

What is the best Product Hunt alternative for a developer tool?

For developer tools, DevHunt and Show HN reach developers most directly. DevHunt votes need a GitHub or Google sign-in, and Show HN only accepts things people can try right away. Product Hunt still works as a second launch for tools with a visual result.

How often is this list checked?

Each row shows the date we last read the site's own page. Prices and rules on launch sites change often, so open the source link before you pay for anything.

Launching soon? List your tool on TeaserTrack

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Related guide: Launch sequence for a dev tool: HN, Product Hunt, Reddit

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