Free places to submit your side project.

Tech enthusiasts, early adopters and other makers who browse a daily leaderboard of new products.

What it asks for

A personal account (company accounts are not allowed). You can launch right away or schedule up to a month ahead. Not every launch is featured on the homepage.

Tip

If the date does not matter, schedule for just after midnight Pacific time to get the full day, and use your first comment to ask for feedback, not upvotes.

Programmers and technical founders who like to try things and comment in depth.

What it asks for

A free account and a title that starts with "Show HN". It has to be something people can try. Blog posts, sign-up pages, newsletters and minor updates do not qualify.

Tip

Make it usable in one click without signing up, explain how and why you built it in the first comment, and never ask friends to upvote.

Bootstrapped founders and solo makers sharing numbers, lessons and launches with each other.

What it asks for

A free account. Launches go in the Show IH group as a regular post.

Tip

Write it as a short build story with a real number or lesson and a question for readers, and put the link at the end.

Makers and early adopters browsing a daily ranking of new tools.

What it asks for

An account. Free launches join the waiting line and Uneed picks the date. On launch day a free launch needs a minimum upvote score to stay published.

Paid option you can skip

Paid options let you skip the line or move up the queue.

Tip

Have a few people ready to look at it on your assigned day, since a free launch below the minimum score is taken down.

Developers, designers and other tech professionals on the Peerlist network.

What it asks for

A verified personal Peerlist profile with a real name and photo, and a complete project page. Launch weeks start on Monday.

Tip

Get your profile verified and the project page complete well before Monday, because incomplete projects do not launch.

Developers looking for new developer tools, launched in weekly batches.

What it asks for

Built for developer tools. Voting and commenting need a GitHub login.

Paid option you can skip

A paid launch lets you choose your week.

Tip

Only submit a developer tool, and remember voters need a GitHub account.

Makers and early adopters following daily, weekly and monthly leaderboards.

What it asks for

The free plan is reviewed and listed within about 30 days.

Paid option you can skip

Paid plans list you sooner and drop the backlink requirement.

Badge or backlink

The free plan requires a link or badge to Fazier on your homepage or footer.

Tip

Add the badge before you submit, since the free plan checks for it.

Indie makers and early adopters browsing a launch board of small products.

What it asks for

Free launches go into a queue. The length is not published.

Paid option you can skip

A paid launch skips the queue.

Badge or backlink

Not required. The top three launches get a badge, and the backlink counts once you embed it.

Tip

Expect a wait, and plan your outreach for whatever day you get.

Makers and early adopters browsing new SaaS and indie products.

What it asks for

Free listings wait behind paid ones and are not visible until their slot. The site says the queue can be long.

Paid option you can skip

Paid launches publish right away, with optional promotion add-ons.

Tip

Treat it as a long-term listing rather than a launch day, since you will not control the date.

Indie makers and early adopters following weekly launch rankings.

What it asks for

An account. Free launches have a limited number of weekly slots, and the site showed a queue of about a year.

Paid option you can skip

A paid launch lets you pick the week.

Badge or backlink

Optional. Adding the OpenHunts badge lets a free launch skip the wait.

Tip

If you will not add their badge, submit now and forget about it until your slot comes up.

Makers and early adopters browsing a daily launch board.

What it asks for

An account. When we checked, free slots were booked into 2027, and you could ask to be emailed when slots reopen.

Paid option you can skip

A paid launch goes out the next day.

Tip

Only worth it now if you are happy with a launch next year.

Early adopters and makers who browse and upvote new startup launches.

What it asks for

A working website and a real product. One free launch in the queue at a time. The standard free queue is estimated at 10 or more weeks.

Paid option you can skip

Paid launches skip the queue and let you pick a date.

Badge or backlink

Optional. Linking to StartupBase from your site moves a free launch to a faster queue of about 4 to 5 weeks.

Tip

If a footer link is fine for you, use it, since it roughly halves the wait.

Founders and early adopters browsing new SaaS products, startups and apps.

What it asks for

Free launches wait in a weekly queue with a limited number of slots.

Paid option you can skip

Paid plans skip the queue and add promotion.

Badge or backlink

The free plan requires the SaaSCity badge on your homepage, checked when you submit.

Tip

Put the badge up first, because the free form checks for it.

Makers and early adopters browsing a small daily selection of startups and web tools.

What it asks for

Reviewed within about 72 hours. Free listings are not featured on the homepage.

Paid option you can skip

A paid plan adds homepage features and drops the backlink requirement.

Badge or backlink

The free tier requires a link to Twelve Tools on your homepage or footer.

Tip

Think of the free tier as a quick listing in exchange for a footer link, not a launch day.

Founders and startup watchers, plus readers of its founder newsletter.

What it asks for

A short form. Submissions are reviewed and you hear back only if yours is published. No timeline is given for free submissions.

Paid option you can skip

A paid upgrade gets a faster decision.

Tip

Submit it and move on. You will only get an email if it goes live.

People searching for alternatives to a well-known app, often filtered by platform and license.

What it asks for

A free account, then Suggest new application from the user menu. Approval usually takes a few days to a week.

Tip

Choose the well-known apps yours really replaces and fill in platforms and license fully, since that is how people reach the "alternatives to" pages.

People looking for alternatives to software they already know and comparing tools side by side.

What it asks for

An account and an email address on the product's own domain. Every submission is approved by hand.

Tip

Verify with a domain email and list at least one competitor, because SaaSHub says both move you up the queue.

Business buyers comparing software and reading reviews before they buy.

What it asks for

Publicly available business software with a real signup, trial or demo (a waitlist alone does not count). Personal apps and clones are excluded. Publishing can take more than six weeks.

Paid option you can skip

Pay-per-click and lead plans. The free tier is a basic profile with reviews.

Tip

Apply once you have a public signup, and do not expect the profile for a month or more.

Business software buyers reading peer reviews.

What it asks for

Business software only, out of alpha and beta. G2 checks eligibility in a few business days, then you claim the profile.

Paid option you can skip

Paid marketing plans. The free profile is enough to collect reviews.

Tip

Skip it for consumer apps, since G2 does not accept them.

People following new AI tools, many through its creator's videos and newsletter.

What it asks for

AI tools only. A short form reviewed by hand. Inclusion is not promised and no timeline is given.

Tip

Say what the tool does in one plain line. One person reads these, so clarity beats claims.

People looking for AI tools by category.

What it asks for

AI tools only. Free review can take up to about four weeks, with one category.

Paid option you can skip

Paid plans review faster and drop the backlink requirement.

Badge or backlink

The free tier requires a link to dang.ai, and the listing stays only while the link stays.

Tip

Keep the link on your site after approval, or the free listing is removed.

People looking for open-source replacements for commercial software.

What it asks for

The project must be open source. The free route is a waitlist of six months or more, and submitting does not guarantee a listing.

Paid option you can skip

A paid option gets a fast review.

Tip

Only submit a project that is really open source.

One of the largest subreddits for makers sharing side projects and asking for feedback.

What it asks for

A Reddit account. Check the sidebar rules and post flair before posting.

Tip

Frame the post around what you built and the feedback you want, and stay to answer comments.

Bootstrapped founders building products.

What it asks for

A Reddit account. Check the sidebar rules and post flair before posting.

Tip

Posts that share a lesson or real numbers tend to fit better than plain announcements.

Makers looking for early users and testers for alpha or beta products.

What it asks for

A Reddit account. Check the sidebar rules before posting.

Tip

Say what kind of tester you need and what feedback you want back.

Software developers who read and write articles. The #showdev tag is for showing projects and launches.

What it asks for

A free account. The whole post has to be on DEV (no link-only posts), and posts made mainly for promotion or backlinks are against its content policy.

Tip

Write the build story with real stack or code details under #showdev, and link the project at the end.

Developers who run technical blogs on Hashnode and read its community feed.

What it asks for

A free account and blog. Its code of conduct rules out using the platform mainly for self-promotion.

Paid option you can skip

A paid plan adds features like custom domains. The free blog is enough for a write-up.

Tip

Publish a technical write-up of how you built it rather than an announcement.

Programmers sharing and discussing computing links in a smaller community than Hacker News.

What it asks for

Invite-only: you need an invitation from a member. Self-promotion is expected to be a small share of what you post.

Tip

Only post here if you already take part, and only for technical projects programmers would find interesting.