Free Launch Directories List: 29 Places That Take Submissions, Checked and Dated

How was the list checked, and what do the labels mean?

Every site below responded to an automated request on 13 November 2026, and the facts come from its own pages: pricing, help, submission, guidelines or home. Where a page was blocked, the entry says so and repeats only the well-known basics. We submitted nothing and paid nothing. Cost labels are literal: “free route” means a page we read describes a way in that costs no money, and “paid” means the page we read lists payment as the way in. Where a site quotes its own audience size or authority score, we label it the site’s claim.

This page covers more places than our free launch platforms comparison and goes beyond launch boards into communities and newsletters. For the side-by-side view of the main boards, use the launch platform comparison table. Our own tool, the free launch directory finder, filters a longer set by product type.

Which launch boards have a free route?

Eight boards describe a route that costs no money. Only the first has no condition attached. Of the other seven, six trade money for time, work or a visibility limit, and one, Fazier, has rules we could not read.

Which boards charge, or do not say what is free?

These sites are not the place for a no-money launch, or their pages did not let us say. They are listed because people search for them and should know what we read.

Which specialist directories fit one kind of product?

A narrow directory sends fewer visitors, but they are looking for exactly your kind of thing.

Which communities accept a post about your project?

Communities are not directories, and the rules about self-promotion are the product. Read them first; the where to launch an indie maker community guide goes further.

Which well-known places could our check not read?

These refused or returned nothing to an automated request on 13 November 2026. We repeat only widely known basics and no numbers. Open each site yourself before you plan around it.

Which newsletters take submissions?

Editors choose what to run, so there is no rank to win and no fee to avoid, only a bar to clear.

What should you check before you submit anywhere?

1. Find the cost on the platform’s own page, not a listicle. If the only way in is a plan you must pay for, it is not a free launch, whatever the headline says.
2. Look for a queue. A wait of weeks is fine if you apply early and not at all if you need a page tomorrow.
3. Read the link treatment. If you are paying only for a followed link, check whether visitors reach the page at all.
4. Check the site is alive. Look at the newest entries on its home page; a directory whose latest listing is months old sends nobody.
5. Check whether you must add a badge or vote first. Those steps are fair, but they are work you should schedule.
6. Read what it forbids. Own domain rules, no sign-up pages, no commercial products: a rejected submission can mean a lost slot.
7. Use one description and one tagged link per place, so you can tell which sent people. The launch copy generator drafts the text.

A sensible order: publish on a board with no queue first so you have a page to link; join the free waiting lines the same day; then post in one or two communities where your product belongs, replying to every comment. The free launch checklist for 2026 puts these steps in sequence, and the state of free launch platforms shows what each free route costs. If you are still picking a product, browse the developer tool ideas.