12 places to submit a developer tool (2026)
A developer tool is the one product type with somewhere better to go than the general boards. Start with Show HN, always, and not for the link, which is nofollow: the thread is the most direct product feedback you can get for free, and what people say there should rewrite your landing page before you submit anywhere else. Then Product Hunt and Peerlist for reach, in that order if you have an audience and the other way round if you do not.
After that the list narrows to places that only take engineering work, which is the point of them. DevHunt is developer tools only and charges $49 for a launch week. DevPages holds 77 hand-picked tools and a human emails you either way, which is rarer than it should be. DevTool.io states a developers-only bar on the form itself. MCP Directory reads your public repository to build the entry, so a closed-source or hosted-only server cannot get in at all. Boilerplate Hunt takes starter kits and nothing else. Awesome Tools wants DR 30 before it will look.
Across the 12 platforms on this list, median approval time is 1 day across the 9 that state one, 10 of 12 give dofollow backlinks, 9 are free to submit. Median domain rating: 43.
Show HN
The most technical audience you can reach for free, and the least forgiving.DR 91freeInstantProduct Hunt
The default launch stage. High traffic for one day, a permanent backlink after.DR 91freeSame dayPeerlist
A professional network for builders with a weekly project spotlight.DR 77freeAbout a weekNeeed Directory
A small maker-tools directory with the fairest badge deal around: free listing, no floors, dofollow the moment you host their badge.DR 72freemiumInstantDevHunt
A weekly leaderboard for developer tools only, run by the community.DR 57paidAbout a weekAwesome Tools
A 200-tool developer and entrepreneur directory that gates on DR 30 and gives accepted listings a genuine dofollow.DR 43freeNot statedDevTool.io
No account, one form, and the $29 tier ticked for you before you touch it.DR 41freemium2-4 weeksDevPages
77 developer tools, hand-picked, no paid placement and no account: a one-screen form and a human who emails you either way.DR 22free3-5 daysMCP.Directory
An MCP server registry that reads your GitHub repo for you, which is also the reason a closed-source server cannot get in.DR 33freeSame dayBoilerplateHunt
Starter kits only, paid only: $19.90 buys three dofollow links, instant publishing and no badge on your site.DR 23paidInstant1000.tools
Hand-vetted list capped at 1,000 tools, rented by the month rather than submitted to.DR 38paidNot statedBuildHop
An indie startup directory that ranks by dwell time rather than votes, and refuses any product whose site will not load in an iframe.DR 43freeNot stated
