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CodeTrendy: requirements, how to submit, and what you actually get

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A curated directory whose free lane costs a badge and a week, and labels you Unverified.

codetrendy.com
CodeTrendy homepage
Eligibility

Who CodeTrendy accepts

You need
An account: email and password, or Google, GitHub, X, LinkedIn or Discord
Their badge on your homepage, for the free lane
You'll be rejected if
Anything their manual review finds off topic: every listing is quality-checked for relevance
StartupsSaaS toolsIndie productsWebsites
What you actually get
A listing page with a Visit Site link that carried no nofollow on the live listing we read, views and clicks counted on it, and a rank inside its category. 631 sites listed and 99K visits claimed on the submit page when we looked. A free listing wears a public Unverified label beside the paid ones' Verified Business badge.

How to submit to CodeTrendy

  1. Create a free account
    Submit Your Website lands on a create-account step: first and last name, email, password and the terms box, or Google, GitHub, X, LinkedIn or Discord.
  2. Site details
    URL (with an AI Analyze that fills the rest, or do it yourself), name, tagline, one category from a searchable tree, up to five tags, up to five technologies, up to three AI tools, a description in a markdown editor, logo, up to five preview images, a launch date and social links. A progress counter reads n/7.
  3. Pick a plan
    Starter $19, Premium $39, Exclusive $99 or Featured Monthly $30, with the free card underneath: 'paid for in trade', their badge on your homepage, a week or more of review and an Unverified label.
  4. Submit for Free, then the badge
    The listing is saved as Pending Review. Paste the badge on your site, press 'I installed it, verify now', and it answers Badge verified: the listing publishes about seven days later.

CodeTrendy requirements

Website URL
Name
60 characters
Tagline
100 characters
Category
one, from a searchable tree
Description
100 to 1,000 characters, markdown
Logo
512x512, auto-compressed to WebP
Preview images
up to 5; the first is the cover
Tagsoptional
up to 5
Their badge on your homepage, for the free lane

Gotchas

A free listing is publicly marked Unverified next to the paid ones' Verified Business badge, and the only way off that label is a paid plan.
The submission form does not exist until the account does: Submit Your Website lands on a create-account step, and the free account is email and password or one of five OAuth providers.
Featured Monthly at $30 a month buys placement only and says so in small print: no followed link comes with it.

Let your agent submit to CodeTrendy

Connect SubmitMap to your AI over MCP and this page stops being something you read and copy. Your agent asks for the CodeTrendy playbook and gets the brief for this exact form, with the values already taken from your submission pack instead of placeholders you fill in by hand.

What it does for this platform
Checks your product against the 3 CodeTrendy rules above, so you find out you would be rejected before you open a tab.
Hands your agent all 9 fields this form asks for, 1 of them optional, already filled from your pack.
Warns you that CodeTrendy looks for its badge on your site, so it has to be live before you submit rather than after.
Tells you what paying buys here, so you pick it on purpose: free in trade: a permanent listing with a link, their badge on your homepage, a week or more of manual review and a public Unverified label. Starter is $19 once: live instantly, a Verified Business badge, no badge on your site, a followed link plus three deep links and seven days pinned in its category. Premium $39 adds 30 days on the homepage, Exclusive $99 adds 90 days at the top, and Featured Monthly is $30 a month for placement only.
Types it into CodeTrendy in your own browser, and stops for you when the form wants a sign-in.
Records what it sent, so the dashboard can answer "did I ever submit to CodeTrendy?".
Connect your agentHow this worksTools and endpointsWorks with Claude Code, Claude, Codex, Cursor, VS Code and Hermes.

CodeTrendy FAQ

How long does CodeTrendy approval take?
CodeTrendy's typical time from submission to going live is about a week.
How much does it cost to submit to CodeTrendy?
CodeTrendy has a free submission option plus paid placement (Free in trade: a permanent listing with a link, their badge on your homepage, a week or more of manual review and a public Unverified label. Starter is $19 once: live instantly, a Verified Business badge, no badge on your site, a followed link plus three deep links and seven days pinned in its category. Premium $39 adds 30 days on the homepage, Exclusive $99 adds 90 days at the top, and Featured Monthly is $30 a month for placement only.).
Does CodeTrendy give a dofollow backlink?
Yes, a listing on CodeTrendy carries a dofollow link. The site has a domain rating of 67.
Does CodeTrendy require a backlink to your site?
Yes, CodeTrendy expects a link back from your site as part of listing.
What gets you rejected from CodeTrendy?
Anything their manual review finds off topic: every listing is quality-checked for relevance.