Distribution & Launch Directory
A guide to 15 launch platforms and startup directories. Compare pricing, review times, link policy, and launch format, and see how each compares to Hauntboard.
Facts checked 14 Oct 2026 against each platform's own pages. Each profile lists its sources.
A weekly launch board. A human reviews every launch (about 72 hours on the free tier, within 24 hours with Launch Now), every approved launch gets a dofollow link, and each launch page shows its page views and outbound clicks in public.
Free Hauntboard listings show the Hauntboard badge on your site; if the badge is removed, the link switches to nofollow.
A daily launch leaderboard for tech products.
Product Hunt is one of the best-known launch platforms in tech. Launches compete on a daily leaderboard, and top launches can earn Product of the Day. Product Hunt recommends going live at 12:01 am Pacific Time.
A directory of pre-launch and recently launched startups.
BetaList is a long-running directory for pre-launch and recently launched startups. Featured startups appear on its homepage, and the most popular ones are picked for its newsletter.
A directory and daily launch platform for tools.
Uneed is a tools directory with daily launches that compete on upvotes, plus a monthly leaderboard. It is popular with indie makers.
A professional network for people in tech, with a weekly Launchpad.
Peerlist is a professional network for people in tech. Its Launchpad opens every Monday, and projects compete through the week. Winners are featured in Peerlist's monthly newsletter and social channels and get a badge.
A weekly launchpad for developer tools.
DevHunt is a launch platform for developer tools, started by John Rush and a small group of developers, with its code public on GitHub. A new batch of launches goes up each week, voted on by developers, alongside a weekly email.
A community for founders building independent businesses.
Indie Hackers is a community where bootstrapped founders and side-project makers share milestones, revenue numbers, and launch stories. It has product pages and a post feed rather than a formal launch board.
A launch platform with monthly leaderboards for makers.
Microlaunch ranks launches on a monthly leaderboard, so a launch isn't decided in a single day. The leaderboard can also be viewed by week.
A directory of new startups, published daily.
Launching Next publishes new startups every day and keeps them in a permanent directory. It says it lists more than 45,000 startups.
A software directory and alternatives finder.
SaaSHub is a large software directory built around alternatives and comparisons, helping people find replacements for tools they already use.
A large directory of AI tools.
There's An AI For That (TAAFT) is a large directory of AI tools organized by task and job role. It says it has 5M+ monthly visitors and 2.5M+ newsletter subscribers.
Hacker News' format for sharing things you've built.
Show HN is a post format on Hacker News for sharing something you built that people can try. New Show HN posts appear on the shownew page; once a post gets a few points it moves to the Show page, and popular posts can reach the front page.
A daily launch platform for makers and small startups.
Fazier is a launch platform for early-stage products and side projects. Launches are grouped by day, with weekly and monthly leaderboards.
A directory of AI tools, with tutorials and courses.
Futurepedia is an AI tools directory organized by category, alongside AI tutorials and courses. Its homepage says it has categorized 2,505 AI tools (another section says 4,000+).
A Reddit community for makers sharing their side projects.
r/SideProject is a Reddit community where makers share side projects, ask for honest feedback, and find early testers.
A directory and newsletter about money-making startups and side projects.
Startups.fyi lists startups and side projects with a revenue figure (or a pre-revenue label), alongside a newsletter. Many homepage listings are marked Sponsored.
Launch on Hauntboard. Each launch page shows its page views and outbound clicks in public, counted once per browser per day with known bots filtered out. Every approved launch gets a dofollow link.
Free Hauntboard listings show the Hauntboard badge on your site; if the badge is removed, the link switches to nofollow.