Launch platforms

Directory Hunt

Directories and tiny projects

Launchpad for directories and micro SaaS projects, with a weekly top 3 that earns badges. Free launches share 15 weekly slots and need a Directory Hunt badge on the project's site.

Directory Hunt is a launch platform at directoryhunt.org. It takes AI product launches, with a rule: directories and tiny projects. Listing is free for a link back. The link you get is dofollow: plain links to listed projects in the site footer, with no nofollow. Review: every submission is approved by the team before it goes live; free launches are typically reviewed within 24 to 48 hours, Premium skips the queue. Terms read on directoryhunt.org on 3 October 2026.

Rate card

Price: Free with a Directory Hunt badge on your site; Premium launch $4.99 (the October 2025 terms page still says $15); monthly promotion plan $8.99
Link you get: Dofollow: plain links to listed projects in the site footer, with no nofollow
Review: Every submission is approved by the team before it goes live; free launches are typically reviewed within 24 to 48 hours, Premium skips the queue
Their rule: Directories and tiny projects
Lists: Every kind of AI product
Where they say so: directoryhunt.org/faq ↗
Reach: TinyTiny reach: outside the Tranco top million by traffic; #15,655,859 of about 120 million domains by links in Common Crawl's web graph.
Checked: 3 October 2026, on its own pages

Quick answers

Can you launch an AI product on Directory Hunt?: Only some. It takes AI product launches, with a rule: directories and tiny projects.
How much does a listing on Directory Hunt cost?: Listing is free for a link back.
What link does Directory Hunt give?: The link you get is dofollow: plain links to listed projects in the site footer, with no nofollow.

Who is listed on Directory Hunt

Our nightly read of directoryhunt.org found 202 apps we recognise from other places, among them design.com, studio.design, favicon.im, favicon.io, favicon.love, customer.io, research.google, chatgpt.site. As of 8 Oct 2026. Your tracker checks whether yours is there.

How to submit to Directory Hunt

1. Prepare the kit. A one-line pitch, a description, a square logo and screenshots, and check that your product fits their rule: directories and tiny projects. The listing guide lists what forms ask for; the tracker builds the kit from your website.
2. Open the form. Their submit page opens from the button above once you are signed in; signing in costs nothing.
3. Wait for the review. Every submission is approved by the team before it goes live; free launches are typically reviewed within 24 to 48 hours, Premium skips the queue. Log the submission in your tracker; it marks the listing when it appears.

Listing tracker

Know when Directory Hunt lists you.

Add your app once; we read directoryhunt.org every week and mark the listing when it appears, every night on Pro. Last read 8 Oct 2026.

Track Directory Hunt

Run Directory Hunt? A badge for your site

Tells founders you take AI tools before they read your rules, and links to your terms here. Paste it in your site's footer, so it is on your home page, where our nightly check looks:

<a href="https://listaify.com/places/directory-hunt"><img src="https://listaify.com/badge/directory-hunt.png" alt="Directories and tiny projects, verified on Listaify" width="250" height="56"></a>

With the badge in your footer, this page becomes a Partner page: your logo, screenshots and an offer for founders, plus your numbers and the apps your peers list and you do not. Manage this page.

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