Communities

Lobsters (show tag)

Invite-only, non-commercial

Invite-only computing community; the show tag is for projects you made, but new users (first 70 days) cannot use it or submit links to domains not seen before. Content designed to promote a commercial service is flagged as spam, self-promotion should stay under a quarter of your stories and comments, and entrepreneurship is off-topic.

Lobsters (show tag) is a community at lobste.rs. It lets members share AI products, with a rule: invite-only, non-commercial. Listing is free. The link you get is nofollow: story links carry rel="ugc noreferrer" (seen on the live show tag page). Review: no review before posting; members with 50 karma can flag stories as off-topic or spam, and accounts banned for spam can cost their inviter the right to invite. Terms read on lobste.rs on 2 October 2026.

Rate card

Price: Free; posting needs an account, which needs an invitation from a member
Link you get: Story links carry rel="ugc noreferrer" (seen on the live show tag page)
Review: No review before posting; members with 50 karma can flag stories as off-topic or spam, and accounts banned for spam can cost their inviter the right to invite
Their rule: Invite-only, non-commercial
Lists: Every kind of AI product
Where they say so: lobste.rs/about ↗
Reach: BigBig reach: #43,331 by traffic in the Tranco top million; #432,886 of about 120 million domains by links in Common Crawl's web graph.
Checked: 2 October 2026, on its own pages

Quick answers

Can you share an AI product on Lobsters (show tag)?: Only some. It lets members share AI products, with a rule: invite-only, non-commercial.
How much does a listing on Lobsters (show tag) cost?: Listing is free.
What link does Lobsters (show tag) give?: The link you get is nofollow: story links carry rel="ugc noreferrer" (seen on the live show tag page).

Who is listed on Lobsters (show tag)

Our nightly read of lobste.rs found 504 apps we recognise from other places, among them design.com, google.dev, studio.design, favicon.im, favicon.io, favicon.love, customer.io, research.google. As of 8 Oct 2026. Your tracker checks whether yours is there.

How to submit to Lobsters (show tag)

A post on Lobsters (show tag) is yours to write, not a form.

You post as yourself, within their rules on self-promotion, and answer the comments that day. No automation can do that for you, and our done-for-you service does not include it. Post it yourself, then mark the result in your tracker by hand. How to prepare.

1. Prepare the kit. A one-line pitch, a description, a square logo and screenshots, and check that your product fits their rule: invite-only, non-commercial. 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. No review before posting; members with 50 karma can flag stories as off-topic or spam, and accounts banned for spam can cost their inviter the right to invite. Log the submission in your tracker; it marks the listing when it appears.

Listing tracker

Know when Lobsters (show tag) lists you.

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

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Run Lobsters (show tag)? 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/lobsters"><img src="https://listaify.com/badge/lobsters.png" alt="Invite-only, non-commercial, 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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