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Design-related links only

Five design links every weekday on the site and in the newsletter, run by UX Collective. Submissions need an account and should be new, high-effort content; paid products are generally avoided unless they have a useful free or demo version.

Sidebar is an AI newsletter at sidebar.io. It features AI tools, with a rule: design-related links only. Listing is free; a paid spot starts at $400. Review: links are picked by the editors against published submission guidelines; no time frame stated. Terms read on sidebar.io on 2 October 2026.

Rate card

Price: Free link submission; a sponsored link costs $400 per Monday edition, one per issue, paid when booking in their ad calendar (an older page at sidebar.io/sponsor still says $950)
Link you get: Listed links go through a sidebar.io/out redirect (301) with no rel attribute, so they are not direct links (checked on the home page)
Review: Links are picked by the editors against published submission guidelines; no time frame stated
Run by: UX Collective
Their rule: Design-related links only
Lists: AI design tools only
Where they say so: sidebar.io/about ↗
Reach: BigBig reach: #296,611 by traffic in the Tranco top million; #21,485 of about 120 million domains by links in Common Crawl's web graph.
Checked: 2 October 2026, on its own pages

Quick answers

Does Sidebar feature AI tools?: Only some. It features AI tools, with a rule: design-related links only.
How much does a listing on Sidebar cost?: Listing is free; a paid spot starts at $400.
How does Sidebar review submissions?: Review: links are picked by the editors against published submission guidelines; no time frame stated.

Who is listed on Sidebar

Our nightly read of sidebar.io found 20 apps we recognise from other places, among them design.com, google.dev, favicon.im, favicon.io, favicon.love, github.blog, github.careers, github.community. As of 8 Oct 2026. Your tracker checks whether yours is there.

How to submit to Sidebar

1. Prepare the kit. A one-line pitch, a description, a square logo and screenshots, and check that your product fits their rule: design-related links only. 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. Links are picked by the editors against published submission guidelines; no time frame stated. Pay only for a spot you asked for; the listing itself is what the price above says. Log the submission in your tracker; it marks the listing when it appears.

Listing tracker

Know when Sidebar lists you.

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

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Run Sidebar? 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/sidebar"><img src="https://listaify.com/badge/sidebar.png" alt="Design-related links only, 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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