Resources
Product directories
Directories work when they give you a lasting profile, a relevant audience, or a real launch spike, not when they pad a 500-site spreadsheet. This list favors curated and launch-oriented places indie founders still use. Skip mass auto-approve dumps, reciprocal-link traps, and anything that looks abandoned. Verify link attributes and indexing yourself before you count a listing as SEO progress.
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Indie Hackers
Founder community for build-in-public posts, milestones, and honest product feedback.
Nick Launches
Weekly product launches for builders with permanent listings and SEO-minded backlinks.
Product Hunt
Launch-day discovery platform with social proof badges and long-tail product profiles.
AlternativeTo
Crowdsourced alternatives directory, strong when people search for replacements to bigger tools.
BetaList
Pre-launch and early-access directory useful for waitlists and early adopter interest.
Fazier
Launch listing platform with badges and discovery for new products.
Indie Page
Marc Lou’s one-page home for makers to showcase startups, journey, and verified revenue.
ListBulb
Tools and products directory used by makers for launch visibility.
SaaSHub
SaaS directory and alternatives index often used in early backlink and discovery stacks.
Startup Fame
Indie startup directory with featured listings and discovery badges.
There's An AI For That
Large AI tools directory for products that clearly fit an AI use case.
TinyLaunch
Indie launch directory focused on smaller products and maker launches.
TrustMRR
Marc Lou’s marketplace of startups with payment-verified revenue for buying and selling SaaS.
Twelve Tools
Curated tools directory that highlights practical maker software.
Uneed
Launch and tools directory popular with indie makers shipping software products.