# trekhleb/promote-your-next-startup

🚀 Free resources you may use to promote your next startup

Repository: https://github.com/trekhleb/promote-your-next-startup
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/promote-your-next-startup
License: Unlicense
License Family: permissive
Topics: free, links, promotion, promote, startup, startups, pitch, startup-directories, spread
Last push: 2026-06-19T00:02:44+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 72/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 88, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3005, "days_push": 76, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2221, forks 192 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:27.591365+00:00)

## What it is
A curated list of free websites and directories for promoting a startup, covering news boards, product directories, and design showcases. It is a documentation-style resource rather than software.

## Use cases
- find free places to launch my side project
- where to post my startup news
- list of startup directories for promotion
- spread the word about my SaaS product
- free marketing channels for indie hackers
- where to submit a new product for visibility

## When to choose
- you are launching a startup or side project and want free promotion channels
- you want a curated, categorized list of directories and communities

## When to avoid
- you need a tool or service that automates promotion
- you want paid advertising strategies or analytics

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: active
- function: documentation, developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools, awesome-lists
- platform: -
- tags: awesome-list, startup-marketing, promotion-resources, curated-links, marketing, web

## Member repositories
- trekhleb/promote-your-next-startup (main) score 72

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:27.591365+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T02:45:48.783999+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/trekhleb/promote-your-next-startup (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:27.591365+00:00, sha 914cdcd89fa1)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.