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Launch sites, communities and directories compared: what each is best for, how it works, and where Vibed Market fits.
Use a launch day for a burst of attention (Product Hunt, Show HN, Reddit), and a lasting listing so people keep finding and using your app after that day. For a web app or browser game, Vibed Market is a free lasting listing where visitors open your app right away, with no download.
| Where | Best for | How it works | Good to know |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vibed Market | Web apps and browser games people can use right away | Paste your link; the listing goes live at once and visitors open your app right inside Vibed, no download | Free to list. Optional paid plans are always labeled Sponsored. |
| Product Hunt | A one-day launch for consumer apps, SaaS and developer tools | Schedule a launch; the community votes and comments that day | Free to launch. Most attention comes on launch day. |
| Hacker News (Show HN) | Developer tools, technical projects, open source | Post "Show HN: …" with a link people can try without signing up | Free. A frank technical audience; follow the Show HN rules. |
| Reaching a specific community, e.g. r/SideProject or a subreddit for your app's topic | Share what you built and why, in subreddits that allow it | Free. Each community has its own self-promotion rules. | |
| Indie Hackers | Bootstrapped and solo makers sharing the story behind the product | Post your launch story and what you learned | Free. Good for feedback and maker connections. |
| BetaList | Pre-launch and early-beta products collecting sign-ups | Submit before or around your launch | Check its site for current review times and options. |
| Peerlist Launchpad | Projects aimed at developers and makers | Launch a project to the Peerlist community | Check its site for current terms. |
| Uneed | Indie tools and SaaS in a daily directory | Submit your product to a daily launch | Check its site for current terms. |
| AlternativeTo | Apps that are an alternative to a well-known product | Add your app and link it to the products it replaces | Free to list. Long-term discovery through search. |
| dev.to | A write-up of how you built it, for developers | Publish a post about the build with a link to try it | Free. Posts stay findable for a long time. |
Vibed Market (free listing, live right away, people open your app in the browser), Show HN on Hacker News, relevant Reddit communities, Indie Hackers, AlternativeTo and dev.to are all free. Product Hunt is free to launch.
An app store for web apps and browser games. Visitors find independent web apps and open them right inside Vibed with nothing to install, and Vibed Guide recommends listed apps for what people want to do. Makers list an app by pasting its link; it goes live at once.
Product Hunt is a launch day: most attention comes on the day you launch. Vibed Market is a lasting listing where people can use your app right away, find it by what it does, and come back to it. Many makers use both.
Yes. Listing is free; Pro and Premium plans and one-week Spotlight placements add paid visibility, and paid placements are always labeled Sponsored. See vibedmarket.com/pricing.
A link people can try in seconds without signing up, one clear sentence about who it is for, a real screenshot, and being around to answer comments on the day you post.