{ "schema": "submitmystartup-api/v1", "name": "Where to Submit Your Startup API", "description": "A free, read-only list of places to submit a startup (directories, launch sites, communities, editorial sites), with structured facts on cost, eligibility, requirements, and wait. Facts that are not on record are null, never guessed.", "generatedAt": "2026-10-04T06:56:00.600Z", "updatedOn": "2026-10-04", "counts": { "directories": 185, "tried": 154, "withFacts": 185, "withMyAttempt": 107, "byCategory": { "paid": 20, "directories": 70, "specialist": 47, "problems": 32, "reddit": 16 }, "byFree": { "No": 20, "Yes*": 63, "Unknown": 79, "Yes": 23 }, "byState": { "live": 153, "dead": 23, "broken": 4, "inactive": 2, "closed": 3 } }, "endpoints": { "docs": "https://submitmystartup.com/api/", "meta": "https://submitmystartup.com/api/v1/meta.json", "directories": "https://submitmystartup.com/api/v1/directories.json", "directory": "https://submitmystartup.com/api/v1/directories/{id}.json", "mcp": "https://submitmystartup.com/mcp", "mcpCard": "https://submitmystartup.com/.well-known/mcp.json", "llms": "https://submitmystartup.com/llms.txt" }, "source": { "list": "https://github.com/mmmmingos/where-to-submit-your-startup", "readme": "https://github.com/mmmmingos/where-to-submit-your-startup/blob/main/README.md", "note": "The public README is the source of truth for listings. This API restructures its rows and the facts from my own submission attempts." }, "license": { "name": "MIT", "url": "https://github.com/mmmmingos/where-to-submit-your-startup/blob/main/LICENSE", "copyright": "Copyright (c) 2026 mmmmingos", "terms": "Use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and sell copies, provided the copyright notice and the permission notice are included in all copies or substantial portions.", "credit": "Please credit \"Where to Submit Your Startup\" and link to https://github.com/mmmmingos/where-to-submit-your-startup." }, "fields": { "id": "Stable id from the list: the name lowercased, with other characters turned into hyphens.", "category": "Section of the list: directories, paid, specialist (only for some startups), reddit, or problems (reported problems).", "free": "The list's Free? label: Yes, Yes* (free with a material catch), No (paid only), or Unknown.", "notes": "The list's notes for the row.", "lastChecked": "The row's Last checked date on the list.", "tried": "true when I have tried the place by submitting my own site to it, or null if its facts are not recorded yet.", "myAttempt": "The status of my own attempt as the website shows it (submitted, published, rejected, or blocked), its date, or null.", "links": "self: this entry's JSON. list: the section of the public list that holds its row. site: its row on the website.", "facts": "Structured facts, or null if they are not recorded yet. A fact that is not on record is null, never guessed.", "facts.format": "How a listing happens: directory, launch (a dated launch), profile (a company profile), editorial (a pitch for coverage), community (a post), app-review, review-site (G2 and similar), gallery (a design gallery), or beta-testing.", "facts.state": "live, or for reported problems: broken (the submission path doesn't work), inactive (abandoned), closed (doesn't take listings), or dead (gone).", "facts.stateNote": "What was seen, with the date, for problems and for live sites with a quirk worth knowing.", "facts.accepts.products": "\"any\" (no product-type restriction on record), or a list of product tags: it takes products with at least one of them.", "facts.accepts.audience": "any, b2b (business products only), or b2c (business-to-business products aren't covered).", "facts.accepts.stage": "any, pre-release (unreleased or beta only), released (no alpha or beta software), or early-stage (young startups only; the rule is in accepts.rule).", "facts.accepts.region": "{\"scope\": \"global\"}, or a limited region: {scope: \"limited\", basis, label, areas}. basis headquarters: the startup must be based there. basis market: the site covers that market or language. areas are ISO 3166 codes (AU, US-WA).", "facts.accepts.excludes": "Product tags it turns down.", "facts.accepts.rule": "The eligibility or posting rule in words.", "facts.cost.free": "free, free-with-catch, or paid-only.", "facts.cost.paidOption": "Whether a paid option for the listing (paid listing, queue skip, upgrade, or promotion) was seen.", "facts.cost.cheapestPaid": "{amount, currency, period, name}: the lowest regular price seen for such an option. period is one-time, day, week, month, year, or null.", "facts.requirements.": "What the free path needs: required, alternative (one of the alternatives is needed), optional (helps but isn't needed), or no. Keys: account, badge (a badge or backlink on your site), domainEmail (an email on your own domain; Gmail is refused), engagement (upvotes, comments, or ratings on other products first), socialProfile, phone, captcha, ownDomain, invitation, revenueProof.", "facts.requirements.domainRatingAbove": "Your site's domain rating must be above this.", "facts.requirements.other": "Other requirements and quirks of the free path.", "facts.wait": "The free path's wait until the listing is live: {minDays, maxDays, basis, text}. basis stated: the site's own figure. basis observed: a date or queue position I was given.", "facts.review": "none (live without a review), moderated (reviewed, usually accepted), or curated (editors choose, so a listing isn't guaranteed).", "facts.backlink": "dofollow, nofollow, or conditional (dofollow only in some cases), as the site describes its free listing's link.", "facts.lastChecked": "The newest date behind the facts. Never older than lastChecked.", "facts.sources": "Where each fact came from: public-list (the row, on its Last checked date) or submission-report (my attempt on that date), with the facts it supports." }, "filters": { "category": [ { "id": "directories", "name": "Directories & profiles" }, { "id": "reddit", "name": "Reddit communities" }, { "id": "paid", "name": "Paid services" }, { "id": "specialist", "name": "Only for some startups" }, { "id": "problems", "name": "Reported problems" } ], "free": [ "Yes", "Yes*", "No", "Unknown" ], "format": [ "directory", "launch", "profile", "editorial", "community", "app-review", "review-site", "gallery", "beta-testing" ], "state": [ "live", "broken", "inactive", "closed", "dead" ], "productTags": [ "software", "web-apps", "websites", "saas", "mobile-apps", "mac-apps", "desktop-apps", "browser-extensions", "services", "ai-tools", "ai-developer-tools", "developer-tools", "no-code-tools", "marketing-tools", "open-source", "kids-apps", "ecommerce", "agencies", "media-buyers", "products-with-confetti", "computing-topics", "designs", "free-online-tools", "single-purpose-utilities", "converters", "ai-tool-aggregators", "mobile-only-apps", "waitlist-only", "adult", "gambling", "crypto", "mlm" ], "impliedTags": { "web-apps": [ "software", "websites" ], "saas": [ "software", "web-apps", "websites" ], "mobile-apps": [ "software" ], "mac-apps": [ "software" ], "desktop-apps": [ "software" ], "browser-extensions": [ "software" ], "ai-developer-tools": [ "ai-tools", "developer-tools", "software" ], "developer-tools": [ "software" ], "no-code-tools": [ "software" ], "marketing-tools": [ "software" ] }, "audience": [ "any", "b2b", "b2c" ], "stage": [ "any", "pre-release", "released", "early-stage" ], "regionBasis": [ "headquarters", "market" ], "regionsOnRecord": [ { "scope": "limited", "basis": "market", "label": "Africa (a database of African startups; the form accepts any headquarters country)", "areas": [ "DZ", "AO", "BJ", "BW", "BF", "BI", "CV", "CM", "CF", "TD", "KM", "CG", "CD", "CI", "DJ", "EG", "GQ", "ER", "SZ", "ET", "GA", "GM", "GH", "GN", "GW", "KE", "LS", "LR", "LY", "MG", "MW", "ML", "MR", "MU", "MA", "MZ", "NA", "NE", "NG", "RW", "ST", "SN", "SC", "SL", "SO", "ZA", "SS", "SD", "TZ", "TG", "TN", "UG", "ZM", "ZW" ] }, { "scope": "limited", "basis": "market", "label": "Brazil (a Portuguese-language portal)", "areas": [ "BR" ] }, { "scope": "limited", "basis": "headquarters", "label": "Chicago", "areas": [ "US-IL" ] }, { "scope": "limited", "basis": "headquarters", "label": "India (headquarters or most of the workforce)", "areas": [ "IN" ] }, { "scope": "limited", "basis": "headquarters", "label": "Nordic and Baltic countries", "areas": [ "DK", "FI", "IS", "NO", "SE", "EE", "LV", "LT" ] }, { "scope": "limited", "basis": "headquarters", "label": "Pacific Northwest (Washington, Oregon, Idaho, British Columbia)", "areas": [ "US-WA", "US-OR", "US-ID", "CA-BC" ] }, { "scope": "limited", "basis": "market", "label": "Products with customers in the United States", "areas": [ "US" ] } ], "costFree": [ "free", "free-with-catch", "paid-only" ], "priceCurrencies": [ "EUR", "USD" ], "pricePeriod": [ "one-time", "day", "week", "month", "year" ], "requirementKeys": [ "account", "badge", "domainEmail", "engagement", "socialProfile", "phone", "captcha", "ownDomain", "invitation", "revenueProof" ], "requirementValues": [ "required", "alternative", "optional", "no" ], "waitBasis": [ "stated", "observed" ], "review": [ "none", "moderated", "curated" ], "backlink": [ "dofollow", "nofollow", "conditional" ], "myAttemptStatus": [ "submitted", "published", "rejected", "blocked" ], "sourceType": [ "public-list", "submission-report" ] } }