23 Startup Communities Where Founders Share Their Work
23 communities where founders post products and get feedback, ranked by Domain Rating. Where to share without getting flagged as spam.
- Listed
- 23
- Dofollow
- 15
- Highest DR
- 95
Communities are the one channel on this site that punishes drive-by promotion. Post a link and nothing else and you will get downvoted, removed, or quietly ignored. Show up for a few weeks first, answer other people's questions, and the same link will land very differently.
These 23 communities all host product and launch discussions. The payoff is slower than a directory listing but far higher quality: the feedback is specific, the people replying are often in your target market, and a thread that resonates can outrank your own homepage for your brand.
All 23, ranked by Domain Rating
| # | Directory | DR | Link | Category |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Redditreddit.com | DR 95 | Unverified | Community |
| 2 | DEV Communitydev.to | DR 91 | Dofollow | Community |
| 3 | Hacker Newsnews.ycombinator.com | DR 91 | Unverified | Community |
| 4 | Indie Hackersindiehackers.com | DR 81 | Dofollow | Community |
| 5 | Sidebarsidebar.io | DR 70 | Dofollow | Community |
| 6 | Marketer Milkmarketermilk.com | DR 67 | Nofollow | Community |
| 7 | Huzzlerhuzzler.so | DR 66 | Nofollow | Community |
| 8 | WIPwip.co | DR 55 | Nofollow | Community |
| 9 | PostMakerpostmake.io | DR 48 | Dofollow | Community |
| 10 | Makerthrivemakerthrive.com | DR 43 | Dofollow | Community |
| 11 | Indie Goodiesindiegoodies.com | DR 36 | Dofollow | Community |
| 12 | BuiltByIndiesbuiltbyindies.com | DR 33 | Dofollow | Community |
| 13 | Startups.fyistartups.fyi | DR 32 | Dofollow | Community |
| 14 | PromptZonepromptzone.com | DR 27 | Dofollow | Community |
| 15 | Indie Hacker Stacksindiehackerstacks.com | DR 26 | Dofollow | Community |
| 16 | IndieLogsindielogs.com | DR 26 | Dofollow | Community |
| 17 | Can Devs Do Somethingcandevsdosomething.com | DR 20 | Dofollow | Community |
| 18 | Curate The Internetcuratetheinternet.com | DR 20 | Nofollow | Community |
| 19 | SideProjectssideprojects.net | DR 17 | Dofollow | Community |
| 20 | Indie Worldwideindieworldwide.com | DR 16 | Nofollow | Community |
| 21 | IndieHustlesindiehustles.com | DR 13 | Dofollow | Community |
| 22 | Indie Hacker Toolsindiehacker.tools | DR 8 | Dofollow | Community |
| 23 | Awiserawiser.co | DR 2 | Nofollow | Community |
What order to submit in
Submitting alphabetically wastes the approval window. The high-authority directories take the longest to review, so they should go out first. These bands are computed from the measured Domain Ratings of the 23 entries on this page.
- Start hereDR 60 and above7 listed · 3 dofollow
Highest authority and the slowest to review. Submit these first so the approval clock starts early, and write the description by hand.
Top of this band: Reddit, DEV Community, Hacker News, Indie Hackers
- Then theseDR 40 to 593 listed · 2 dofollow
The best ratio of authority to effort. Most approve within a couple of weeks and several send real referral traffic, not just a link.
Top of this band: WIP, PostMaker, Makerthrive
- Fill in withDR 20 to 398 listed · 7 dofollow
Fast approvals and niche audiences. Worth doing in a batch once the tiers above are submitted, but they will not move rankings alone.
Top of this band: Indie Goodies, BuiltByIndies, Startups.fyi, PromptZone
- Skip unless relevantBelow DR 205 listed · 3 dofollow
Low authority. Only submit where the audience genuinely matches your product, otherwise the time is better spent elsewhere.
Top of this band: SideProjects, Indie Worldwide, IndieHustles, Indie Hacker Tools
Common questions
- How many startup communities where founders share their work are there?
- This list tracks 23, each verified to return a live response. 15 of them give dofollow links that pass authority to your site; the rest are nofollow or unverified.
- Which has the highest Domain Rating?
- Reddit (reddit.com) at Domain Rating 95. Domain Rating here comes from the Ahrefs free Domain Rating API on a 0-100 scale, queried per domain and dated, rather than copied undated from other directory lists.
- Should I submit to all of them?
- No. Submitting to every directory on a list is the exact pattern search engines learned to discount. Pick the ones genuinely relevant to your product, start with the highest Domain Rating dofollow entries, and write a unique description for each.
- Are these free to submit to?
- 3 are marked free to submit. Many others accept free listings but charge for faster review or a featured slot, and some require a badge on your site in exchange for a free listing.
How this list is maintained
Every URL here was requested directly and returned a live response; entries that had gone dead were removed rather than carried over. Domain Rating comes from the Ahrefs free Domain Rating API on a 0–100 scale, queried per domain rather than copied from other directory lists, which tend to republish figures without dating them. Link type reflects what the directory used at the time of checking and can change without notice. The full methodology walks through every step.
The full database covers 508 directory submission sites, 315 of them dofollow. If you are starting from scratch, the curated Product Hunt alternatives guide explains which channels to use in what order. The whole database is also available as JSON and as Markdown.