# toolfound

> Where tools get found. A launch platform and tool-discovery directory where the entire launch lifecycle — submit, verify, track, claim — works agent-natively over MCP as well as on the web. Ownership verification is mandatory for every listing; queue positions and launch dates are public.

## Key facts

- Listing: free (first 100 launches free with a public counter; paid skip-the-line afterwards)
- Backlink policy: every verified listing gets a dofollow link — never conditioned on a badge, a reciprocal link, or payment; paid placements are always rel="sponsored nofollow"
- Launch model: daily launch board (20 slots/day) + permanent directory listing; daily/weekly/monthly leaderboards
- Verification: mandatory ownership proof (domain email, meta tag, or DNS TXT) before any listing goes live
- Update cadence: guide comparison data re-checked monthly; directory data live from the database
- Site: https://toolfound.com
- Daily launches: https://toolfound.com/launches
- Submit a product: https://toolfound.com/submit
- Ranking methodology: https://toolfound.com/methodology

## Guides

- [Where to launch your product — every launch platform and startup directory, compared](https://toolfound.com/launch-guide): the flagship comparison, updated monthly
- [The 15 Best Launch Platforms for B2B SaaS, Compared](https://toolfound.com/guides/b2b-saas)
- [The 10 Best Launch Platforms and Directories for AI Tools](https://toolfound.com/guides/ai-tools)
- [The 10 Best Launch Platforms for Developer Tools](https://toolfound.com/guides/dev-tools)
- [The 18 Best Places to Post a Side Project, Compared](https://toolfound.com/guides/side-projects)
- [22 Free Startup Directories and Launch Platforms, Compared](https://toolfound.com/guides/free-startup-directories)
- [Startup Directories That Give Dofollow Backlinks, Verified](https://toolfound.com/guides/dofollow-directories)
- [Alternatives to the biggest launch board, honestly compared](https://toolfound.com/guides/product-hunt-alternatives)
- [Où lancer son produit en 2026 (français)](https://toolfound.com/fr/ou-lancer-son-produit)
- [Annuaires startup avec backlinks dofollow (français)](https://toolfound.com/fr/annuaires-startup-backlinks-dofollow)

## MCP server

Streamable HTTP endpoint: `https://toolfound.com/api/mcp` (setup guides: https://toolfound.com/mcp)

Tools:

- `toolfound_search_tools` — Search the tool index by keyword, tag, or category
- `toolfound_get_product` — Full listing data for one product by slug
- `toolfound_get_alternatives` — Alternatives to a given product
- `toolfound_get_trending` — Trending products by votes (day/week/month)
- `toolfound_list_categories` — All categories with product counts
- `toolfound_get_launch_calendar` — Upcoming launch days and slot counts
- `toolfound_submit_product` — Submit a product to launch (email verification required)
- `toolfound_verify_submission` — Complete ownership verification for a submission
- `toolfound_get_launch_status` — Queue position and launch date for a submission
- `toolfound_claim_listing` — Claim an existing listing via domain verification
- `toolfound_get_badge` — Embeddable badge snippets for a launched product

## Categories

- [AI & ML](https://toolfound.com/category/ai-ml): 2 tools — Tools that put machine intelligence to work: model APIs, agent frameworks, copilots, and products that generate, classify, or predict.
- [Analytics](https://toolfound.com/category/analytics): 25 tools — Products that turn raw events into decisions: web and product analytics, dashboards, session insight, and metrics pipelines.
- [API & Dev Tools](https://toolfound.com/category/api-dev-tools): 5 tools — The picks and shovels of software: API platforms, SDKs, testing utilities, CI helpers, and everything that makes shipping code faster or less painful.
- [Automation](https://toolfound.com/category/automation): 11 tools — Connect app A to app B and stop doing the boring part by hand.
- [CRM & Sales](https://toolfound.com/category/crm-sales): 0 tools — Pipelines, outreach, enrichment, and the systems that keep revenue teams honest about what is actually closing.
- [Customer Support](https://toolfound.com/category/customer-support): 0 tools — Helpdesks, shared inboxes, live chat, and knowledge bases: the software between your users and their answers.
- [Design](https://toolfound.com/category/design): 7 tools — Tools for making things look and feel right: UI design, illustration, icon sets, mockups, prototyping, and asset management.
- [E-commerce](https://toolfound.com/category/e-commerce): 5 tools — Storefronts, checkout optimization, inventory, fulfillment, and the long tail of plugins that keep online shops running.
- [Email & Newsletters](https://toolfound.com/category/email-newsletters): 2 tools — Transactional email APIs, marketing campaigns, newsletter platforms, and deliverability tooling.
- [Finance](https://toolfound.com/category/finance): 6 tools — Accounting, invoicing, expense tracking, forecasting, and tools that make money legible to the people earning it.
- [HR & Hiring](https://toolfound.com/category/hr-hiring): 2 tools — Applicant tracking, onboarding, payroll, performance, and the people-ops stack.
- [Landing Pages & Builders](https://toolfound.com/category/landing-pages-builders): 0 tools — Website and page builders that turn an idea into a live URL before your coffee cools.
- [Legal & Compliance](https://toolfound.com/category/legal-compliance): 3 tools — Contracts, e-signatures, privacy compliance, terms generators, and tools that keep the paperwork side of a business from becoming a liability.
- [Marketing & SEO](https://toolfound.com/category/marketing-seo): 2 tools — Rank trackers, keyword research, content optimization, ad management, and growth tooling of every stripe.
- [Media & Video](https://toolfound.com/category/media-video): 10 tools — Video editing, screen recording, podcasting, image processing, and hosting for anything heavier than text.
- [Monitoring & Status](https://toolfound.com/category/monitoring-status): 5 tools — Uptime checks, error tracking, log aggregation, status pages, and alerting: software that watches your software.
- [No-Code](https://toolfound.com/category/no-code): 5 tools — Build real software without writing it: internal tools, databases, apps, and integrations assembled visually.
- [Notes & Docs](https://toolfound.com/category/notes-docs): 8 tools — Knowledge bases, note-taking apps, wikis, and document editors: where teams and individuals keep what they know.
- [Payments & Billing](https://toolfound.com/category/payments-billing): 1 tools — Checkout, subscriptions, invoicing, tax handling, and the machinery that turns a product into revenue.
- [Privacy & Security](https://toolfound.com/category/privacy-security): 7 tools — Password managers, secrets handling, authentication, vulnerability scanning, and privacy-first alternatives to mainstream tools.
- [Productivity](https://toolfound.com/category/productivity): 10 tools — To-do lists, time tracking, focus tools, launchers, and the general-purpose software that shaves friction off a working day.
- [Project Management](https://toolfound.com/category/project-management): 1 tools — Kanban boards, roadmaps, issue trackers, and the coordination layer that keeps multi-person work from collapsing into chat threads.
- [Scheduling](https://toolfound.com/category/scheduling): 5 tools — Booking links, calendar coordination, appointment systems, and tools that end the 'does Tuesday work?' email chain.
- [Social Media](https://toolfound.com/category/social-media): 3 tools — Publishing, scheduling, analytics, and management for the social platforms where audiences actually live.
- [Surveys & Forms](https://toolfound.com/category/surveys-forms): 0 tools — Form builders, survey platforms, quizzes, and data collection of every shape.
- [Team Collaboration](https://toolfound.com/category/team-collaboration): 9 tools — Chat, video calls, whiteboards, async updates, and shared workspaces: the software that stands in for an office.
- [Data & ETL](https://toolfound.com/category/data-etl): 5 tools — Pipelines, connectors, warehouses, reverse ETL, and the plumbing that moves data from where it lands to where it is useful.
- [Education](https://toolfound.com/category/education): 15 tools — Course platforms, learning tools, flashcards, tutoring products, and software for teaching or being taught.
- [Health & Wellness](https://toolfound.com/category/health-wellness): 0 tools — Habit trackers, fitness apps, mental-health tools, and software that treats the user's wellbeing as the product.
- [Open Source](https://toolfound.com/category/open-source): 20 tools — Products whose source is public: self-hostable alternatives, open-core platforms, and community-driven tools.
- [Utilities](https://toolfound.com/category/utilities): 19 tools — Single-purpose tools that do one job cleanly: converters, generators, clipboards, screenshots, and the small software you reach for weekly without thinking about it.