# Best DevHunt Alternatives (2026) > DevHunt is a weekly launchpad for developer tools only, where a free listing has no launch week and a nofollow link. For products that aren't developer tools, or a free launch week, alternatives include Traffiklist, our pick and the publisher of this page, plus Smol Launch and Peerlist Launchpad. Uneed is daily, Show HN is a discussion post for things people can try, and Product Hunt is one day. Web version: https://www.traffiklist.com/alternatives/devhunt Updated 2026-10-23. Traffiklist publishes this page and is one of the boards compared, so we list ourselves first as our pick. ## Why makers look past DevHunt - DevHunt's FAQ says it is a launchpad for developer tools, and only tools for developers are accepted. - Listing is free, but a free listing has no launch week and its link is nofollow. A launch with a do-follow link is $19, and boosts are $49 and $99. - Voting needs a GitHub sign-in, and its FAQ also mentions Google. Its other pages conflict on this. - Its audience figures, such as 150K page views a month and 40,000 newsletter subscribers, are self-reported and undated. ## DevHunt at a glance - Launch window: Weekly; each launch runs a whole week and a newsletter goes out every Tuesday (https://devhunt.org/faq, read 2026-10-23) - Free launch: Listing is free with a permanent page and a nofollow link, but a free listing doesn't include a launch week (https://devhunt.org/faq, read 2026-10-23) - Paid options: Launch $19 once (you pick the week, newsletter spot, do-follow link); Boosted $49; Super boost $99, 3 a week (https://devhunt.org/advertise, read 2026-10-23) - Backlink: Free listings are nofollow; paid launches get a permanent do-follow link (https://devhunt.org/faq, read 2026-10-23) - Ranking: Most votes at the end of the week wins and boosted launches win ties; voting needs a GitHub sign-in (its FAQ also mentions Google) (https://devhunt.org/faq, read 2026-10-23) - Audience claims: Self-reported and undated: 150K page views a month, 40,000 newsletter subscribers, 7,334 tools launched (https://devhunt.org/advertise, read 2026-10-23) Note: Only developer tools are accepted. Its pages conflict on whether voters sign in with GitHub only or Google as well, and on sponsor ad prices; its /stats page wasn't read. ## Comparison | Platform | Launch window | Cost | Backlink | Click data | |---|---|---|---|---| | Traffiklist | Weekly | Free (20 a week); Featured $49 | Do-follow after 3 upvotes + badge; Featured immediately | Counted first-party; rules and weekly numbers published | | Smol Launch | Weekly (Mon to Sun) | Free first launch; Premium $19 | Free: nofollow, do-follow with badge; Premium: permanent, no badge | Not stated | | Peerlist Launchpad | Weekly (opens Monday) | Not stated | Top 5 of the week; type not stated | Views and interactions shown to makers | | Uneed | Daily, with rolling weekly/monthly | Free line; $14.99 or $39.99 to skip | Do-follow at score 20; paid skip is do-follow for life | Self-reported: 22,000 a month sent | | Hacker News (Show HN) | Continuous | Not stated | Not stated | Not described | | Product Hunt | Daily (24-hour cycle) | Free | Not stated | Not stated | ## The alternatives ### 1. Traffiklist (our pick) Traffiklist is a weekly launch board for indie and bootstrapped makers. Each launch gets a permanent product page, upvotes, comments and [click tracking](https://www.traffiklist.com/methodology). **How it differs:** Open to indie products of any kind, not only developer tools, with a free weekly launch. Votes come from signed-in accounts (Google, GitHub or an email code). A free listing earns a do-follow link after 3 upvotes and our [badge](https://www.traffiklist.com/badge), and every outbound click is counted first-party with [public filtering rules](https://www.traffiklist.com/methodology). **Limits:** - A young board: most launches get a modest number of clicks, and the [weekly report](https://www.traffiklist.com/report) publishes slow weeks too. - The do-follow link needs 3 upvotes and our [badge](https://www.traffiklist.com/badge) on your site unless you buy [Featured](https://www.traffiklist.com/pricing). - Ranking is by upvotes alone, not a blend of views, comments and visits. - A free listing goes live once you have upvoted 5 other products. **Best for:** Makers who want a permanent page, a clear route to a do-follow link, and click numbers they can check against their own analytics. **Facts and sources:** - Launch window: Weekly board, new launches every ISO week (https://www.traffiklist.com/, read 2026-10-23) - Free launch: Free launch, 20 free launches per week; a free listing goes live once you have upvoted 5 other products (https://www.traffiklist.com/pricing, read 2026-10-23) - Paid options: Featured $49 ($29 founding rate while spots last), Featured+ $99, one-time (https://www.traffiklist.com/pricing, read 2026-10-23) - Backlink: Nofollow until a listing has 3 upvotes and a verified Traffiklist badge on its site, then permanent do-follow; Featured is do-follow immediately (https://www.traffiklist.com/pricing, read 2026-10-23) - Ranking: Upvotes (https://www.traffiklist.com/, read 2026-10-23) - Click data for makers: Every outbound click is counted first-party with bots, prefetches and duplicates filtered, and the rules are public; makers can publish a per-listing click receipt (https://www.traffiklist.com/methodology, read 2026-10-23) - Audience claims: Human-only traffic and clicks sent to makers are published live (https://www.traffiklist.com/stats, read 2026-10-23) ### 2. Smol Launch A weekly board running Monday to Sunday, where submissions open on Monday and voting runs through Sunday. **How it differs:** A weekly window running Monday to Sunday for indie makers generally. The free path needs 3 qualifying votes on other makers' launches and covers a first launch only. Premium is $19 per launch. **Limits:** - Free paths share a capped weekly queue. - Free covers the first launch only; later launches need a paid tier. - Its site doesn't mention click statistics for makers. **Best for:** Makers who want a full-week window and a paid, badge-free backlink option. More: [Best Smol Launch alternatives](https://www.traffiklist.com/alternatives/smol-launch) **Facts and sources:** - Launch window: Weekly, Monday to Sunday; submissions open Monday and voting runs through Sunday (https://smollaunch.com, read 2026-10-23) - Free launch: Free for a product's first launch; needs 3 qualifying votes on other makers' launches, and the free paths share a capped weekly queue (https://smollaunch.com/pricing, read 2026-10-23) - Paid options: Premium $19 per launch, Premium+ $39 per launch, Maker Pass $99 a year; payment never adds rank score (https://smollaunch.com/pricing, read 2026-10-23) - Backlink: Basic free is nofollow; free Verified is do-follow once its badge is on your site; Premium has a permanent backlink with no badge, from what Smol Launch calls a DR 76 domain (https://smollaunch.com/pricing, read 2026-10-23) - Ranking: Community votes plus bonus points for a complete profile, product page and launch-week participation (https://smollaunch.com/methodology, read 2026-10-23) - Audience claims: Self-reported and undated: 16,000+ makers, 46 launch weeks run (https://smollaunch.com/pricing, read 2026-10-23) ### 3. Peerlist Launchpad A weekly board whose launch window opens on Monday and runs for a week, tied to a member's Peerlist profile. **How it differs:** A weekly cycle that opens on Monday, tied to a verified individual Peerlist profile. Only the top 5 projects of the week get a backlink. **Limits:** - Only verified individual profiles can launch; company profiles are not allowed. - Only the top 5 projects of the week get a backlink, and its help pages don't say whether it is do-follow. - Its help pages don't state a price, so free launching can't be confirmed. **Best for:** Makers who already have a verified Peerlist profile and want feedback from its community. More: [Best Peerlist Launchpad alternatives](https://www.traffiklist.com/alternatives/peerlist-launchpad) **Facts and sources:** - Launch window: Weekly; the launch window opens Monday and continues for a week (https://help.peerlist.io/individual/launchpad/frequently-asked-questions-about-spotlight-by-peerlist, read 2026-10-23) - Free launch: Needs a verified individual Peerlist profile (company profiles are not allowed) and a 100% complete project; cost is not stated on the help pages (https://help.peerlist.io/individual/launchpad/how-to-launch-a-project-on-peerlist-launchpad, read 2026-10-23) - Backlink: Only the top 5 projects of the week get a backlink; the link type is not stated (https://help.peerlist.io/individual/launchpad/frequently-asked-questions-about-spotlight-by-peerlist, read 2026-10-23) - Ranking: An aggregate of upvotes, comments, views, link visits and traction; Monday and Tuesday are in random order and verified members' votes weigh more (https://help.peerlist.io/individual/launchpad/frequently-asked-questions-about-spotlight-by-peerlist, read 2026-10-23) - Click data for makers: Makers can track views and interactions; a click-by-source breakdown is not mentioned (https://help.peerlist.io/individual/launchpad/how-to-launch-a-project-on-peerlist-launchpad, read 2026-10-23) ### 4. Uneed A daily launch board whose batches go live at 12:00 AM PST, with rolling weekly, monthly and yearly rankings. **How it differs:** Daily batches with rolling rankings, open to products generally. The free line assigns a date at least 30 days out, and a score of 20 earns the do-follow link. **Limits:** - The free line means a wait of at least 30 days, by Uneed's own description. - Free listings below a score of 20 are nofollow. - Its pages mention a September 2026 reopening, so rules may have changed recently. **Best for:** Makers who want a dated launch day with a published do-follow rule, and will pay to skip the wait. More: [Best Uneed alternatives](https://www.traffiklist.com/alternatives/uneed) **Facts and sources:** - Launch window: Daily batches at 12:00 AM PST, with rolling weekly, monthly and yearly rankings (https://www.uneed.best/how-it-works, read 2026-10-23) - Free launch: Free line with a launch date assigned at least 30 days out; a score of 10 on launch day keeps the listing published, a lower score sends it back to the dashboard and it can't rejoin the free line, and free submissions can be declined while paid launches never are (https://www.uneed.best/how-it-works, read 2026-10-23) - Paid options: Fast-track $14.99 (slot in about 14 days), Skip the waiting line $39.99 (you pick the date), relaunch $15 (https://www.uneed.best/pricing, read 2026-10-23) - Backlink: Do-follow needs a score of 20 on the free line (10 to 19 stays published as nofollow); Skip the waiting line is do-follow for life. Uneed describes the link as coming from a 75 DR domain (https://www.uneed.best/how-it-works, read 2026-10-23) - Ranking: Upvotes with voter multipliers; votes from batch-created accounts or a single IP are removed (https://www.uneed.best/how-it-works, read 2026-10-23) - Audience claims: Self-reported: 125K monthly visitors, 22,000 visitors a month sent to product sites, 26,000+ newsletter subscribers (https://www.uneed.best/pricing, read 2026-10-23) ### 5. Hacker News (Show HN) The part of Hacker News for things you've made that other people can try. **How it differs:** A discussion post instead of a ranked weekly board. Show HN wants something people can try, ideally without a signup, and its rules rule out landing pages and fundraisers. **Limits:** - Not a launch board: landing pages, fundraisers, sign-up pages and newsletters are off-topic. - Asking friends to upvote or comment is against its rules, and its guidelines ask for no generated text in posts. - Its pages don't state a link attribute, a cost or click stats. **Best for:** Makers with something non-trivial that people can try right away, ideally without a signup. **Facts and sources:** - Launch window: Continuous: a post whose title starts with Show HN appears on shownew, and on the show page once it clears a small points threshold (https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html, read 2026-10-23) - Free launch: Cost isn't stated. Show HN is for something you've made that people can try, ideally without a signup; landing pages, fundraisers, sign-up pages and newsletters are off-topic (https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html, read 2026-10-23) - Ranking: Votes; the show page lists posts after a small points threshold, and asking friends to upvote or comment is against its rules (https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html, read 2026-10-23) ### 6. Product Hunt A daily launch platform on a 24-hour cycle in Pacific Time. Launches can be scheduled up to a month ahead. **How it differs:** One 24-hour cycle in Pacific Time, free to launch, for products of any kind. Its pages don't state a link attribute or per-launch click stats. **Limits:** - A single 24-hour cycle rather than a week. - Its own pages don't state the link attribute or per-launch click stats for makers. - No official audience or traffic figures were found on its pages. **Best for:** Makers who can pick a launch date and be online through the 24-hour cycle. More: [Best Product Hunt alternatives](https://www.traffiklist.com/alternatives/product-hunt) **Facts and sources:** - Launch window: Daily; the homepage runs a 24-hour cycle on Pacific Time and a launch can be scheduled up to a month ahead (https://www.producthunt.com/launch/preparing-for-launch, read 2026-10-23) - Free launch: Free to launch (https://www.producthunt.com/launch/how-product-hunt-works, read 2026-10-23) - Paid options: Paid ads exist separately from the rankings; paying anyone to hunt or send traffic is prohibited (https://www.producthunt.com/launch/how-product-hunt-works, read 2026-10-23) - Ranking: A confidential algorithm weighing upvotes, comments, time since submission and other factors (https://www.producthunt.com/launch/definitions, read 2026-10-23) ## Stay with DevHunt if - You build a developer tool and want developers to vote on it. - You'll pay $19 for a permanent do-follow link and a place in the Tuesday newsletter. - You want winner perks such as a badge and a social post. ## Choose Traffiklist if - Your product isn't a developer tool, or you want to launch alongside products of every kind. - You want a free weekly launch with a stated do-follow rule instead of a paid one. - You want clicks counted by [rules you can read](https://www.traffiklist.com/methodology) and a receipt you can check against your own analytics. ## Before you launch anywhere Free tools, no signup: [Launch Readiness Checker](https://www.traffiklist.com/tools/launch-readiness-checker), [Best Time to Launch](https://www.traffiklist.com/tools/best-time-to-launch), [Launch Image Resizer](https://www.traffiklist.com/tools/launch-image-resizer). ## Related reading - [Startup Directories: Which Are Worth It? A $0 to $150 Triage](https://www.traffiklist.com/blog/startup-directories-triage-playbook) - [Where to Promote a SaaS in 2026: A Prioritized Playbook](https://www.traffiklist.com/blog/promote-saas-playbook-2026) - [New Website Backlinks: A Free 90-Day Plan (No Budget)](https://www.traffiklist.com/blog/new-website-backlinks) ## More launch board alternatives - [9 Best Product Hunt Alternatives (2026)](https://www.traffiklist.com/alternatives/product-hunt) - [Best Peerlist Launchpad Alternatives (2026)](https://www.traffiklist.com/alternatives/peerlist-launchpad) - [Best Uneed Alternatives for Makers (2026)](https://www.traffiklist.com/alternatives/uneed) - [Best MicroLaunch Alternatives (2026)](https://www.traffiklist.com/alternatives/microlaunch) - [Best Smol Launch Alternatives (2026)](https://www.traffiklist.com/alternatives/smol-launch) - [Best BetaList Alternatives (2026)](https://www.traffiklist.com/alternatives/betalist) - [Best TinyLaunch Alternatives (2026)](https://www.traffiklist.com/alternatives/tinylaunch) ## How we compared - Every fact about another board comes from that board's own site, never from a roundup, and each one carries the page it came from and the day we read it. - Figures a board publishes about itself, such as visitors or clicks sent, are labelled self-reported. We haven't verified them. - Where we couldn't find something on the board's own pages, the page says it isn't stated. We don't fill gaps from memory. - Traffiklist is listed first as our editorial pick because we publish the page. After that, boards are ordered by how close their format is to the one the page is about. ## Frequently asked questions ### What is the best alternative to DevHunt? For a similar weekly board that isn't limited to developer tools, Traffiklist (our pick, and the publisher of this page), Smol Launch and Peerlist Launchpad. For a dated daily launch, Uneed. For a technical product people can try straight away, a Show HN post. Product Hunt is a free one-day launch. ### Is DevHunt free? Partly. DevHunt's FAQ says listing a tool is free, with a permanent page and a nofollow link, but a free listing doesn't include a launch week. To pick a launch week you pay for a launch. ### How much does DevHunt cost? A launch is $19 once, with your choice of week, a newsletter spot and a do-follow link. A Boosted launch is $49 and ranks above others on equal votes. A Super boost is $99, with three a week. Sponsor slots are priced separately on its advertise page. ### Can I launch a product that isn't a developer tool on DevHunt? Its FAQ says DevHunt is a launchpad for developer tools and only tools for developers are accepted. If your product isn't a developer tool, one of the other boards in this comparison is a better fit. ### Which DevHunt alternative sends real clicks? No board's click numbers are independently verified. DevHunt says it gets 150K page views a month and Uneed says it sends 22,000 visitors a month to product sites, both self-reported. Traffiklist counts every outbound click itself and publishes how it filters them and its weekly results. ### How current is this comparison? Every fact about another board was read from its own site on 23 October 2026. Facts older than 30 days get re-read, and anything we couldn't find is marked as not stated. If we got something wrong, email the founder and we will correct it.