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mmccaff/placestopostyourstartup

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TLDR

A curated list of Reddit communities and websites where you can submit your startup or side project to attract early users and beta testers, no code, just a reference you read and act on.

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  root((Places to Post))
    Reddit Communities
      Startups
      Indie Hackers
      Side projects
      Entrepreneur
    External Sites
      Product Hunt
      AngelList
      Hacker News
      Startup directories
    Content
      No code to run
      Just links
      CC0 license
    Usage
      Launch checklist
      Beta user hunt
      Early traction
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Things people build with this

USE CASE 1

Submit a new startup to Product Hunt, AngelList, and other listing sites on launch day using this as a checklist.

USE CASE 2

Find relevant subreddits to share a side project and attract early beta testers.

USE CASE 3

Build a launch week plan by working through every entry in the list for a new product.

USE CASE 4

Discover niche directories relevant to a specific category of startup or app.

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In plain English

This repository is a curated list of websites and communities where you can submit or announce a new startup or side project to attract early users. It started as a community response to a question posted on Hacker News asking where founders could go to find beta testers and first users, and has grown into a maintained reference list. The list is split into two sections. The first covers Reddit communities, including subreddits focused on startups, indie hackers, side projects, small business, and entrepreneur topics, among others. The second covers external websites, ranging from well-known platforms like Product Hunt, AngelList, Crunchbase, and Hacker News, to smaller startup directories, app review sites, and listing aggregators. Most entries are submission or listing pages where you can add your product directly. The repository is mirrored automatically to a companion website, so the same content is accessible as a simple web page without visiting GitHub. The list itself is the entire content of the project: there is no code, no tool to run, and no installation needed. You read it and visit the links that seem relevant to your product. The list is licensed under CC0, which means the author has placed it in the public domain with no copyright restrictions. Anyone can copy, share, or build on it without asking permission. Contributions from the community have added entries over time, and the project accepts pull requests for new links.

Copy-paste prompts

Prompt 1
I'm launching a SaaS tool this week, which sites from placestopostyourstartup should I submit to on day one for maximum early traction?
Prompt 2
Create a launch week schedule for my indie app using the subreddits and websites in the placestopostyourstartup list.
Prompt 3
Which communities on the placestopostyourstartup list are best for a developer tool targeting beginner coders?
Prompt 4
Help me write a short Product Hunt tagline and then list all other places from this repository where I should cross-post on the same day.
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