Launchef

Launchef is a free launch platform where makers share the products they built, people try them, upvote what they like, rate them and write reviews, and the most upvoted launches lead a live weekly leaderboard.

Launching a product shouldn't cost money or depend on who you know. On Launchef there are no paid spots and no paid boosts: every launch competes on the same board, and the order is decided only by real upvotes from real people.

How it works

Paste your website and Launchef fills in the name, tagline, description, logo and screenshots for you. Check everything, add a demo video and your makers, then pick a launch day. On launch day your product goes live on the home page, upvotes move the leaderboard in real time for everyone watching, and the community leaves comments, ratings and reviews.

What every launch gets

• A real product page: screenshots, video, makers, links, reviews and comments in one place, indexed by search engines.
• A live leaderboard: every upvote moves the board in real time, so everyone sees launches pass each other through the day.
• Ratings that mean something: people score each launch on idea, execution and design, not just a single like.
• Awards: the best launches of the week and month earn awards and badges you can show on your own site.
• A dofollow backlink: launches with a real description and at least three upvotes from other people earn a dofollow link back to your website.
• A verified badge: claim your listing by confirming an email on your product's domain, and the page shows that the makers are really behind it.
• Updates and relaunches: post changelog updates after launch, offer deals to members, and launch again when you ship something new.

Built for makers

• Build in public: a feed to share progress with other makers before and after launch day.
• Maker profiles: your launches, streaks, levels and badges on a profile worth sharing.
• Daily streaks and levels reward people who show up, discover new products and give useful feedback.
• Collections and bookmarks help people save the products they care about, and topic pages group launches by category.

Ready for AI agents

Launchef is built for how people now find tools. Every launch is readable by AI assistants through an MCP server, an open API and llms.txt, so products launched on Launchef can show up in ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity and other assistants when someone asks for a tool like yours. AI agents can even help makers prepare and submit a launch.

Who it's for

Indie hackers, solo founders, startups, side-project builders, designers, developers and small teams launching SaaS, AI tools, apps, developer tools, templates and anything else they built. It is also for early adopters who like discovering new products before everyone else, and for people looking for a fair Product Hunt alternative.

Pricing

Launchef is free to use. Launching, upvoting, reviewing and the dofollow backlink cost nothing. Optional sponsored placements are clearly marked and never change the leaderboard.