GitHub

Why launch on GitHub?

Open-source products that live in the open. The audience is developers and open-source users, and the listing is a community. A public repository is not a launch listing, but for open-source tools it is the product page, the issue tracker and the trust signal. A good README can keep sending users for years.

How to submit to GitHub

1. Make sure your product page is live, fast and clear about who it is for.
2. Prepare a short tagline, a longer description, a logo and two or three screenshots.
3. Open GitHub and follow its current submission instructions.
4. Fill in the audience, category and pricing fields as accurately as you can; they decide who sees the listing.
5. After publishing, check the live URL and add it to your own launch page or press kit.

What to prepare

• A one-line description and a 50–100 word summary.
• A square logo and a 16:9 screenshot of the product in use.
• A public pricing page, even if the answer is “free”.
• A founder or maker profile so people can see who built it.
• A tagged URL so you can measure the referral traffic.

Pricing and link policy

Pricing: Free public repositories; paid team plans.

Link policy: Varies. Check the platform before you pay; rules change, and the value is the audience and referral traffic, not only the link attribute.