# CodeTrendy > The Startup Discovery & Visibility Platform Submit your startup to CodeTrendy and get in front of developers, founders, and investors actively searching for tools like yours. Every listing is quality-checked before approval and lives at https://codetrendy.com/listing/{slug}, where crawlers find the full description, category, tech stack, screenshots, user reviews, and an outbound link to the live product. ## Explore - [Browse all listings](https://codetrendy.com/browse): Every approved listing, newest first - [Trending](https://codetrendy.com/trending): The listings gaining the most traction this week - [Categories](https://codetrendy.com/categories): The full category tree, each linking to its own landing page - [Tags](https://codetrendy.com/tags): Topic tags across all listings - [Built with](https://codetrendy.com/built-with): Listings grouped by the technology they are built with - [AI builders](https://codetrendy.com/using): Listings grouped by the AI tool used to build them - [Launch calendar](https://codetrendy.com/launched): Listings by launch year and month - [Blog](https://codetrendy.com/blog): Articles and guides from CodeTrendy - [Best startup directories](https://codetrendy.com/best-startup-directories): A dated research snapshot ranked by sourced Domain Rating, with methodology and a public CSV ## About - [About](https://codetrendy.com/about): What CodeTrendy is and how listings are screened and published - [Pricing](https://codetrendy.com/pricing): Free and premium listing options - [Contact](https://codetrendy.com/contact): How to reach the team ## Guides - [How to get cited by AI search: what the evidence says](https://codetrendy.com/blog/get-cited-by-ai-search): What ChatGPT search, Perplexity, Copilot and Google AI Overviews document about citing pages, what research supports, and how to measure it. - [AI crawlers, robots.txt and llms.txt: a startup guide](https://codetrendy.com/blog/ai-crawlers-robots-txt-llms-txt): Which AI bots fetch your site, what each one is for, copy-paste robots.txt policies, the real status of llms.txt, and how to check your logs. - [Schema markup for SaaS pages: what Google still shows](https://codetrendy.com/blog/schema-markup-for-saas-product-pages): Which schema.org types still earn a visible Google result for a SaaS site, which are only context, and which can cost you rich results. With templates. - [How developers discover and adopt new tools](https://codetrendy.com/blog/how-developers-discover-new-tools): Where developers look for tools, with 2026 survey figures, each platform's own rules, a README skeleton and a 5-minute quickstart audit. - [How to launch an AI tool in a crowded category](https://codetrendy.com/blog/launch-ai-tool-in-crowded-category): Position an AI tool when dozens look the same: pick a narrow wedge, write a claim people can check, prove it, and skip the AI claims regulators act on. ## Articles - [MIT, Apache 2.0 or AGPL? Picking an Open Source License Before You Ship](https://codetrendy.com/blog/choose-open-source-license): What MIT, Apache 2.0, MPL, GPL, AGPL and source-available licenses ask of the people who use your code, which one each package ecosystem defaults to, and why Elastic, HashiCorp and Redis changed theirs. - [llms.txt for Developer Tools: What It Does, Who Reads It, How to Write One](https://codetrendy.com/blog/llms-txt-for-developer-tools): An llms.txt file gives AI agents a short map of your docs. What goes in it, which tools actually read it, what it will not do for search, and how to write one for your developer tool. - [Are GitHub Stars Worth Chasing? What the Research Says](https://codetrendy.com/blog/are-github-stars-worth-chasing): Most developers check the star count before they adopt a tool, but most stars are not usage. What a star measures, what bought stars do to a repository, and which signals show real adoption. ## Top Categories - [AI & ML](https://codetrendy.com/category/ai-ml): AI tools, assistants, models, and automation products - [Productivity](https://codetrendy.com/category/productivity): Planning, docs, collaboration and productivity apps - [Developer Tools](https://codetrendy.com/category/developer-tools): Dev workflows, CI/CD, APIs, hosting and infra tools - [Marketing](https://codetrendy.com/category/marketing): SEO, analytics, ads and growth tools - [SEO](https://codetrendy.com/category/seo): Search optimization and ranking tools - [Design](https://codetrendy.com/category/design): Design, prototyping and creative tools - [Finance](https://codetrendy.com/category/finance): Fintech, accounting and money management products - [Education](https://codetrendy.com/category/education): Learning, tutoring and educational platforms - [Video & Audio](https://codetrendy.com/category/video-audio): Video editing, recording and audio software - [Project Management](https://codetrendy.com/category/project-management): Task and project execution software - [E-commerce](https://codetrendy.com/category/e-commerce): Stores, checkout and commerce infrastructure - [Content Creation](https://codetrendy.com/category/content-creation): Writing and content production tools - [Online Learning](https://codetrendy.com/category/online-learning): Courses, cohorts and LMS products - [Sales Tools](https://codetrendy.com/category/sales-tools): CRM, sales pipeline and revenue tooling - [APIs & Integrations](https://codetrendy.com/category/apis-integrations): API-first products and integration platforms - [Analytics](https://codetrendy.com/category/analytics): Web and product analytics platforms - [Notes & Docs](https://codetrendy.com/category/notes-docs): Knowledge bases and note-taking products - [Payments](https://codetrendy.com/category/payments): Checkout, billing and payment operations - [Security](https://codetrendy.com/category/security): Security, privacy and compliance tools - [Cloud Hosting](https://codetrendy.com/category/cloud-hosting): Hosting and cloud deployment services - [Collaboration](https://codetrendy.com/category/collaboration): Team communication and collaboration tools - [Customer Support](https://codetrendy.com/category/customer-support): Support, ticketing and chat systems - [Privacy Management](https://codetrendy.com/category/privacy-management): Consent, cookie, and data-request platforms that help companies honor GDPR and CCPA obligations without legal headaches. - [Applicant Tracking](https://codetrendy.com/category/applicant-tracking): ATS platforms that organize candidate pipelines, schedule interviews, and keep hiring teams aligned from first contact to offer. - [Databases](https://codetrendy.com/category/databases): Databases, vector stores and data platforms - [Email Marketing](https://codetrendy.com/category/email-marketing): Email campaigns and lifecycle automation - [Job Boards](https://codetrendy.com/category/job-boards): Niche and general job boards where employers post openings and candidates find roles across tech, remote work, and beyond. - [No-Code](https://codetrendy.com/category/no-code): Website builders and no-code automation platforms - [Knowledge Management](https://codetrendy.com/category/knowledge-management): Documentation and internal knowledge tools - [Marketplaces](https://codetrendy.com/category/marketplaces): Marketplace platforms and transactions ## Crawling - [Sitemap index](https://codetrendy.com/sitemap.xml): Links every sub-sitemap (listings, categories, tech, AI builders, tags, launch calendar, blog, pages) - [Full listing index](https://codetrendy.com/llms-full.txt): The complete markdown index of every approved listing, grouped by category - [Listings feed](https://codetrendy.com/pinterest.rss): The newest approved listings as RSS - [Blog feed](https://codetrendy.com/feed.xml): Articles and guides as RSS Crawlers are welcome on all public pages. Please respect https://codetrendy.com/robots.txt, identify your bot with a descriptive User-Agent, and do not collect user PII. Quoting factual listing data is permitted with attribution to the listing URL on CodeTrendy.