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CtrlAlt: requirements, how to submit, and what you actually get
Visit A daily chart of about seven launches, where the free slot is a week out and the outbound link carries no rel attribute at all.
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Eligibility
Who CtrlAlt accepts
You need
An account created with an email and a password
A launch date chosen from their calendar
A one-paragraph description
You'll be rejected if
Anything you are unwilling to have screenshotted, since scheduling approves a website screenshot to be shown with the product
Indie productsSaaS productsAI toolsMarketing tools
What you actually get
A product page on a small daily chart, roughly seven launches a day, with a Visit site link that carries no rel attribute and points straight at your domain. Nothing appears on your profile until an editor approves it, and their own wording is that you get an email if the product has been added.
How to submit to CtrlAlt
1Create the account by hand
/join is email and password with a terms checkbox. There is no Google or GitHub option on either the join or the login card.
2Open the launch panel from the rocket
There is no /submit route. A rocket button pinned to the bottom left of the homepage opens the launch panel as a popup.
3Fill four fields
Product URL, a one-paragraph short description, a launch date from their calendar, and a tick for whether you are the maker.
4Pick the earliest free date
The calendar greys out everything before the first available slot. A week out was the earliest offered, and their own label warns the review queue can significantly delay it.
5Schedule the free launch
The button reads Schedule free launch, with the $39 homepage feature as a checkbox above it. The panel clears and answers that you will get an email if the product has been added.
CtrlAlt requirements
Product URL
A short description of one paragraph
A launch date from their calendar
An email and password account
A tick confirming you are the makeroptional
Gotchas
There is no submit page to find. The launch form lives behind a rocket button pinned to the bottom left corner of the homepage, and nothing in the navigation points at it.
Scheduling is an approval to screenshot your site, stated in small print under the button. The screenshot is taken by them and shown with the product.
Nothing appears on your profile after scheduling. It still reads that your tools will show up here, because an editor has to approve the launch first, and the only confirmation is an email that may not come.
The calendar hides the queue rather than showing it: every date before the first free slot is simply greyed out, so the delay is only visible as an absence.
Let your agent submit to CtrlAlt
Connect SubmitMap to your AI over MCP and this page stops being something you read and copy. Your agent asks for the CtrlAlt playbook and gets the brief for this exact form, with the values already taken from your submission pack instead of placeholders you fill in by hand.
What it does for this platform
Checks your product against the 4 CtrlAlt rules above, so you find out you would be rejected before you open a tab.
Hands your agent all 5 fields this form asks for, 1 of them optional, already filled from your pack.
Tells you what paying buys here, so you pick it on purpose: $39 buys a homepage feature, skips the review queue and adds a newsletter shoutout. It is a single checkbox inside the launch panel rather than a separate tier, and it is the only paid option there is.
Types it into CtrlAlt in your own browser, and stops for you when the form wants a sign-in.
Records what it sent, so the dashboard can answer "did I ever submit to CtrlAlt?".
CtrlAlt FAQ
How long does CtrlAlt approval take?
CtrlAlt's typical time from submission to going live is about 1 week.
How much does it cost to submit to CtrlAlt?
CtrlAlt has a free submission option plus paid placement ($39 buys a homepage feature, skips the review queue and adds a newsletter shoutout. It is a single checkbox inside the launch panel rather than a separate tier, and it is the only paid option there is.).
Does CtrlAlt give a dofollow backlink?
Yes, a listing on CtrlAlt carries a dofollow link. The site has a domain rating of 50.
Does CtrlAlt require a backlink to your site?
No, CtrlAlt does not require a link back from your site.
What gets you rejected from CtrlAlt?
Anything you are unwilling to have screenshotted, since scheduling approves a website screenshot to be shown with the product.