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Favors.dev: requirements, how to submit, and what you actually get

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A points economy where founders trade testimonials, and the listing link is nofollow

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Eligibility

Who Favors.dev accepts

You need
A live URL
A screenshot under 5MB
A description of 40 characters or more
An account, at the last step
You'll be rejected if
Nothing on paper, but the whole economy runs on doing favours for strangers, so a listing you never come back to earns nothing.
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What you actually get
A project page at /apps/<slug> with a description, reviews and a rally, plus 250 starting points. New listings sit for a two-week review before they reach the directory index, unless you complete one favour or verify their badge on your site. The link out is rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer".

How to submit to Favors.dev

  1. Fill the form without an account
    URL, name, tagline, screenshot, category, an optional launch date, and an About of at least 40 characters. There is an Autofill with AI button that writes a draft from your page.
  2. Register at the end
    Publish my project opens a sign-in dialog: Google, GitHub or a magic link. The draft survives it.
  3. Decide about the points
    You start with 250 points and a pre-written favour request. Posting it spends points asking strangers for waitlist signups; skipping it costs nothing.

Favors.dev requirements

Screenshot
PNG JPEG or WebP, 5MB
About
40 characters minimum, markdown
Account
Google, GitHub or a magic link

Gotchas

The link on your listing is rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer", so this is an audience and a favour economy rather than a link.
A new listing waits two weeks for review before it reaches the directory index. Completing one favour or verifying their badge publishes it immediately.
The points are earned by writing testimonials, reviews and social posts about other founders' products. That is your name on somebody else's page, so it is not work to hand to an agent.
They pre-write a favour request for you at 130 points, asking ten strangers for waitlist signups. Read it before posting it: it goes out in your product's voice.

Let your agent submit to Favors.dev

Connect SubmitMap to your AI over MCP and this page stops being something you read and copy. Your agent asks for the Favors.dev 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 5 Favors.dev rules above, so you find out you would be rejected before you open a tab.
Hands your agent all 3 fields this form asks for, none of them optional, already filled from your pack.
Types it into Favors.dev 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 Favors.dev?".
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Favors.dev FAQ

How long does Favors.dev approval take?
Favors.dev's typical time from submission to going live is 2-4 weeks.
How much does it cost to submit to Favors.dev?
Submitting to Favors.dev is free.
Does Favors.dev give a dofollow backlink?
No, links from Favors.dev are nofollow. The site has a domain rating of 23.
Does Favors.dev require a backlink to your site?
No, Favors.dev does not require a link back from your site.
What gets you rejected from Favors.dev?
Nothing on paper, but the whole economy runs on doing favours for strangers, so a listing you never come back to earns nothing.