How to submit to Side Bar
A curated link feed for designers and makers, not a product directory: submitting is free after a log-in, and only new, high-effort content is featured. Paid products are generally avoided unless they have a useful free version.
Checked 1 October 2026. Free to submit a link after logging in; no price shown. Links are curated for designers and makers and only some are featured. Sponsorship is sold separately. Nobody has measured whether a Side Bar listing’s link is followed yet, so we don’t say. Queue: curated; not every submission is featured.
- Free tier
- Free to submit a link after logging in; no price shown. Links are curated for designers and makers and only some are featured. Sponsorship is sold separately.
- Link to your site
- Not measured yet
- Link back required from your site
- Not that we saw
- Account
- Needed
- Human check / captcha
- Not checked
- Queue
- curated; not every submission is featured
- Submitted by hand only
- No
- Last checked
- 1 Oct 2026 — we read the submit and pricing pages
Open Side Bar’s submit page · Directories change their terms without notice; check the date above.
Questions about Side Bar
- Is Side Bar free?
- Free to submit a link after logging in; no price shown. Links are curated for designers and makers and only some are featured. Sponsorship is sold separately.
- Is a Side Bar link dofollow?
- Nobody has measured whether a Side Bar listing’s link is followed yet, so we don’t say.
- How long does Side Bar take?
- curated; not every submission is featured
- Do you need an account to submit to Side Bar?
- Yes.
- Does Side Bar ask for a link back from your site?
- Not that we saw.
Other directories we checked
- 10015 ToolsNot measured yet
- 10 WordsNo link to your site
- 600.toolsFollowed on its public board — not yet measured on a free listing
What “free” meant for 20 of them · Submitting to many? The Launch Kit has a playbook for each, for your own coding agent.