How to list your website on SourceForge
Free business-software listing, or open-source project hosting, on a large software discovery site.
- Link
- Link type unverified
- Cost
- Free plan
- Effort
- Moderate
- Reach (our estimate)
- High authority
- Region
- Worldwide
- When
- Weeks 2 and 3
Short answer
SourceForge is free to start, with paid plans, and the link type is not confirmed yet, so check it on your live listing. To get listed, open the vendor listing page and create an account; it takes about an hour.
How to get listed on SourceForge
- Step 1: Open the vendor listing page and create an account.
- Step 2: Add your product profile with description, features and website.
- Step 3: Choose categories and add screenshots.
- Step 4: Collect user reviews.
You need
Business software or an open-source project.
Good to know
Paid promotion is optional; open-source projects can also host code and downloads there.
Have these ready before you start
- Business or product name, written the same way everywhere
- Website address (the exact page you want linked)
- A 50-word and a 150-word description
- Logo, plus two or three screenshots or photos
- Contact email, and address and phone for a local business
At a glance
- Website
- sourceforge.net
- Category
- Software reviews
- Reach (our estimate)
- High authority
- When to do it
- Weeks 2 and 3
- Position
- 7 of 28 in Software reviews
About the link
We have not confirmed the link attribute. Check the live listing after it is published.
Best for
- SaaS
- Developers
On these lists
Questions about SourceForge
Are SourceForge links dofollow?
We have not confirmed it. Once your SourceForge listing is live, check the link to your site: a rel="nofollow" attribute means it is nofollow.
Is SourceForge free?
SourceForge has a free plan and paid upgrades. Check what the free listing includes before you start: on some sites the website link comes with a paid plan.
How much work does a listing on SourceForge take?
A full profile with screenshots or a verification step: about an hour. How long approval takes is up to SourceForge: many sites review a listing before it goes live.
Plan it, then tick it off.
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