Directory profile

SourceForge: how to submit, cost, DR and traffic

SourceForge is a software review and B2B marketplace with about 23M visits a month and a Domain Rating of 93. Free. Links are mixed.

What SourceForge is

SourceForge is one of the oldest software sites on the web and still one of the busiest. It has two separate halves: free hosting for open-source projects, and a Business Software directory where buyers compare commercial tools and SaaS.

Checked on SourceForge's own pages in October 2026.

SourceForge at a glance

What a listing on SourceForge gets you

Open-source projects create a project at sourceforge.net/create (or import from GitHub) and get downloads, mirrors and download stats. Commercial software and SaaS use the vendor form at sourceforge.net/software/vendors/new, which puts the product into the Business Software directory. Both routes are free; paid promotion is sold separately.

How to submit to SourceForge

1. Search SourceForge for your product first. If it's already listed, claim or update that listing instead of submitting again.
2. Open the submit page: sourceforge.net/p/add_project.
3. Fill in the form: product name, website, a short description written for this audience, category, logo and a screenshot or two.
4. Submissions are reviewed before they go live. Save the listing URL once it's public.

What our agent saw on SourceForge's submit flow

• The flow ended at a final review and submit step.

Recorded by our submission agent on 3 October 2026. Directory flows change, so check the live page.

Things to know before you submit

• Picking the wrong route is the most common mistake: a SaaS product doesn't belong in the open-source project hosting.
• The business route needs an account, and non-compliant projects are removed under the Terms of Use.

Tips for SourceForge

• Use the business software route for anything you sell.
• Fill in pricing, integrations and screenshots: SourceForge's comparison pages pull from them.

Full walkthrough: our step-by-step SourceForge guide.

Submit to SourceForge with your AI agent

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• It reads SourceForge's live form before it types anything.
• It writes the listing copy for SourceForge's audience (software review and B2B marketplace) instead of pasting the same description everywhere.
• When SourceForge publishes the listing, it saves the URL and checks the link in your launch tracker.

How SourceForge compares

• Traffic: #1 of 28 in its category, against a category median of 119K visits a month.
• Domain Rating: 93, against a category median of 74.
• Cost: 89% of directories in this category have a free route; SourceForge is one of them.
• Links: 54% of this category give a dofollow product link; SourceForge's is mixed.
• Accounts: 61% need no account; we couldn't confirm SourceForge's rule.

SourceForge alternatives

Other directories in the same category (software review and B2B marketplace), by traffic:

FAQ

Terms used here: Software review site · Domain Rating · Directory traffic · Dofollow link · Free listing. Data across all 352 directories: launch directory statistics 2026.

Traffic and Domain Rating are third-party estimates. Prices, link types and rules change, so check SourceForge's own page before paying.