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Submit to The Design Tools
The Design Tools is a hand-curated directory of several hundred tools for product, graphic and industrial designers and architects, organized by discipline and with drawbacks noted for each. Makers can submit a tool for free human review or pay a small fee for instant listing.
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The Design Tools at a glance
- Pricing
- Free + paid options
- Free review within 7 days; $5 instant listing; sponsor slot $79 per 4 weeks
- Link type
- Mixed
- Tool page https://thedesigntools.site/tools/gimp/: website link https://www.gimp.org has rel="noopener nofollow sponsored" while the repo link to gitlab.gnome.org has rel="noopener" (checked 2026-09-23)
- Review
- Manual review
- Link back required
- No
- Account required
- No
- Domain Rating
- DR0
- Domain Rating by Ahrefs, checked Sep 24, 2026. A score of the whole site’s backlinks, not a Google metric.
- Tranco rank
- Not ranked
- No Tranco rank on record for this site.
- Who browses it
- Designers across digital, graphic, physical product and architecture work
- Last checked
How to submit to The Design Tools
Open the The Design Tools submission page
This is the page makers use to add a product.
Have your assets ready
Name, tagline, description, logo and screenshots. The checklist below covers what to prepare so you can fill the form in one go.
Fill in the form carefully
Pick the most specific category the form offers and write the description for the people who browse The Design Tools (Designers across digital, graphic, physical product and architecture work), not for search engines.
Wait for review
A person reviews submissions, so it can take a while. Once it’s live, check the link on your listing points to the right page.
Tips for The Design Tools
- Pick the right discipline; the directory is organized by design field, not by feature.
- Fill in pricing, platforms and a 'why it deserves a listing' note; the form asks for all three.
- Leave an email so they can tell you the outcome; they reply either way within 7 days.
From The Design Tools’s own guidelines and pages, in our words.
What to prepare
The basics every directory asks for, plus what matters most for design directories.
- Product name and a one-line tagline (about 60 characters)
- A short description (1–2 sentences) and a longer one (a short paragraph)
- Square logo, at least 256×256 px, PNG or SVG
- 2–3 screenshots at a consistent size
- The exact page you want the link to point to
- Pricing model (free, freemium or paid) and a contact email
- High-resolution screenshots or preview images (no blurry crops)
- A short loop or video if your product has motion
- Links to a Figma community file, Dribbble or Behance page if relevant
- Licence terms if you sell assets or templates
Is The Design Tools worth it?
Depends on the listing
The Design Tools uses followed links on some listings and not others. Read the evidence above and check which kind your listing gets before you pay for anything.
- Domain Rating by Ahrefs: 0 (very low). That's the strength of links to the whole site, not a promise about what your listing passes on.
- No Tranco rank on record, so we can’t say how much traffic it gets.
- A person reviews submissions, so expect a wait and a real quality bar.
- There’s a free option. Start free and only pay for upgrades if the traffic justifies it.
This verdict is worked out from the facts above with fixed rules (link type, review, price, Domain Rating by Ahrefs, Tranco rank), not paid for. The directory has no say in it.
Questions about The Design Tools
Is The Design Tools free?
There’s a free option, with paid upgrades. Pricing details: Free review within 7 days; $5 instant listing; sponsor slot $79 per 4 weeks. We checked on Sep 23, 2026.
Does The Design Tools give a dofollow link?
It depends. Some listing links on The Design Tools are followed and some are not. Evidence: Tool page https://thedesigntools.site/tools/gimp/: website link https://www.gimp.org has rel="noopener nofollow sponsored" while the repo link to gitlab.gnome.org has rel="noopener" (checked 2026-09-23).
How do I submit to The Design Tools?
Submit at https://thedesigntools.site/submit-tool/. A person reviews each submission before it goes live. Tip: Pick the right discipline; the directory is organized by design field, not by feature.
Alternatives to The Design Tools
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Free + paid options · DR 70 · Tranco #295,247
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