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What we list (and what we don't)

The scope rules for the CitedIndex directory.

The rule, in one sentence

CitedIndex lists software products and the businesses behind them. Anything people sign up for, pay for, or download.

What qualifies

A product gets in if it fits the rule above and looks maintained: working homepage, a real signup or download flow, recent product activity, and either public pricing or a clearly free tier. Examples of what we cover:

  • Web apps, SaaS, and hosted platforms
  • Mobile apps with a business model
  • Desktop apps, browser extensions, and CLIs
  • Developer tools, infrastructure, and APIs
  • AI tools, agents, MCP servers, and LLM-powered products
  • Open-source projects with a hosted or paid offering
  • Solo-founder and pre-revenue products, if they pass the editorial bar

What we reject

The following are out of scope. Submissions in these categories get declined without further review.

  • Crypto, NFT, DeFi, Web3 tokens: regulatory churn dilutes the citation graph
  • Gambling, betting, sportsbook tools: out of scope and out of brand
  • Adult or NSFW content: out of scope
  • Info-products, online courses, ebooks, cohort programs: this is a software directory, not a knowledge marketplace
  • Newsletters, blogs, or podcasts as primary product: media, not software
  • Hardware-only products with no software layer: the directory is software-first
  • Agencies, freelancers, consultancies, dev shops: services, not products
  • Physical-goods e-commerce stores: AI engines cite product catalogs through different channels (Google Shopping, marketplace SEO)
  • Raw model API wrappers without a product UX: "GPT in a textbox" is not a product to evaluate

Quality bar within scope

Even within scope, we don't list:

  • Tools with broken signup or 404'd homepages
  • Tools with no public activity (last release / commit / blog post) in 12+ months
  • Functionally identical clones of existing listings with nothing new to say
  • Tools whose value claim can't be verified against the live site

Edge cases

A few categories are deliberate edge calls. We do list:

  • Wrappers around model APIs, but only if the wrapper itself is the product (real workflow, integrations, persistent state, not just a textbox over GPT)
  • No-code tools used to build apps, sites, or workflows
  • Open-source tools, when there's a clear commercial offering or active ecosystem
  • Single-founder products, including pre-revenue, if they pass the editorial bar

We don't list directories of other tools (no recursive listings), marketplaces where the product itself is third-party services, or template and asset packs. If you're selling content rather than functionality, it's out of scope.

Think your product fits?

Submit it for editorial review. The free Listed tier costs nothing. If you're unsure whether your product qualifies, submit anyway with a one-line note in the submission form. We'll tell you why if we decline.

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