Getting started
What is directree?
The honest software directory: every fact labelled Observed, AI-inferred, or Founder-edited, and no fake precision scores, ever.
Last updated 2026-07-05
What is directree?
directree is a software directory built on one rule: every fact on a listing tells you where it came from. No fake "8.7/10 for support" scores, no pay-to-rank, no AI text disguised as verified fact.
The three labels
Every field on every listing carries exactly one provenance label:
| Label | What it means | |---|---| | ✓ Verified (green) | Observed fact, crawled from the tool's own site or otherwise verifiable (pricing visibility, integrations, free trial, socials). | | ✦ AI-inferred (rose-gold) | Our AI's read of the tool: summary, best-for, not-for, strengths, weaknesses. Always labelled, always correctable, never presented as fact. | | ★ Founder-edited (gold) | The verified owner of the tool has corrected or confirmed this field. Highest trust. |
Read the full breakdown in Understanding the honesty labels, or the longer story on the blog: The Honesty Model, explained.
What you can do here
- Browse tools by category, search, or check the Top, New, and Just Launched feeds.
- Submit any tool by pasting its URL. You get a full, labelled listing in about 30 seconds. See How to submit a tool.
- Claim your own tool's listing (with domain verification) to correct it and earn the ★ Founder-edited tier. See How to claim your listing.
- Compare up to 4 tools side-by-side on live listing data, with an honest AI match suggestion. See Comparing tools.
- Vote in the daily community survey and build contributor standing.
Why "honest" matters
Most directories either sell their rankings or let AI generate confident-sounding "facts". directree does neither. Where we know something, we say so and show the source. Where the AI is guessing, it says so, visibly. Where the founder has corrected it, that's labelled too. If a fact isn't stated anywhere, we say "not stated" instead of inventing a number.
directree is free for everyone with an account: submitting, claiming, voting, and browsing cost nothing.