Launch catalog / Playbook
craked.dev
Conditional free route profile
Researched from public pages — no submission was run · sources read 2026-09-26. Rules change — recheck the platform's own pages before submitting.
What the free route requires
- Requires signing in with GitHub — the score and product listing are built on a verified GitHub identity
- Products must pass domain verification (matching GitHub profiles, portfolio links, or DNS TXT records)
Requirements
- A GitHub account — sign-in is GitHub OAuth ('Sign in with GitHub and claim your builder card')
- Product must have a live domain that can be verified via GitHub profile links, portfolio links, or DNS TXT record
- The platform scores builders, not products directly — a product is attached to the maker's verified profile
Prepare before opening the form
- GitHub account with real public activity (commits, PRs, stars feed the score)
- Live product domain you control — be ready to add a DNS TXT record or link it from your GitHub profile
- Product category for the directory (AI/ML, SaaS, DevTools, Open Source, Web3, Mobile, Design, TypeScript, Rust, Python)
Workflow
- Sign in with GitHub via /auth/login or the 'Get started' / 'Get Scored' buttons
- A builder profile is created and scored from public repo metadata (commits, PRs, stars, followers)
- Go to Settings and add the product URL
- Verify ownership — crawler checks GitHub profile match, portfolio links, or DNS TXT (+100 pts per verified domain, +40 for a reachable link)
- Product then appears in the /products directory via 'Ship a Product' and on the builder profile
Watch for
- Products directory showed '0 Shipped' — the platform is very early; low traffic is likely
- This is a builder-score leaderboard, not a launch board — value is the profile + verified product listing, not a launch-day spike
- Score uses public repo metadata only; private-repo-only builders will score low
- Part of a cross-promoted launch network: badges for Startup Fame, Startup Fast, FoundrList, ScrollLaunch, neeed.directory, MarketingDB
What counts as live
The product appears on craked.dev/products and on the builder's profile page with a verified-domain marker
Not verified
- Whether 'Ship a Product' adds the product immediately or after re-verification
- Moderation/rejection policy for listings
- Whether an unverified product still appears in the directory
Sources
- Homepage — live builder leaderboard scoring GitHub shipping velocity, stars, and products built ↗
- Products — 'Products Built by Developers' directory with a 'Ship a Product' entry point; showed 0 shipped at fetch time ↗
- How Cracked Score Works — products are added via Settings and domain-verified for +100 pts each ↗