Free design galleries that take website submissions (2026 list)
Design galleries are curated sites that collect good websites by type: footers, pricing pages, landing pages, dark sites, shops. Designers browse them for ideas, so a listing puts your site in front of exactly the people who care how it looks, and it gives you a link from a site Google already trusts. Most of them are run by one or two people and cost nothing to submit to.
I make a UI library, Tactile UI, and I sent it to every free gallery I could find. One of them, footer.design, sent more visitors in two days than a Product Hunt launch did. So this is the list I wish I'd had: the ten free galleries that still take submissions, where each submit page is, what the form asks for and what each one wants to see. Everything below was checked on 7 November 2026. If something has changed, email me and I'll fix it.
The ten free galleries
| Gallery | What it collects | Where to submit | The form asks for | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| footer.design | Website footers | footer.design, Submit in the menu | Site URL | Free |
| pricingpages.design | Pricing pages | pricingpages.design/submit | Site name, pricing page URL, designer, your name and link | Free |
| navbar.gallery | Navigation bars | navbar.gallery, Submit in the menu | Site URL, navbar type, social handle | Free |
| hoverstat.es | Sites with inventive hover and motion | hoverstat.es/submit | URL, a description of 240 characters at most, credits | Free |
| ogimage.gallery | Share images (Open Graph cards) | ogimage.gallery/submit | URL, X handle (optional) | Free |
| minimal.gallery | Minimal websites | minimal.gallery, Submit | URL and details | Free |
| toools.design | Design tools and resources | toools.design, Submit a tool | Tool name, URL | Free |
| land-book.com | Landing pages | land-book.com, Submit (free account) | URL, a box to tick if you made it | Free, review can take a month |
| darkmodedesign.com | Dark websites | Email hello@darkmodedesign.com, subject "Site Submission" | A short email with the URL | Free |
| storefront.design | Online shops only | storefront.design, Submit Store | Store URL, designer and developer links (optional) | Free |
What each gallery wants
footer.design shows the bottom of the page and nothing else, so it picks footers that do more than hold links: a big wordmark, a newsletter field that feels designed, something interactive. Make sure the footer looks right at full desktop width before you send it.
pricingpages.design wants the pricing page itself, not your home page. Clear tiers, a visible comparison and honest copy get picked. Send the exact URL of the pricing page.
navbar.gallery files each entry by navbar type (sticky, mega menu, centred, and so on). Pick the type carefully; a wrong one is an easy reason to skip you.
hoverstat.es is about motion and hover states. The 240-character description matters more here than anywhere else: say what moves and where to look, in plain words.
ogimage.gallery collects the card that shows when your link is shared. Check yours first with a share preview tool; a broken or default card won't get in.
minimal.gallery wants restraint: lots of space, few colours, good type. A busy site won't be picked, however good it is.
toools.design is for tools and resources rather than sites, so it suits a library, a plugin or an app. Describe what it does for a designer in one line.
land-book.com is the biggest of the ten and the slowest. You need a free account; tick the box only if you made the site. Expect up to a month.
darkmodedesign.com takes submissions by email. Keep it short: the URL, one line on what the site is, and that it's dark by design, not just a dark mode toggle.
storefront.design only lists online shops. If you sell a product with a real checkout, this is the one to send it to.
Paid or closed, so left out
MaxiBestOf charges $9 a submission. Landingfolio needs a membership. One Page Love charges $29 if your site is accepted. Lapa Ninja and httpster have no public submit page, and SiteInspire only takes contact through a form. Some of them are good galleries; they're just not free to try.
Tips that get you accepted
- Send the page that fits the gallery. Your pricing page to pricingpages.design, your footer's page to footer.design, your shop to storefront.design. A home page sent everywhere gets skipped.
- Write the description like a caption. One or two plain sentences on what it is and what's special about it. No adjectives you'd be embarrassed to say out loud.
- Check it on a phone first. Curators open submissions on whatever is in their hand.
- Send one gallery a day. You'll write better descriptions, and you'll be able to see in your analytics which gallery sent which visitors.
- Expect days to weeks. Most of these are run by one person in their spare time. Don't send twice.
Questions people ask
Are design galleries worth it for traffic? For a design-led product, yes. The visitors are designers and developers who already care about the craft, and a curated listing is a link from a trusted site. Traffic comes in a burst when you're featured, then a slow trickle from people browsing the archive.
Do design galleries help SEO? A listing is a link from an established site in your field, which is the kind of link search engines weigh. Some galleries mark outbound links nofollow; the visitors still count, and so does being seen.
How long does it take to get featured? Anything from a few days to about a month (land-book.com is the slowest). None of them promise a date.
Can I submit a site I didn't make? Most allow it and ask for the designer's credit. Land-book asks you to say whether you made it, so tick honestly.
Which gallery should I start with? The one that matches the best part of your site. If your footer is the best part, footer.design; if your pricing page is, pricingpages.design. Being an obvious fit beats being sent everywhere.
Tactile UI is a library of interface parts that behave like real objects: keys that travel, lamps that light, an odometer that carries its digits. 62 pieces are free with an account at tactileui.dev.