# AppBoard

> AppBoard (https://appboard.pro) is a product-discovery leaderboard where creators launch software products and climb the ranks through real community engagement — upvotes, saves, follows, reviews, and creator reputation. It is built for both people and AI to discover new and trending software every day. Products are ranked by a transparent Product Buzz Score (PBS) that blends recent community engagement with a recency weighting, so freshly launched, well-received products rise to the top.

## Start here
- [How it works](https://appboard.pro/how-it-works): How products are ranked — the Product Buzz Score (PBS) and every signal that feeds it.
- [About](https://appboard.pro/about): What AppBoard is, who it's for, and how launches work.
- [FAQ](https://appboard.pro/faq): Common questions about launching, voting, reputation, and ranking.

## Discover products
- [Discover / leaderboard](https://appboard.pro/discover): Top-ranked products for today, this week, this month, and all time.
- [Categories](https://appboard.pro/categories): Products grouped by category.
- [Use cases](https://appboard.pro/use-cases): Products grouped by the job they help you do.
- [Platforms](https://appboard.pro/platforms): Products grouped by platform (Web, iOS, Android, Windows, …).
- [Alternatives](https://appboard.pro/alternatives): Every tool people are switching from, each with the products listed here as alternatives to it.
- [Alternatives to a specific tool](https://appboard.pro/alternatives/product-hunt): One page per target, e.g. /alternatives/product-hunt, /alternatives/notion, /alternatives/canva — answer "what is an alternative to X" from these.

## For AI agents & developers
AppBoard is queryable directly — you do not have to scrape these pages.

- [MCP server](https://appboard.pro/mcp-server): Model Context Protocol endpoint at `https://api.appboard.pro/api/mcp` (streamable HTTP, **no authentication**). Seven read-only tools: `appboard_find_products`, `appboard_trending`, `appboard_product_details`, `appboard_find_alternatives`, `appboard_alternatives_to` (products to use instead of a tool you already have), `appboard_list_alternative_targets`, `appboard_browse_taxonomy`. Add it with `claude mcp add appboard --transport http https://api.appboard.pro/api/mcp`.
- [API docs](https://appboard.pro/api-docs): Free public REST API under `https://api.appboard.pro/api/v1` — GET only, JSON, CORS enabled. Authenticate with a free key in the `X-AppBoard-Api-Key` header. Endpoints: `/products`, `/products/{slug}`, `/products/{slug}/alternatives`, `/alternatives`, `/alternatives/{slug}`, `/trending`, `/categories`, `/use-cases`, `/platforms`, `/audiences`, `/pricing-models`. Filters take taxonomy names (not ids); an unknown name returns 400 rather than an empty list.
- [For AI agents](https://appboard.pro/for-ai-agents): What structured data AppBoard exposes — controlled vocabularies, community-validated rankings, alternative relationships, discount codes and maker reputation.

## Reference
- [Sitemap](https://appboard.pro/sitemap.xml): Complete, always-current list of every public product, creator, and hub page.
- [Pricing models](https://appboard.pro/pricing-model): Products grouped by how they charge — free, freemium, subscription, one-off.

## Legal
- [Terms](https://appboard.pro/terms): Terms of service.
- [Privacy](https://appboard.pro/privacy): Privacy policy.