I don't know if others here have this problem, but I'm genuinely lost on how to get the first real 100 users for a Chrome extension.

Posted on Reddit. Got 1 upvote. Half the subreddit feels like bots or just people there to promote their own stuff.

Posted a GIF demo, along with a cool presentation and value pitch. Nothing.

The extension is actually useful and I could see it be used by web designers, vibecoders who want to create frontend — it reads any site's design system and sends it to Claude/GPT/Lovable/Manus instantly. Developers who've tried it get it immediately. The problem is getting them to try it at all.

I know the answer is "go where your users are" but the places I've tried feel either dead or pay-to-play.

If you've gotten real traction for a free dev tool, what actually worked? Not looking for "post consistently" — I mean the actual move that got your first 50 real users, and ones that actually stayed and enjoyed the app.

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