Lighthouse is a free tool from Google that checks a web page and reports on its speed, quality, and how well it follows good web-building practices. It is aimed mainly at web developers and site owners who want to improve their pages.
Has 1 of 7
How many people bookmarked its code on GitHub. It shows how popular it is, not how good it is or how well it replaces the app.
How hard it is to start using it. Easy: install it like a normal app, or use it in your browser. Advanced: you run it on your own server, use the command line, or it is a tool for developers.
Its code changed within the last year, so someone is still looking after it.
Does part of the job.
Ordered by how fully it replaces the app, Verified, setup and, when there are enough, people's votes.
Mautic is free, open software that helps organizations plan and run marketing campaigns, such as sending emails and tracking how people respond. It is aimed at businesses and organizations that want to run their own marketing system instead of paying a cloud service.
Has 1 of 7 · No commands needed ✗
How many people bookmarked its code on GitHub. It shows how popular it is, not how good it is or how well it replaces the app.
How hard it is to start using it. Easy: install it like a normal app, or use it in your browser. Advanced: you run it on your own server, use the command line, or it is a tool for developers.
Its code changed within the last year, so someone is still looking after it.
Does part of the job.
Ordered by how fully it replaces the app, Verified, setup and, when there are enough, people's votes.
SerpBear is a free program that checks where a website appears in Google search results for chosen keywords, and tells you when those positions change. It is for website owners and marketers who want to track their search rankings without paying for a large commercial service.
Has 0 of 7 · Checks a whole website ✗ +1
How many people bookmarked its code on GitHub. It shows how popular it is, not how good it is or how well it replaces the app.
How hard it is to start using it. Easy: install it like a normal app, or use it in your browser. Advanced: you run it on your own server, use the command line, or it is a tool for developers.
Its code changed within the last year, so someone is still looking after it.
Does part of the job.
Ordered by how fully it replaces the app, Verified, setup and, when there are enough, people's votes.
Unlighthouse scans every page of a website using Google Lighthouse, a tool that checks speed, accessibility and quality, and shows the results in a web dashboard. It is for developers and website owners who want to check the health of a whole site at once.
Has 1 of 7 · Tracks search rankings ✗ +1
How many people bookmarked its code on GitHub. It shows how popular it is, not how good it is or how well it replaces the app.
How hard it is to start using it. Easy: install it like a normal app, or use it in your browser. Advanced: you run it on your own server, use the command line, or it is a tool for developers.
Its code changed within the last year, so someone is still looking after it.
Does part of the job.
Ordered by how fully it replaces the app, Verified, setup and, when there are enough, people's votes.
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Help me choose
I want to pick an open-source replacement for Ahrefs. Below is a list from Open Source Everything (CC BY-SA 4.0), in the order its website shows it. The order is a starting point, not a verdict.
- Lighthouse: Lighthouse is a free tool from Google that checks a web page and reports on its speed, quality, and how well it follows good web-building practices. It is aimed mainly at web developers and site owners who want to improve their pages. [Easy setup (It is built into Chrome: open the browser's developer tools and choose Lighthouse to get a report.); In your browser; replaces partly; Apache-2.0; https://github.com/GoogleChrome/lighthouse]
- Mautic: Mautic is free, open software that helps organizations plan and run marketing campaigns, such as sending emails and tracking how people respond. It is aimed at businesses and organizations that want to run their own marketing system instead of paying a cloud service. [Advanced setup; runs on a server you set up; replaces partly; GPL-3.0-or-later; https://github.com/mautic/mautic]
- SerpBear: SerpBear is a free program that checks where a website appears in Google search results for chosen keywords, and tells you when those positions change. It is for website owners and marketers who want to track their search rankings without paying for a large commercial service. [Advanced setup; runs on a server you set up; replaces partly; MIT; https://github.com/towfiqi/serpbear]
- Unlighthouse: Unlighthouse scans every page of a website using Google Lighthouse, a tool that checks speed, accessibility and quality, and shows the results in a web dashboard. It is for developers and website owners who want to check the health of a whole site at once. [Advanced setup; Windows · Mac · Linux; replaces partly; MIT; https://github.com/harlan-zw/unlighthouse]
Setup rating: "Easy setup" means you can install it like a normal app, use it in a browser. "Advanced setup" means you must run it on your own server or use the command line, or it is a tool for developers.
Full details: https://opensourceeverything.org/data/groups/seo-marketing.json
Before recommending anything, ask me these three questions (one at a time, in plain words): 1) Which device or devices will I use it on (Windows, Mac, Linux, Android, iPhone)? 2) How comfortable am I with technical setup: only installing apps from a store, happy to follow a step-by-step guide, or comfortable with servers and the command line? 3) What is my budget: free only, or willing to pay for hosting or support? Then recommend one to three projects from this list only, and for each say why, using how fully it replaces the app, its setup rating, and the devices it runs on. If nothing on the list fits me, say so plainly instead of stretching.
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Read the list of open-source projects at https://opensourceeverything.org/data/groups/seo-marketing.json. Compare it with my project or idea below. Tell me which projects overlap, what I could reuse instead of rewriting, and what mine does that none of them do.
My project or idea:
