Do I get Ahrefs backlinks?

No. SerpBear tracks positions. Lighthouse audits pages. Matomo/Ackee are on-site analytics. The backlink index is the vendor product this page leaves.

SerpBear if the job is keyword ranks. Matomo if the job is analytics on your site. You can run both.

Is scraping Google allowed?

Search-engine ToS apply. Read SerpBear's docs. This site does not invent a scraping policy.

Stacks / SEO

Easy

SerpBear

Keyword ranks you host. SerpBear is MIT — Semrush and Ahrefs without the backlink index as a product.

The problem

Semrush and Ahrefs sell rank tracking plus a backlink/content OS. You wanted positions for keywords you care about. SerpBear is MIT (towfiqi/serpbear) — a rank tracking app you host. It is not Ahrefs' live index, Semrush's site audit SKU, or every content-template pack. Lighthouse is Apache-2.0 for page audits. Matomo covers on-site search reports. Ackee is MIT privacy analytics. This page does not invent a backlink graph.

Replaces

Semrush / Ahrefs

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Estimated SaaS saved

$1,200

per year, small team, before lock-in

Start on Railway

Swetrix if this is pageviews, not keyword ranks

Sponsor this stack Tip jar

Placeholder: SerpBear + a database. Scraping search-engine result pages has ToS and IP consequences — read the project docs. Bind HTTP to 0.0.0.0:$PORT. No one-click template in this repo yet — Start on Railway. Pageviews stay on /stacks/swetrix-analytics.

The stack

SerpBear
MIT search-engine position rank tracking you can self-host
Catalog entry →

Cost table

You stop paying	Typical / year	Self-host instead
Semrush / Ahrefs (small team)	$1,200	SerpBear

Agent setup prompt

Replace Semrush or Ahrefs rank tracking with SerpBear (https://docs.serpbear.com/).

- Official image, persist the database, add the keywords you actually rank for. Do not claim a backlink index or Semrush's full audit OS.
- Page audits are Lighthouse. Pageviews stay on /stacks/swetrix-analytics. Write AGENT_PROMPT.md.

Also as markdown: /stacks/serpbear-seo.md

FAQ

Do I get Ahrefs backlinks?: No. SerpBear tracks positions. Lighthouse audits pages. Matomo/Ackee are on-site analytics. The backlink index is the vendor product this page leaves.
SerpBear or Matomo?: SerpBear if the job is keyword ranks. Matomo if the job is analytics on your site. You can run both.
Is scraping Google allowed?: Search-engine ToS apply. Read SerpBear's docs. This site does not invent a scraping policy.