SerpBear
Leading#1 in Open sourcehigh confidence
The go-to self-hosted keyword rank tracker (~2.0k stars) — unlimited domains, Google Search Console integration and email alerts. Highest-star standalone OSS app in this set.Our read
Why it ranks #1
Roughly 2.0k GitHub stars and 271 forks make SerpBear the highest-adoption standalone open-source rank tracker in this set.Here is the catch
requires hosting and scheduled-job maintenance
Google scraping needs proxies or a SERP API at scale
does not provide backlink or GEO citation analysis
Does this well
no per-keyword subscription fee
focused, understandable self-hosted UI
strong fit for agencies managing many domains
Pricing
Checked by hand on 2026-07-23. Prices in this category change often — if this looks wrong, it probably is.
Key features
keyword rank trackingunlimited domains and keywordsGoogle Search Console integrationscheduled email reports and alerts
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