Radar check
What we found when we opened it. Every bar is one fact, with its date.
Last code pushed 29 Sep 2026, 26 days before this check.
Latest release v1.0.0 on 29 Sep 2026.
Public since April 2026, 6 months.
110 stars and 14 forks.
3 commits and 2 new issues in the last 90 days.
2 contributors. 1 pull requests merged in 90 days. A small team carries it.
No security policy file says how to report a problem. No published security advisories.
How the bars are scored
- Alive. Days since the last code push: a week or less 100, a month 90, three months 70, six months 50, a year 30, eighteen months 15, older 0.
- Releases. Age of the latest GitHub release, on a similar scale; no bar when the project publishes no releases.
- Maturity. Age of the project: eight years 100, five 90, three 70, two 55, one 40, six months 25, younger 10.
- Adoption. Stars on a log scale: 100,000 stars is 100, 10,000 is 80, 1,000 is 60, 100 is 40.
- Activity. Commits in the last 90 days: 300 or more 100, 100 85, 30 65, 10 45, any 25.
- Community. People who have contributed: 100 or more 100, 30 80, 10 60, 5 40, 2 25, one 10.
- Security. A published security policy 80, none 40; published advisories are listed, not scored.
Checked by Repo Radar on 26 Oct 2026 from the repository on GitHub.
In simple English
This tool checks if search engines and artificial intelligence chatbots mention your website. It runs in your terminal instead of a heavy web page. You can see if ChatGPT, Claude, and Google recommend your product when people ask for help. It costs very little money compared to traditional marketing suites. You need some technical comfort to set up keys for various search and AI providers.
What it is
Searchstack is an open-source command-line tool that tracks traditional search engine optimisation and newer artificial intelligence answer engine optimisation metrics. It queries twelve different services and compiles the results into text reports or automated cron tasks.
What it is good for
Solo founders and small teams who want to check their search performance without paying hundreds of dollars every month for commercial marketing tools.
- Tracks modern AI search visibility across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, Grok, and Gemini alongside traditional Google rankings.
- Generates clean Markdown reports and supports local models via Ollama with zero API fees.
- Lightweight Python package that runs anywhere, skips missing API keys gracefully, and integrates smoothly into automated cron jobs.
- Requires obtaining and configuring multiple external API keys to unlock its full feature set.
- Fails to provide deep historical data storage or large-scale enterprise competitor analysis found in dedicated platforms.
- Command-line interface demands comfort with terminal commands and text configuration files.
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