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Three launch blockers from the Oct 17 direct-Stripe billing work: - verifyStripeCheckoutSession defaulted an unconfirmed checkout session to "active"/isPaying:true, and had no billing permission check, so an abandoned (unpaid) checkout marked the org as a paying subscriber for free. Now defaults to "incomplete" and only trusts a real subscription status or a confirmed paid payment_status; also pins org id to the caller's own organization instead of trusting session metadata. - The Stripe webhook fell back to parsing an unsigned request body as a real event whenever STRIPE_WEBHOOK_SECRET was unset, letting anyone POST a fake checkout.session.completed and grant any org a paid plan. STRIPE_WEBHOOK_SECRET is now required; unsigned requests are refused. Also maps Stripe's subscription.status properly (trialing counted as active) instead of collapsing anything but "active" to "canceled". - meterDataforseoCall and every credit-check in subscription.ts skipped all usage metering/capping whenever AUTUMN_SECRET_KEY was unset — which is exactly the mode the Oct 17 work introduced for self-host direct Stripe billing. Added a local per-org monthly usage ledger (usage_ledger table, sqlite + pg) checked against each plan's monthly data budget (src/shared/crawlerxPlanBudgets.ts, from the PRD's unit economics table) so DataForSEO spend is capped even without Autumn. Also: documented STRIPE_SECRET_KEY/STRIPE_WEBHOOK_SECRET/AUTUMN_SECRET_KEY in .env.example, and published the CrawlerX product demo as a static page at /demo.html (self-contained, no backend dependency). Verified: tsc --noEmit clean, schema-parity test green, full vitest suite green except two pre-existing unrelated failures (confirmed via stash), knip/oxlint show no new findings over the pre-change baseline. Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
OpenSEO
Open source alternative to Semrush and Ahrefs
OpenSEO is an SEO tool for the people. If tools like Semrush or Ahrefs are too expensive or bloated, OpenSEO is a pay-as-you-go alternative that you actually control.
All-in-one SEO tool for you and your AI agent.
Connect with any agent like Claude Code, OpenClaw or Hermes. We have pre-built skills, but you can build your own to tailor OpenSEO to your needs.
Hosted Version
Try OpenSEO for free on our website. If you want to support the project, a hosted subscription is $10/month.
Why use OpenSEO?
- Best in class MCP and AI Skills.
- Modern, simple UI.
- Focused workflows instead of a bloated, complex SEO suite.
- No subscriptions.
- Bring your own DataForSEO API key and pay only for what you use.
- Fork and vibe code your own custom tool.
Main SEO Workflows
- Keyword research
- Rank tracking
- Competitor Insights
- Backlinks
- Site Audits
- AI Visibility
OpenSEO MCP & Agent Skills
OpenSEO exposes an MCP server so AI agents like Claude Code, OpenClaw, and Hermes can use your SEO data directly. Agent Skills are reusable workflows that guide your agent through SEO tasks using the MCP.
Self-Hosting
OpenSEO supports two self-hosting paths:
- Simple: Docker (Best for testing it out) - For personal use on your own machine. See
docs/SELF_HOSTING_DOCKER.md.- Unless you already are self-hosting other apps and are confident doing so, we recommend self-hosting with Cloudflare as opposed to Railway, Coolify or Dokploy.
- We plan to make it simpler to host on those platforms in the next few months.
- Recommended: Cloudflare - For internet-facing self-hosting across multiple devices or with your team (works on the free plan). See
docs/SELF_HOSTING_CLOUDFLARE.md.
Either way, you need a DataForSEO API key to get SEO data. See docs/DATAFORSEO_API_KEY.md.
Costs
OpenSEO needs a DataForSEO API key so that you can get SEO data. You pay them directly when self hosting.
When you self host, your costs will be slightly lower than the estimates on our website. The way the hosted service makes money is by charging 28% extra for every request we make to DataForSEO.
Local Development
See docs/LOCAL_DEVELOPMENT.md.
Contributing
Creating clear issues is the best way to contribute.
Read more here: docs/CONTRIBUTING.md
We have this skill: /simple-issue-description which helps.
npx skills add every-app/open-seo --skill simple-issue-description
Community
Join Discord to chat: Discord
Follow along for updates:
- Follow on X: https://x.com/bensenescu
- Sign up for the mailing list on our website: openseo.so