What is OpenSEO?
OpenSEO is an open-source SEO platform for SEOs, marketers, and AI agents who need real search data instead of generic AI advice. It connects to DataForSEO for keyword research, competitor analysis, backlink checks, rank tracking, technical site audits, and AI visibility monitoring. The platform includes a Model Context Protocol (MCP) that lets AI agents like Claude and Codex pull live SEO data directly into their workflows. Users can self-host or use the cloud version.
What are the features of OpenSEO?
- Keyword Research with SERPs: Find keyword ideas, search volume, difficulty scores, and see live SERP results for any seed keyword.
- Domain Overview and Competitor Analysis: Estimate organic traffic and ranking keywords for any domain to gauge competitor visibility.
- Backlink and Referring Domain Inspection: Check backlinks, referring domains, and link quality for any URL in your audit workflow.
- Rank Tracking Over Time: Monitor keyword position changes with daily or weekly updates across your saved keyword lists.
- Site Audit for Technical SEO: Crawl your own pages and surface technical issues like broken links, meta tag problems, and page-level signals.
- AI Visibility and Prompt Explorer: Look up brand mentions across AI search models and compare how different models answer the same prompt.
What are the use cases of OpenSEO?
- SEO professionals researching keyword opportunities and checking competitor organic visibility before planning content.
- AI agents and developers connecting Claude, Codex, or other assistants to live SEO data for automated research tasks.
- Content teams organizing saved keywords into workspaces for tracking content ideas and monitoring ranking performance.
- Site owners running technical site audits to find and fix page-level SEO issues that hurt rankings.
- Brand marketers monitoring AI search mentions and comparing how different models reference their brand or products.
How to use OpenSEO?
- Sign up at app.openseo.so with no credit card required to start using the cloud version.
- Connect your DataForSEO account to access live keyword, backlink, and domain data.
- Use the keyword research tool by entering a seed keyword to find ideas, volume, and difficulty scores.
- Save keywords to your workspace for organizing content ideas or setting up rank tracking.
- For AI agent workflows, connect OpenSEO via the MCP to Claude, Codex, or other compatible models.
