Lumar

Run a limited technical crawl and maintain an auditable issue history

NOT REALLY · consider alternatives
price variesestimated build time closest consolation build: one sittingreplaced by 0 people

A consolation build is possible, but the paid product's decisive value sits outside a solo rebuild. For Lumar, run a limited technical crawl and maintain an auditable issue history. The hard boundary is enterprise crawl scale, monitoring, analytics, governance, and consulting support, plus crawl scale, rule depth, and operational polish.

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What you give up

  • enterprise crawl scale, monitoring, analytics, governance, and consulting support
  • massive hosted crawl capacity
  • proprietary scoring
  • continuous monitoring
  • agency reporting and support

Why people still pay

People still pay for Lumar because a crawler is buildable; professionals pay for years of edge-case handling and reports they can trust with clients. The recurring cost buys robots handling, rendering, canonicalization, deduplication, crawl traps, rule maintenance, scheduling, storage, and false positives, not just the visible interface.

Your build guide

The stack, security requirements, and agent rules for a focused replacement.

Before you start

  • Python 3.12
  • Playwright browsers
  • permission to crawl the target site
  • local disk space
01
Use Python 3.12, FastAPI, SQLite, Playwright, and an HTMX interface.
02
Model sites, crawl pages, keyword snapshots, audit findings, and report dates; keep stable source IDs and timestamps.
03
Interface for this technical audits and on-page optimization workflow: a local web page with input, progress, review, and export views.
engineering roadmap

Implementation plan

1

Phase 1, architecture and data

Use Python 3.12, FastAPI, SQLite, Playwright, and an HTMX interface. Model sites, crawl pages, keyword snapshots, audit findings, and report dates; keep stable source IDs and timestamps.

2

Phase 2, implement

Collect status, title, description, headings, canonical, robots, links, images, structured data, and rendered text.

3

Phase 3, implement

Detect duplicates, orphan candidates, broken links, redirect chains, missing metadata, and indexability conflicts.

4

Phase 4, review and output

Show every issue with affected URLs, evidence, severity, and a concrete remediation note. Export crawl data and issues to CSV plus a self-contained HTML report.

5

Phase 5, recovery and acceptance

Require an explicit ownership or permission acknowledgement before a crawl starts. Verify this invariant with a saved fixture: A failed crawl retains its last dated snapshot; a report must not imply backlink or keyword coverage the input lacks. State the practical limit: enterprise crawl scale, monitoring, analytics, governance, and consulting support.

the pro prompt
Build me a focused technical audits and on-page optimization workflow for the personal core of Lumar. Requirements:

- Use Python 3.12, FastAPI, SQLite, Playwright, and an HTMX interface. Model sites, crawl pages, keyword snapshots, audit findings, and report dates; keep stable source IDs and timestamps.
- Paid product context: Run a limited technical crawl and maintain an auditable issue history. Build only this DIY scope: Run a limited technical crawl of a user-owned site, inspect HTML and rendered pages, explain prioritized issues, maintain an auditable issue history, and export a reproducible audit.
- Collect status, title, description, headings, canonical, robots, links, images, structured data, and rendered text.
- Detect duplicates, orphan candidates, broken links, redirect chains, missing metadata, and indexability conflicts.
- Show every issue with affected URLs, evidence, severity, and a concrete remediation note. Export crawl data and issues to CSV plus a self-contained HTML report.
- Use a local web page with input, progress, review, and export views. Required input or access: Playwright browsers; permission to crawl the target site.
- Recovery: Require an explicit ownership or permission acknowledgement before a crawl starts.
- Acceptance: with one labelled sample, show the input, saved intermediate state, and exported result; verify this invariant: A failed crawl retains its last dated snapshot; a report must not imply backlink or keyword coverage the input lacks.
- Out of scope: enterprise crawl scale, monitoring, analytics, governance, and consulting support; massive hosted crawl capacity. Keep this a personal, inspectable workflow.
- Include a README with setup, a sample input, required keys or permissions, data location, and the supported scope.

$ open in your agent (prompt prefilled, you press enter), copy the prompt or copy AGENTS.md · generated from this app's build plan

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Alternatives to building your own

SiteOne CrawlerA proper desktop crawler with reports and a fix-first queue; no server, no URL tax, no frog.841jun 2026open source↗SEOnautA no-frills crawler that stores audits and sorts broken SEO plumbing by severity; bring Docker and MySQL.751may 2026open source↗CrawlSEORankings, crawl history and alerts in one dashboard; free code, but Google OAuth and Postgres make setup a small infrastructure hobby.507aug 2026open source↗

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Lumar pricing

planmonthlyannual (per mo)what you get
custom——Custom crawl volume, projects, data retention, modules, support, and security; no public numeric allowance.Modules include Analyze, Monitor, Protect, and Impact.

free tierno free tier

billingcustom quote; public monthly and annual rates are not published

hidden costsPrice scales with URL volume and selected modules.

pricing sources checked 2026-08-14 · pricing source ↗

Questions about Lumar

Can you build your own Lumar with AI?

A full replacement is not the recommended project. A consolation build is possible, but the paid product's decisive value sits outside a solo rebuild. For Lumar, run a limited technical crawl and maintain an auditable issue history. The hard boundary is enterprise crawl scale, monitoring, analytics, governance, and consulting support, plus crawl scale, rule depth, and operational polish.

What does the Lumar build prompt cover?

The prompt starts with this scope: Run a limited technical crawl of a user-owned site, inspect HTML and rendered pages, explain prioritized issues, maintain an auditable issue history, and export a reproducible audit. Full-product capabilities excluded from the comparison include: enterprise crawl scale, monitoring, analytics, governance, and consulting support; massive hosted crawl capacity; proprietary scoring. Follow the implementation plan and its prerequisites before expanding the build.

How do I use the prompt, AGENTS.md and agent skills?

Start with the Lumar prerequisites and stack, then copy the prompt into your coding agent. Save the project rules as AGENTS.md in the project root. Linked skills are optional packages or source instructions for specific tasks; review their current contents and install only those matching the chosen stack. A skill does not supply API credentials or verify the finished app.

How long will this Lumar project take?

The catalogue estimate is closest consolation build: one sitting for the limited scope. Setup, integration approvals, debugging, deployment and ongoing maintenance can add time. This is an estimate, not a delivery guarantee.

What would I give up by replacing Lumar?

enterprise crawl scale, monitoring, analytics, governance, and consulting support; massive hosted crawl capacity; proprietary scoring; continuous monitoring; agency reporting and support. People still pay for Lumar because a crawler is buildable; professionals pay for years of edge-case handling and reports they can trust with clients. The recurring cost buys robots handling, rendering, canonicalization, deduplication, crawl traps, rule maintenance, scheduling, storage, and false positives, not just the visible interface.

What can I use instead of building Lumar?

SiteOne Crawler: A proper desktop crawler with reports and a fix-first queue; no server, no URL tax, no frog. SEOnaut: A no-frills crawler that stores audits and sorts broken SEO plumbing by severity; bring Docker and MySQL. CrawlSEO: Rankings, crawl history and alerts in one dashboard; free code, but Google OAuth and Postgres make setup a small infrastructure hobby. Compare all listed options at https://howtovibecodeit.dev/lumar/alternatives. Check each option's license, hosting needs and feature limits.

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