Desktop Features
Crawl Engine
Section titled “Crawl Engine”The desktop app uses a BFS (breadth-first search) crawl engine. It is domain-constrained (same-host only) with configurable concurrency, depth, and delay. Events are processed in real time.
| Parameter | Range | Default |
|---|---|---|
| Max Pages | 1 – 1,000 | 20 |
| Max Depth | 1 – 50 | 10 |
| Concurrency | 1 – 20 | 5 |
| Delay (ms) | 0 – 5,000 | 50 |
| Extract Content | on / off | on |
Dashboard Cards
Section titled “Dashboard Cards”The dashboard presents eight interactive cards in a responsive grid. Click any card to expand it into an overlay with full details. Press Escape or click the backdrop to close.
Live Feed
Section titled “Live Feed”Real-time stream of crawled URLs. Each entry shows an HTTP status badge color-coded by range:
- 2xx - green
- 3xx - yellow
- 4xx / 5xx - red
On hover, each row reveals Copy URL and Open in browser actions. The grid card previews the last 14 entries; the expanded view shows the full feed (up to 500 entries).
SEO Issues
Section titled “SEO Issues”Automated SEO analysis across all successfully crawled HTML pages. Issues are grouped into 16 check categories. The grid card previews the first four categories with issue counts. The expanded view presents an accordion with per-URL details and Export CSV / Export TXT buttons.
Page Status
Section titled “Page Status”Pie chart and bar chart visualization of HTTP status code distribution. The grid card shows a donut chart; the expanded view adds a horizontal bar chart and an accordion listing every URL grouped by status code, with copy/open actions on hover.
Settings
Section titled “Settings”Crawl configuration form with the five parameters listed above. All fields are disabled while a crawl is active. Also includes an Appearance section with a Dark Mode toggle that persists across sessions.
Downloads
Section titled “Downloads”Export crawl results in multiple formats:
| Format | Description | Extension |
|---|---|---|
| JSON Archive | Complete crawl data with metadata, links, and response details | .json |
| Sitemap XML | Standard sitemap format compatible with search engines | .xml |
| Content Archive | Full page content as clean Markdown files (premium) | .zip |
Download buttons are disabled until at least one page has been crawled. Files are saved through the native save dialog.
Content
Section titled “Content”Split-panel viewer for extracted page content. The left panel lists pages that have markdown content, showing title, URL (with copy/open actions), word count, and byline. The right panel renders the selected page’s markdown with GFM support. Requires the Extract Content setting to be enabled.
Newsletter
Section titled “Newsletter”Email subscription form for product updates.
Premium Pricing
Section titled “Premium Pricing”Upgrade prompt displaying lifetime pricing with a Buy Now button.
SEO Analysis
Section titled “SEO Analysis”The SEO analyzer runs against all 2xx HTML pages and flags issues using these thresholds. Duplicate detection uses canonical URLs when available to avoid false positives across canonicalized page groups.
| # | Category | Condition |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Missing titles | title is empty or absent |
| 2 | Missing meta descriptions | meta_description is empty or absent |
| 3 | Titles too long | title.length > 60 |
| 4 | Titles too short | title.length < 30 |
| 5 | Descriptions too long | meta_description.length > 160 |
| 6 | Descriptions too short | meta_description.length < 50 |
| 7 | Missing content | word_count is null |
| 8 | Short content | word_count < 200 |
| 9 | Long content | word_count > 5,000 |
| 10 | Long URLs | url.length > 120 |
| 11 | Noindex pages | meta_robots or X-Robots-Tag contains noindex |
| 12 | Nofollow pages | meta_robots or X-Robots-Tag contains nofollow |
| 13 | Non-self canonicals | canonical_url differs from the page URL |
| 14 | Paginated pages | Page has rel="next" or rel="prev" |
| 15 | Duplicate titles | Multiple pages share the same title |
| 16 | Duplicate descriptions | Multiple pages share the same meta description |
The expanded SEO Issues card provides:
- An accordion view with per-URL details for each category
- Export CSV and Export TXT buttons
Content Extraction
Section titled “Content Extraction”The desktop app includes a split-pane content viewer for browsing extracted content:
- Left panel - lists pages with title, URL, word count, and byline
- Right panel - renders the selected page’s markdown with GFM (GitHub Flavored Markdown) support
Content extraction must be enabled in the Settings card. It converts HTML to clean Markdown by stripping navigation, sidebars, footers, and scripts, keeping only the primary article content.
UI / UX
Section titled “UI / UX”- Dark mode - toggleable via Settings card, persisted across sessions
- Keyboard shortcuts - Escape closes the expanded card overlay
- Animated transitions - card expand/collapse with backdrop blur
- Responsive grid - adaptive layout across different screen sizes