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Open-Source AI Search Visibility Dashboard: Build Your Custom SEO Analysis Tool with Ahrefs API

A self-hosted analytics dashboard based on Ahrefs API v3 that tracks AI search visibility, organic SEO performance, and content opportunities, helping users fully grasp changes in the search ecosystem.

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Published 2026-04-18 08:42Recent activity 2026-04-18 08:48Estimated read 4 min
Open-Source AI Search Visibility Dashboard: Build Your Custom SEO Analysis Tool with Ahrefs API
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Introduction / Main Floor: Open-Source AI Search Visibility Dashboard: Build Your Custom SEO Analysis Tool with Ahrefs API

A self-hosted analytics dashboard based on Ahrefs API v3 that tracks AI search visibility, organic SEO performance, and content opportunities, helping users fully grasp changes in the search ecosystem.

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Background: New SEO Challenges in the AI Search Era

With the rise of AI search engines like ChatGPT and Perplexity, traditional SEO is undergoing profound changes. Brands no longer only need to focus on Google rankings but also must understand their "presence" in AI answers. However, there is a lack of cost-effective and flexible solutions on the market to monitor both traditional SEO and AI search visibility simultaneously.

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Project Overview: Self-Hosted Analytics Dashboard

This is an open-source project based on Ahrefs API v3 that allows users to build a self-hosted analytics dashboard to track AI search visibility, organic SEO performance, and content opportunities. The core advantage of the project is using mostly free Ahrefs API endpoints, significantly reducing usage costs.

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1. Performance Tracking (Performance Tab)

This module provides multi-dimensional search performance data:

  • Share of Voice: Track the trend of share of voice changes in both AI search and traditional organic search simultaneously
  • GSC Data Integration: Display impressions and clicks from Google Search Console
  • AI Overview Top Pages: Identify content pages that frequently appear in AI search results
  • Organic Search Top Pages: Content assets with the best traditional SEO performance
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2. Opportunity Discovery (Opportunities Tab)

Help users discover potential opportunities for content optimization and creation:

  • Question Keywords: Query-based keywords frequently searched by users
  • Long-Tail Keywords: Niche keywords with low competition but high conversion rates
  • PAA Questions (People Also Ask): Related questions in Google search results
  • Community Discussion Tracking: Brand mentions and discussion trends on Reddit and Quora
  • Video Citation Monitoring: Identify opportunities for video content to be cited in search results
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3. Quick Favorites (Starred Tab)

Users can pin frequently used widgets to the favorites page for quick access to key metrics.

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4. Flexible Configuration (Settings Panel)

Supports rich customization options:

  • Ahrefs Project ID Configuration
  • Brand Name Setting
  • Competitor Domain Exclusion
  • Independent Parameter Override for Each Widget
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5. Automatic Sync (Scheduled Sync)

Automatically refresh data for all widgets via configurable Cron scheduled tasks, no manual intervention required.