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Getting started

GEOBee is a native desktop app — nothing to configure in the cloud, and every crawl runs on your machine. Install it, point it at a site, and you will have a fully scored crawl in a couple of minutes. Your first 7 days are free, with every feature unlocked.

1. Install and open

Download GEOBee for your platform and run the installer. On first launch the app opens straight to the crawl bar with a start URL already filled in, so you can run a scan immediately.

2. (Optional) Set up deep scans

A quick scan works out of the box. A deep scan renders each page with Google's Lighthouse CLI to capture real performance scores and JavaScript-discovered links, so it needs Lighthouse installed:

  • Install it with npm install -g lighthouse so the lighthouse command is on your PATH.
  • In GEOBee open Preferences → Lighthouse, then use Browse… to point at the binary and Test to confirm it runs.
No Lighthouse? You can skip this entirely. Quick scans need nothing extra and still score every URL for SEO, AEO, and GEO. Set Lighthouse up later when you want rendered performance scores. See Scan modes for the full difference.

3. Run your first crawl

  1. Type or paste a start URL (for example https://example.com) into the crawl bar.
  2. Set Pages — the maximum number of URLs to crawl. Leave it at the default, or enter All to crawl the whole site.
  3. Press Start for a quick scan, or use the arrow beside Start to choose Deep scan.
  4. Watch the status bar: it shows crawled vs. discovered URLs, progress, speed, and an ETA. Press Esc at any time to stop.

See Crawl settings to tune page limits, concurrency, timeouts, and which paths are included.

4. Read the results

When the crawl finishes, the Overview leads with AEO and GEO readiness, followed by SEO, pages crawled, and critical issues. Switch to the audit grid to see every URL scored, and select any row to open its prioritized issues — each one with a recommended fix. Full walkthroughs live in The Overview & grid and Findings & fixes.

Keyboard shortcuts

KeyAction
EnterStart a crawl (from the URL box or the Pages field)
EscStop the current crawl
⌘ ,Open Preferences (macOS)

Requirements

macOS13 Ventura or newer (Apple silicon and Intel)
Windows10 or 11, 64-bit
Memory4 GB minimum — 8 GB recommended for deep scans
NetworkOutbound access to the sites you crawl
Deep scanLighthouse CLI on your PATH (only needed for deep scans)
DataCrawl results are stored locally on your machine

GEOBee is built with Avalonia and .NET, and runs as a single-instance desktop app.