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Swappsy Link Tracker
What it is
Swappsy Link Tracker is a self-hosted web app for recording exchanged backlinks and their placement, target URLs, partners, and status. Each entry can include anchor text, link type, deal type, and notes, along with whether the link is do-follow, no-follow, or sponsored and whether it is free, exchanged, or paid. Users review a page and manually mark its link pending, live, or removed; the app does not check links automatically. Status summaries, filtering, and search help organize records, and CSV import and export support moving link data. The app offers light and dark modes and stores data in a single-file SQLite database. Its README says it needs no external services. Setup is documented through local npm installation or Docker Compose, with Node.js 22 or newer required. Access uses a single account configured with an admin email and password, plus a JWT secret for login tokens. The README says the configured admin password is hashed on first boot. The free plan is free.
For and against
For
- Tracks link placement, target URLs, partners, and status
- Records link attributes and deal types
- Includes filtering, search, and status summaries
- Supports CSV import and export
- Free plan is free
Against
- Users must check pages and update status manually
- Requires Node.js 22 or newer
- Limited to a single-user account
The verdict
Swappsy Link Tracker provides a structured place to manage backlink records, with filters, search, and CSV support. Its manual status workflow and self-hosted setup are important considerations.
Who it suits
It suits SEO teams managing link exchanges, paid placements, and content partnerships who want to organize backlink records themselves. It is for users comfortable with self-hosting and manual link checks.
Plans and prices
Free and open source
Manual link checks · self-hosted · single-user account
Read 4 Oct 2026 · github.com
On the record
- Appearance
- The app has light and dark modes.github.com · read 4 Oct 2026
- Authentication configuration
- The app uses a single-user account configured with an admin email and password, and requires a JWT secret for signing login tokens.github.com · read 4 Oct 2026
- Import and export
- The app supports CSV import and export.github.com · read 4 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- The hosted monitoring page describes backlink monitoring workflows for SEO teams managing exchanges, paid placements, and content partnerships.swappsy.net · read 4 Oct 2026
- Link details
- Each record can include anchor text, partner, link type, deal type, and notes.github.com · read 4 Oct 2026
- Notable limitation
- The open-source tracker does not check links automatically; users open pages and update their status themselves.github.com · read 4 Oct 2026
- Organization
- The app provides status summaries, filtering, and search.github.com · read 4 Oct 2026
- Password handling
- The README says the configured admin password is hashed on first boot.github.com · read 4 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- The tool records exchanged backlinks, their placement and target URLs, partners, and whether links are live, pending, or removed.github.com · read 4 Oct 2026
- Requirements
- The documented requirement is Node.js 22 or newer.github.com · read 4 Oct 2026
- Self-hosting
- The README documents local installation with npm and running the app with Docker Compose.github.com · read 4 Oct 2026
- SEO metadata
- It tracks do-follow, no-follow, or sponsored attributes and whether a link is free, exchanged, or paid.github.com · read 4 Oct 2026
- Status workflow
- Users manually set link status to pending, live, or removed after reviewing the page.github.com · read 4 Oct 2026
- Storage
- It uses a single-file SQLite database and the README says no external services are needed to run it.github.com · read 4 Oct 2026
