Projects
If you audit more than one site, projects keep them cleanly separated. Each project is one website with its own settings and its own saved history, stored locally on your Mac.
What a project is
A project bundles one website with everything the app knows about it: its start URL, its crawl settings, and every crawl you have run against it. There is no account and no cloud, so a project and its data never leave your machine. That matters when the site is a client's: you are not uploading their site anywhere to audit it.
Creating a project
- Click New project.
- Name it, usually after the site.
- Enter the start URL.
- Adjust settings now or keep the defaults (see Crawl settings).
- Click Create.
Switching between projects
All your projects appear in the project list. Click one to open its latest crawl and history. Because each project is fully independent, crawling one never touches another, which is what makes it practical to keep many sites side by side and jump between them.
Settings and history are per project
Two things are scoped to the project, which keeps multi-site work clean:
- Settings. JavaScript rendering, page limit, access details, and scope are remembered per site, so you set them once.
- History. Every crawl is filed under its project, so a site's before-and-after is always in one place and never mixed with another site's.
Keeping many sites organized
A little naming discipline pays off past a dozen projects. Name each project after its domain so the list sorts predictably. If you manage several properties for one brand, prefix them so they cluster together. When a site has both a production and a staging project, make the difference obvious in the name.
Renaming and deleting
- Rename: open the project's settings and edit the name.
- Delete: removing a project deletes its crawls and history from your machine. This cannot be undone, so be sure you no longer need it.
Where project data lives
Projects and their crawl history are stored in the app's data folder on your Mac. To find, back up, or remove it, see Where your crawl data is stored. Backing up that folder is the simplest way to preserve a site's crawl history.
Frequently asked questions
How many projects can I have?
As many as you like. They are small local records, so a large roster of sites is not a problem.
Does crawling one project affect another?
No. Each project is independent, with its own settings and history.
Is any of this stored online?
No. Projects and crawls are stored only on your Mac. See the Privacy policy.
Can I move a project to another Mac?
Copying the app's data folder moves your projects and history. See Where your crawl data is stored.