I built a simple Google rank tracker for small businesses and freelancers. Looking for honest feedback.

GregoryMc86 — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 11:24:18 +0000

I’ve been working on a small SaaS called Pozytron.

It is a simple Google rank tracker for people who want to monitor keyword positions without opening a giant SEO platform every time they need one answer: are my keywords going up or down?

The basic flow is intentionally boring:

create a project,
add your domain,
add keywords,
track positions over time,
generate a PDF report when you need to show results to someone.

That’s it for now. No attempt to be an all-in-one SEO suite.

Why I built it

A lot of SEO tools are powerful, but they can also feel too big for a small business, a freelancer, or someone managing a few client websites.

Sometimes you do not need 40 dashboards. You just need to know:

where your site ranks for a set of keywords,
whether those positions improved or dropped,
what changed this month,
and whether you can send a clean report to a client without manually preparing screenshots.

That is the niche I am trying to serve.

I am not trying to replace Ahrefs, Semrush, Senuto, or similar platforms. Those tools do much more. Pozytron is meant to be smaller, simpler, and more focused.

What works right now

The current version includes:

projects and domains,
keyword tracking,
position history,
manual checks,
scheduled checks,
daily usage limits by plan,
monthly PDF reports,
custom branding in PDF reports,
Polish and English UI.

The PDF reports are an important part of the product. A freelancer or consultant should be able to generate a readable report with their own name/logo and send it to a client without spending extra time in Google Sheets or Canva.

What I am looking for

I am looking for a small group of early testers who can try the app on real websites and real keywords.

In exchange for honest feedback, I am giving 3 months of the Pro plan for free.

I am especially interested in feedback from:

SEO freelancers,
small agencies,
people managing websites for clients,
small business owners,
anyone who wants a simpler way to track Google positions.

You do not need to be an SEO expert. If you have a website and care about how it appears in Google, that is enough.

What kind of feedback would help

I am not looking for “looks nice” feedback. I am looking for practical stuff:

Was onboarding clear?
Was adding a project obvious?
Did keyword tracking behave the way you expected?
Are the PDF reports useful enough to send to a client?
What felt confusing?
What would stop you from using it again?
What is missing before this becomes useful in real work?

This is still early, so feedback can actually shape the product. If multiple testers point at the same problem, I can prioritize it quickly.

The question

If you work with SEO, client websites, or your own business site: would you test a focused rank tracker like this?

If yes, leave a comment or message me. I’ll share access with a few people and set up the free Pro period.

The app is here: https://pozytron.org

I built a macOS FTP client entirely in Rust - no Electron, no webview

GregoryMc86 — Wed, 01 Jul 2026 19:41:31 +0000

Hi dev.to 👋

I'm building gmacFTP - a dual-pane FTP/FTPS/SFTP client for macOS, written entirely in Rust. The UI runs on Slint with a GPU-accelerated FemtoVG renderer on top of wgpu/Metal. No Electron. No Tauri. No webview. Just a real native macOS app that moves your files.

This is an early development preview (currently v0.0.14), and I'm actively looking for Mac users who work with websites, hosting, NAS devices or remote servers to test it and give honest feedback.

Why?

I wanted something with the familiar dual-pane workflow - like Classic FTP or FileZilla - but smaller, more private, and without paying for a full file-management suite. Most cross-platform FTP clients are either Electron-based (heavy), closed-source, or bloated with features I don't need.

So I built one in Rust.

Architecture at a glance

Layer	Technology
Transfer engine	Rust + Tokio (async FTP/FTPS/SFTP)
GUI framework	Slint 1.x with FemtoVG renderer (wgpu → Metal)
Credential storage	macOS Keychain + encrypted local vault
Cross-device sync	Optional encrypted server list synchronization
Bundle size	~7.5 MB DMG
Runtime dependencies	Zero. No browser engine. No frameworks to install.

The entire app - transfer engine, protocol implementations, UI, keychain integration - is Rust. The only non-Rust component is the macOS system frameworks (Keychain, Foundation) accessed through minimal FFI bindings.

What works right now

FTP, explicit FTPS, and SFTP - full protocol support via Tokio
Dual independent panes - including server-to-server transfers
Drag-and-drop file operations with a live transfer queue
macOS Keychain integration for credential storage
Encrypted vault for cross-device server list sync
FileZilla Site Manager import - migrate your existing servers
English and Polish UI
No accounts, no telemetry, no ads

The DMG is signed with an Apple Developer ID and notarized by Apple - opens cleanly with no Gatekeeper warnings.

What I need help with

This is a development preview. Expect rough edges. I'm looking for:

Compatibility reports - does it connect to your FTP/SFTP server? Does it handle your specific setup (shared hosting, NAS, S3-compatible, unusual SSH configs)?
Transfer reliability - large files, many small files, interrupted transfers, server-to-server copies
UI/UX feedback - does the dual-pane workflow feel natural? What's missing?
Performance - how does it compare to what you're using now?
Bug reports - anything weird, crashes, visual glitches

Technical highlights for the Rust crowd

The protocol stack is built on Tokio with a custom async FTP implementation (RFC 959 + RFC 4217 for FTPS). SFTP uses a pure-Rust SSH transport layer. The Slint UI is compiled at build time - no runtime layout engine, no JavaScript bridge.

The entire app binary, including all protocol code, UI, and the transfer engine, is under 8 MB. For comparison, Cyberduck is ~90 MB and Transmit is ~75 MB.

Credential storage uses macOS Keychain directly (not a wrapper), with an optional encrypted vault for syncing server definitions between Macs. The encryption is AES-256-GCM with a passphrase-derived key (Argon2id).

Download

GitHub: https://github.com/GMAC-pl/gmacFTP

Free and open source under GPL-3.0. macOS 11+, Apple Silicon (M-series).

# If you have Homebrew (cask pending review):
# brew install --cask gmacftp

# Or grab the DMG directly:
# https://github.com/GMAC-pl/gmacFTP/releases/latest

I'd be happy to answer any technical questions about the Rust architecture, the Slint integration, the async FTP/SFTP implementation, or anything else. Feedback welcome in the comments or GitHub Issues.

I'm the developer of gmacFTP.

DEV Community: GregoryMc86

I built a simple Google rank tracker for small businesses and freelancers. Looking for honest feedback.

Why I built it

What works right now

What I am looking for

What kind of feedback would help

The question

I built a macOS FTP client entirely in Rust - no Electron, no webview

Why?

Architecture at a glance

What works right now

What I need help with

Technical highlights for the Rust crowd

Download