Data updated Oct 18, 2026
Kerno is a local CI that lets your AI coding agent validate its changes against your real backend stack and fix what it broke, in context, in every session.
In the same window, Kerno’s Sitemap added 9 pages, mostly under /startups. The timing overlaps — worth a closer look.
How the growth happened
Monthly visit estimates · 2026-04 — 2026-09 · DR 26, +1 MoM
Sep 2026
Monthly visits split by channel share: Kerno lost 2K visits from Aug to Sep, with direct contributing 38%.
| Channel | Last 4 months | Change barAug → Sep | Change | Share of change | Current share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Direct | −777 | 38% | 40.4% ↑0.4pp | ||
| Organic search | −692 | 34% | 31.5% ↓0.6pp | ||
| Referrals | −196 | 9.7% | 10.3% ↑0.1pp | ||
| 5 other channels | −269 | 13% | 14.1% ↑0.2pp |
What you can borrow
Kerno’s acquisition moves across pages, search terms and AI referrals, each with its data source.
| Keyword | Traffic | CPC | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| yaml file exampleNon-brand | 30 | $2.27 | 1 |
| kernoBrand | 30 | — | 2 |
| uncommit last commitNon-brand | 20 | $0.12 | 3 |
| how to uncommit last commit in gitNon-brand | 20 | — | 4 |
| ec2 instance connectNon-brand | 10 | $6.05 | 5 |
Borrow: Most of its search traffic comes from non-brand terms (e.g. “yaml file example”, “uncommit last commit”). Find the needs your product also serves and capture them with tool or landing pages.
Pages listed in the Sitemap grew 11.7% over 16 days, from 77 listed URLs to 86 listed URLs.
/startups+1/blog+0Borrow: Generate pages of this kind from data you already have (see /startups) to capture long-tail search.
0 visits from AI assistants (previous month 0), 0% of all traffic.
Borrow: No need to follow yet; watch whether it scales next month.
Full growth history
What did Kerno do at each step?
Unlock Kerno’s launch posts, community threads and new backlinks, plus a launch checklist you can copy.
New linking websites (+300%)
Observed eventKerno's public Sitemap now lists 9 more URLs
Observed eventMonthly visits 17.3K → 10.5K
Observed eventWhere it launched and who talked about it
Visible after unlockingWhere the new backlinks came from
Visible after unlockingA launch sequence you can copy
Visible after unlockingSame-market benchmark
Sep 2026 · Code Quality
Each product uses its latest observed month; different months are not a same-period ranking.
Know the next time Kerno ships pages in bulk
We diff its Sitemap, backlinks and traffic daily and alert you only on real changes.
Method: visits and channel shares are third-party monthly estimates; channel change = monthly visits × channel share, month over month; site actions and traffic are shown by timing only, not as cause and effect.
