anubis

Project Overview

Anubis is a Web AI Firewall Utility that weighs the soul of your connection using one or more challenges in order to protect upstream resources from scraper bots. It is designed to help protect the small internet from the endless storm of requests from AI companies.

Key Features

• Blocks AI crawlers via challenge mechanisms
• Lightweight design for community protection
• Configurable bot policies to allowlist "good bots"

Target Audience

• Website owners who can't or won't use Cloudflare but still need to protect their sites from AI crawlers
• Developers who care about the health of the small internet

Quick Start

1. Visit the Anubis documentation site
2. Follow the documentation for deployment and configuration
3. Configure bot policies to allow known good bots

Core Advantages

• Provides protection for scenarios where Cloudflare cannot be used
• Lightweight design
• Configurable bot policies

System Requirements

• OS: Not explicitly listed
• Architectures: Not explicitly listed

Notes

• Anubis is a nuclear response that may block smaller scrapers and some "good bots" like the Internet Archive
• In most cases, Cloudflare may be sufficient and Anubis may not be needed