Anubis
MIT PoW challenge layer vs AI scrapers in front of Caddy/Traefik
DevOps / Security · OSS/MIT · 23.5k
Reviewed 2026-09-07 · last push 2026-10-19 · repo checked 2026-10-19
What's Good
MIT. Go binary proof-of-work gate for Caddy/Traefik/nginx-style frontends. Policy allowlists for good bots. Docs at anubis.techaro.lol.
The Catch
PoW slows mass scrapers; determined headless solvers still pass. Can impede Archive/RSS unless you allowlist. Not Cloudflare WAF. Distinct from Traefik/Caddy proxies.
Verdict
MIT anti-scraper PoW layer. Free forever; tune policies.
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