GitHub - TecharoHQ/anubis: Weighs the soul of incoming HTTP requests using proof-of-work to stop AI crawlers
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Weighs the soul of incoming HTTP requests using proof-of-work to stop AI crawlers - TecharoHQ/anubis

I just started using this myself, seems pretty great so far!

Clearly doesn’t stop all AI crawlers, but a significantly large chunk of them.

  • drkt@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    56·
    2 days ago

    Anubis is provided to the public for free in order to help advance the common good. In return, we ask (but not demand, these are words on the internet, not word of law) that you not remove the Anubis character from your deployment.
    If you want to run an unbranded or white-label version of Anubis, please contact Xe to arrange a contract.

    This is icky to me. Cool idea, but this is weird.

    • LiveLM@lemmy.zipEnglish
      201·
      2 days ago

      …Why? It’s just telling companies they can get support + white-labeling for a fee, and asking you keep their silly little character in a tongue-and-cheek manner.
      Just like they say, you can modify the code and remove for free if you really want, they’re not forbidding you from doing so or anything

      • bitcrafter@programming.devEnglish
        10·
        2 days ago

        Just like they say, you can modify the code and remove for free if you really want, they’re not forbidding you from doing so or anything

        True, but I think you are discounting the risk that the actual god Anubis will take displeasure at such an act, potentially dooming one’s real life soul.

      • TheOakTree@lemm.eeEnglish
        41·
        2 days ago

        Yeah, it seems entirely optional. It’s not like manually removing the Anubis character will revoke your access to the code. However, I still do find it a bit weird that they’re asking for that.

        I just can’t imagine most companies implementing Anubis and keeping the character or paying for the service, given that it’s open source. It’s just unprofessional for the first impression of a company’s website being the Anubis devs’ manga OC…