Anubis

anti-web scraping software
CreativeWork computer_program Q134301689
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Summary

Anubis is a computer program[1]. Anubis ranks in the top 4% of computer program entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,038 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Influenced by: Hashcash[3]
  • Instance of: free software[4]
  • Named after: Anubis[5]
  • Developer: Techaro[6], Xe Iaso[7]
  • Copyright license: Expat license[8]
  • Programmed in: Go[9], JavaScript[10]
  • Operating system: GNU/Linux[11], BSD[12]
  • Software version identifier: 1.13.0[13], 1.14.0[14], 1.14.1[15], 1.14.2[16], 1.15.0[17], 1.15.1[18], 1.15.2[19], 1.16.0[20], 1.17.0[21], 1.17.1[22], 1.18.0[23], 1.19.0[24], 1.19.1[25], 1.20.0[26]
  • Has use: bot prevention[27]
  • Commons category: Anubis (software)[28]
  • Platform: AArch64[29], RISC-V[30], x86-64[31]
  • Inception: January 19, 2025[32]
  • Publication date: January 19, 2025[33]
  • Official website: https://anubis.techaro.lol/[34]
  • Source code repository URL: https://github.com/TecharoHQ/anubis[35]
  • Issue tracker URL: https://github.com/TecharoHQ/anubis/issues[36]
  • Title: Anubis[37]
  • Official blog URL: https://anubis.techaro.lol/blog/[38]
  • Different from: GNU Anubis[39]
  • User manual URL: https://anubis.techaro.lol/docs/[40]
  • Uses: proof of work[41], SHA-256[42], JSON Web Token[43]
  • Copyright status: copyrighted[44]
  • Service status information URL: https://techarohq.github.io/status/[45]

Why It Matters

Anubis has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[46] Anubis is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[47]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . github.com. github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [14] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [15] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [16] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [17] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [18] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [19] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [20] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [21] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [22] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [23] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [24] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [25] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [26] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [32] ↑ . xeiaso.net. Retrieved . xeiaso.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [33] ↑ . xeiaso.net. Retrieved . xeiaso.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [3] ↑ . xeiaso.net. Retrieved . xeiaso.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . anubis.techaro.lol. Retrieved . anubis.techaro.lol. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . anubis.techaro.lol. Retrieved . anubis.techaro.lol. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . anubis.techaro.lol. Retrieved . anubis.techaro.lol. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [46] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [47] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 2d ago · Github-wiki-bot bot · 2026-10-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Software version identifier → 1.13.0, 1.14.0, 1.14.1 +24
    Sitelink count → 10
    Wikipedia languages → ['commons', 'en', 'es', 'fi', 'id', 'it', 'ja', 'ko', 'vi', 'zh']
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-single-property-update:1||2 */ Software version identifier, Update with GitHub data ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/CB/a4e3ce501ca6|details]])"
  2. 9w ago · Github-wiki-bot bot · 2026-08-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Software version identifier → 1.13.0, 1.14.0, 1.14.1 +24
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-single-property-update:1||2 */ Software version identifier, Update with GitHub data ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/CB/d437122e7bd6|details]])"
  3. 10w ago · Github-wiki-bot bot · 2026-07-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Software version identifier → 1.13.0, 1.14.0, 1.14.1 +24
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Software version identifier: 1.26.1, Update with GitHub data ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/CB/5fe1b46f4e80|details]])"
  4. 11w ago · Github-wiki-bot bot · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inception → —
    Official website → https://anubis.techaro.lol/
    Repology project name → anubis-anti-crawler
    Title → —
    + 67 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-single-property-update:1||2 */ Software version identifier, Update with GitHub data ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/CB/a1add0cc56fa|details]])"
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