Overview
BixelBot collects publicly available company information for a business-data catalog.
The operator describes its crawler identity, signed requests, page rendering modes, and publication controls.
Identification: BixelBot.
Operator documentation: https://bixel.com/bot/.
Identity
- User-Agent Pattern
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BixelBot - HTTP Agent Examples
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Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; BixelBot/1.0; +https://bixel.com/bot) - Robots Token
- BixelBot
- Identity Type
- Officially documented
- Evidence Method
- Confirm source with operator documentation and signed HTTP requests or operator-published IP addresses where available. The User-Agent string alone does not prove identity.
Classification
- Type
- Crawler
- Kind
- Company data crawler
- Family
- Bixel, Inc.
- Purpose
- Public company information collection
Behavior and handling
- Common Use
- public company information collection
- Detection Notes
- Match the distinctive BixelBot token. Headless rendering still identifies as BixelBot; not a second bot identity.
- Respects robots.txt
- Yes
- Spoofing Risk
- The BixelBot User-Agent token can be impersonated in HTTP requests.
- Risk
- Neutral
- Recommended Handling
- Depends
Rules and controls
- Robots.txt Snippet
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User-agent: BixelBot Disallow: /
Relationships
- Operator
- Bixel, Inc. Checked 2026-10-22
Relationships without an Evidence link are normalized from the canonical directory record. They should not be interpreted as independent proof of physical presence or request origin.