FeedWind Crawler
Usually allowFeedWind Crawler is a feed fetcher from Mikle used for RSS or Atom feed polling, syndication refresh, subscription delivery.
User-Agent
FeedwindUser-agent strings are identity signals, not proof of identity. Confirm the source and behavior before trusting a request.
Verification and Detection
Verification method: Verify FeedWind Crawler by matching `Feedwind` to Mikle evidence, then checking reverse DNS, source-network ownership, signed request data, or published crawler documentation when available.
FeedWind Crawler traffic is primarily detected by the `Feedwind` user-agent pattern; related patterns include `Feedwind/`; a representative HTTP user-agent is `Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; Feedwind/3.0; +https://feed.mikle.com/support/description/)`. Compare source IPs, reverse DNS, request paths, and crawl cadence with Mikle infrastructure before trusting the traffic.
Handling Guidance
This bot is usually safe to allow when the request source is verified and its behavior matches the operator documentation and your site policy.
FeedWind Crawler is used for RSS or Atom feed polling, syndication refresh, subscription delivery, and content update checks.
Record Details
- Aliases
- Feedwind/
- Type
- feed
- Operator
- Mikle
- Family
- Mikle
- Kind
- Fetcher
- Purpose
- Feed Fetch
- Identity
- Verified Bot
- Detection confidence
- Medium
- Spoofing risk
- FeedWind Crawler Has Medium Spoofing Risk Because User Agent Strings Can Be Copied; Pair The Match With DNS, IP, Behavior, Or Operator Evidence.
- Status
- Active
- Respects robots.txt
- No
- Last verified
- 2026 06 23
Robots.txt Snippet
User-agent: Feedwind
Disallow: /