Bot intelligence record
Qwantbot
Usually allowUse the Qwantbot identifier to separate Qwant search indexing traffic from normal visitor requests in server logs.
- Operator
- Qwant
- Family
- Qwant
- Type
- Search
- Source type
- Verified Directory
- Last checked
- 2026-06-02
User-Agent Pattern
QwantQwantbot
User-agent strings are identification signals, not proof of identity. Confirm important allow, block, or rate-limit decisions with logs, DNS or IP evidence, request behavior, or operator documentation when available.
Robots.txt Snippet
Click snippet to copyUser-agent: Qwantbot Disallow: /Click the snippet to copy it, or highlight the text manually.
Handling Guidance
DependsThis bot is usually safe to allow when the request source is verified and the traffic matches your site policy.
Search indexing, news indexing, and Qwant product-specific crawling.
Record Details
Structured data- Operator
- Qwant
- Family
- Qwant
- Type
- Search
- Purpose
- Search Indexing
- Identity type
- Verified Bot
- Confidence
- Medium
- Last verified
- 2026-06-02
- Last checked
- 2026-06-02
- Source type
- Verified Directory
- Verification
- Validate Qwantbot using documented Qwantbot user-agent variants and source verification before creating allow-list rules.
- Spoofing risk
- User-agent strings can be spoofed. Verify the request source and published operator documentation before creating hard allow rules.
Notes
Qwantbot is a candidate Botcrawl directory record for Qwant. The primary identifier for log review is Qwantbot.
Identification
- User-agent pattern:
Qwantbot - Family: Qwant
- Type: Search
- Kind: Crawler
Common use
Search indexing, news indexing, and Qwant product-specific crawling.
Verification and handling
Validate Qwantbot using documented Qwantbot user-agent variants and source verification before creating allow-list rules.
Candidate guidance marks the risk level as Safe and the blocking decision as Depends. Do not rely on the user-agent string alone because user-agent strings can be copied or spoofed.
Evidence and Source
- Validate Qwantbot using documented Qwantbot user-agent variants and source verification before creating allow-list rules.
- Match `Qwantbot` as a case-insensitive substring in HTTP user-agent logs. Review aliases and full HTTP agent examples where available. Do not treat a user-agent match alone as proof of identity for allow-listing.
- Search indexing, news indexing, and Qwant product-specific crawling.
- User-agent strings can be spoofed. Verify the request source and published operator documentation before creating hard allow rules.
Monitor This Bot In Edge
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