Overview
StractBot is an observed search crawler associated with Stract.
Observed user agents include Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; StractBot/0.2; open source search engine; +https://stract.com/webmasters) and earlier StractBot/0.1 variants.
The exact User-Agent provides a useful detection pattern, but no operator-published IP ranges, reverse-DNS verification method, or request-signature documentation is currently available.
Treat the record as an observed identity. Review source ownership, crawl behavior, and current operator documentation before making a trust decision.
Identity
- User-Agent
StractBot- Aliases
- StractBot/0.1; StractBot/0.2
- HTTP Agent Examples
Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; StractBot/0.2; open source search engine; +https://stract.com/webmasters)- Robots.txt Token
StractBot- Identity Type
- Observed
- Evidence Method
- Match the `StractBot` token and operator URL, then evaluate source ownership and crawl behavior. No operator-published IP-range, reverse-DNS, or request-signature verification method is currently available.
Classification
- Type
- Search
- Kind
- Crawler
- Family
- Stract
- Purpose
- indexing
Behavior and handling
- Common Use
- Observed crawling associated with building or updating a search index.
- Detection Notes
- Observed versioned variants include `StractBot/0.1` and `StractBot/0.2`. The token is useful for detection but is not authenticated proof of origin.
- Respects robots.txt
- Unknown
- Spoofing Risk
- High when identified only by user agent because no operator-published authentication method is currently available.
- Risk
- Neutral
- Recommended Handling
- Depends
Rules and controls
- Robots.txt Snippet
User-agent: StractBot Disallow: /