Overview
Termly is a security scanner used for security scanning, malware checks, vulnerability assessment, certificate review, and site-safety analysis.
Its primary user-agent pattern is TermlyBot; a representative HTTP user-agent is Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/W.X.Y.Z Safari/537.36 (compatible; TermlyBot/W.X; +http://www.termly.io/bot.html).
Termly is verified with Medium confidence. The identity type is Verified Bot, and the evidence basis is a public crawler reference or source-linked documentation.
Termly is marked as not reliably governed by robots.txt directives; use server-side rules if the traffic should be restricted.
Termly should be reviewed against site policy, source evidence, crawl rate, and requested paths before a permanent allow or block rule is created.
Identity
- User-Agent Pattern
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TermlyBot - Aliases
- TermlyBot
- HTTP Agent Examples
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Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/W.X.Y.Z Safari/537.36 (compatible; TermlyBot/W.X; +http://www.termly.io/bot.html) - Robots Token
- TermlyBot
- Identity Type
- Verified bot
- Evidence Method
- Verify Termly by matching `TermlyBot` to a public crawler reference or source-linked documentation, then checking reverse DNS, IP ownership, request behavior, and crawl consistency.
Classification
- Type
- Security
- Kind
- Scanner
- Family
- Termly
- Purpose
- Security
Behavior and handling
- Common Use
- Termly is used for security scanning, malware checks, vulnerability assessment, certificate review, and site-safety analysis.
- Detection Notes
- Termly traffic is primarily detected by the `TermlyBot` user-agent pattern; a representative HTTP user-agent is `Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/W.X.Y.Z Safari/537.36 (compatible; TermlyBot/W.X; +http://www.termly.io/bot.html)`. Compare source IPs, reverse DNS, request paths, and crawl cadence before trusting the traffic.
- Respects robots.txt
- No
- Spoofing Risk
- Termly has medium spoofing risk because user-agent strings can be copied; pair the match with DNS, IP, behavior, or operator evidence.
- Risk
- Neutral
- Recommended Handling
- Depends
Rules and controls
- Robots.txt Snippet
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# This agent may ignore robots.txt. Use authenticated access controls or network policy when blocking is required.
Relationships
- Operator
- Termly Checked 2026-06-23
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.