yacybot
Reviewyacybot is a search crawler from YaCy used for search indexing, URL discovery, page rendering, result freshness.
User-Agent
yacybotUser-agent strings are identity signals, not proof of identity. Confirm the source and behavior before trusting a request.
Verification and Detection
Verification method: Verify yacybot by matching `yacybot` to YaCy evidence, then checking reverse DNS, source-network ownership, signed request data, or published crawler documentation when available.
yacybot traffic is primarily detected by the `yacybot` user-agent pattern; related patterns include `YaCy-Bot`. Compare source IPs, reverse DNS, request paths, and crawl cadence with YaCy infrastructure before trusting the traffic.
Handling Guidance
Use this record as identity context. Verify the request source, behavior, and relevance to your site before allowing or restricting traffic.
yacybot is used for search indexing, URL discovery, page rendering, result freshness, and search-quality checks.
Record Details
- Aliases
- YaCy Bot
- Type
- search
- Operator
- YaCy
- Family
- YaCy
- Kind
- Crawler
- Purpose
- Indexing
- Identity
- Official Documented
- Detection confidence
- High
- Spoofing risk
- Yacybot Has Medium Spoofing Risk Because The User Agent Can Be Copied, Even When The Bot Has Strong Source Or Documentation Support.
- Status
- Active
- Respects robots.txt
- Yes
- Last verified
- 2026 04 01
Robots.txt Snippet
User-agent: yacybot
Disallow: /