About this bot
yacybot is a configurable crawler associated with YaCy deployment operator and used for distributed search crawling.
Primary directory identity signal: yacybot. Representative HTTP identity: YaCy/yacybot family by default; crawler agent profiles and custom identities are supported.
Directory status: Active. Identity classification: Verified with High confidence. Identity type: configurable open source crawler.
robots.txt behavior depends on the deployment or selected operating mode. Do not assume one universal policy for every request carrying this identity.
Risk classification: Neutral. Recommended handling is to evaluate the request context before allowing, rate-limiting, or blocking.
How to identify this bot
- User-agent and crawler identifiers
-
yacybotYaCy/yacybot family by default; crawler agent profiles and custom identities are supported - Also known as
- YaCy; YaCyBot
Details
- Kind
- Configurable crawler
- Family
- YaCy
- Purpose
- Distributed search crawling
- Common Use
- Distributed web crawling and indexing for YaCy peer-to-peer search networks, intranet search, and custom crawl jobs.
- Respects robots.txt
- Depends
Verification
- Identity Type
- configurable-open-source-crawler
- Evidence Method
- Recognize yacybot as the default YaCy family when present, but attribute by peer/deployment context because YaCy supports alternate and custom crawler-agent profiles.
- Detection Notes
- YaCy includes robots parsing and agent profiles; robots identity/behavior can depend on the selected crawler agent and deployment configuration.