GitHub - TecharoHQ/anubis: Weighs the soul of incoming HTTP requests using proof-of-work to stop AI crawlers
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Weighs the soul of incoming HTTP requests using proof-of-work to stop AI crawlers - TecharoHQ/anubis

I just started using this myself, seems pretty great so far!

Clearly doesn’t stop all AI crawlers, but a significantly large chunk of them.

  • drkt@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    33·
    11 hours ago

    Anubis is provided to the public for free in order to help advance the common good. In return, we ask (but not demand, these are words on the internet, not word of law) that you not remove the Anubis character from your deployment.
    If you want to run an unbranded or white-label version of Anubis, please contact Xe to arrange a contract.

    This is icky to me. Cool idea, but this is weird.

    • LiveLM@lemmy.zipEnglish
      121·
      10 hours ago

      …Why? It’s just telling companies they can get support + white-labeling for a fee, and asking you keep their silly little character in a tongue-and-cheek manner.
      Just like they say, you can modify the code and remove for free if you really want, they’re not forbidding you from doing so or anything

      • bitcrafter@programming.devEnglish
        2·
        5 hours ago

        Just like they say, you can modify the code and remove for free if you really want, they’re not forbidding you from doing so or anything

        True, but I think you are discounting the risk that the actual god Anubis will take displeasure at such an act, potentially dooming one’s real life soul.

      • TheOakTree@lemm.eeEnglish
        21·
        10 hours ago

        Yeah, it seems entirely optional. It’s not like manually removing the Anubis character will revoke your access to the code. However, I still do find it a bit weird that they’re asking for that.

        I just can’t imagine most companies implementing Anubis and keeping the character or paying for the service, given that it’s open source. It’s just unprofessional for the first impression of a company’s website being the Anubis devs’ manga OC…

        • F04118F@feddit.nlEnglish
          4·
          10 hours ago

          It is very different from the usual flat corporate style yes, but this is just their branding. Their blog is full of anime characters like that.

          And it’s not like you’re looking at a literal ad for their company or with their name on it. In that sense it is subtle, though a bit unusual.

          • TheOakTree@lemm.eeEnglish
            21·
            10 hours ago

            I don’t think it’s necessarily a bad thing. Subtle but unusual is a good way to describe it.

            However, I would like to point out that if it is their branding, then the character appearing is an advertisement for the service. It’s just not very conventional or effective advertising, but they’re not making money from a vast majority of implementations, so it’s not very egregious anyway.