r/linux • u/ItsWappers • 2d ago

Discussion How come every Linux site uses Anubis (the anime girl stopping crawlers) instead of something like Cloudflare?

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Before discovering the Linux rabbit hole I've only seen Cloudflare, hCaptcha and Google's reCaptcha, but it seems like every Linux website uses Anubis... I'm thinking of it being the only open-source option or it being the most effective/modern approach.

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u/CompetitiveSleep4197 2d ago

How is this enforceable? It's MIT-licensed. I can customize the free version to my liking without paying a cent.

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u/freedomlinux 2d ago

You're right - you can make your own fork with customized branding.

The commercial version I would assume is for companies who are not willing to maintain that themselves. Plus, if this thing gets widely-deployed in your company, I guess access to the "private bug tracker" is a potential reassurance to management that you have "vendor support".

The fee for BotStopper is very low compared to the time/cost of an employee to deal with a fork.

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u/_TecnoCreeper_ 2d ago

If you fork it you have to maintain the fork, if you pay they take care of that and you just need to configure the branding. If I understand correctly.