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These are the kind of reactions I get when I recommend Anubis to deal with bots at work, what alternatives are there? (europe.pub)
submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
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At work I was asked by a different team how we can deal with bots, because someone in my team remembered that I knew how to do it.

I reluctantly suggested Anubis because I got shit for it last time, This is the URL https://anubis.techaro.lol/

This is the 2nd and last time I will ever recommend Anubis anywhere at work to deal with bots because of how unprofessional, un-serious and weird others perceive it.

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The mascot being a ~10 year old "cutsie" anime cat girl is weird in a work setting.
I will never put myself in a situation again where I have to explain that it's not weird to anyone again, same for that URL.

What is a professional looking open-source alternative to Anubis?

Edit: No I can't just send my colleges here https://anubis.techaro.lol/docs/admin/botstopper The issue is they find the Mascot and domain weird, they will still run into both.

My Goal: Recommend a Open-Source bot protection tool

The Issue: When I send my coworkers to https://anubis.techaro.lol/docs/admin/botstopper they find the mascot and URL weird.

Result: They don't see Anubis as a serious tool and turn away from it

What is a professional looking open-source alternative to Anubis?

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[–] [S] 22 points 6 days ago* (16 children)

.net is perfectly fine, and C-Suites won't frown at it.

Thanks for this, I really want to integrate your tool,

Plain and boring sounds great, I'd much rather see us using Open-Source tools than just turn to cloudflare or something, these changes would make it possible for me and others to push for this at work.

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  • [–] 44 points 6 days ago (13 children)

    @Ek-Hou-Van-Braai I have made https://botstopper.net/. It is vibecoded as a stylistic choice. Everything in docs/ is copied from the BotStopper repo but with some information that would give attakcers hints deleted.

    Enjoy the utter lack of whimsy.

    As an aside, please DM me somehow. I have feedback to give about your post.

    https://botstopper.net/

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  • [–] 17 points 6 days ago*

    Nice. And you made sure to mention Anubis, but without it being a clickable link.

    Perfect for many of the fun-policing prudes I've worked with. (They will never ever actually google a keyword themselves.)

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  • [–] -1 points 6 days ago (5 children)

    @cadey @Ek-Hou-Van-Braai Normally I'd frown at AI usage/vibecoding, but this is delightful trolling of the OP and I absolutely love it.

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  • [–] [S] 6 points 6 days ago (4 children)

    How is this trolling me? it's literally what I was looking for.

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  • [–] 3 points 6 days ago (3 children)

    @Ek-Hou-Van-Braai Yes, your 3,000 comments on here have made it abundantly clear what you're looking for.

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  • [–] [S] -1 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (2 children)

    So no, the dev isn't trolling me.

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  • [–] -1 points 5 days ago (1 child)

    So your outfit is not going to notice that it says " Built by the creators of Anubis" on the page? They are not going to google research what this solution is and figure out it's the same unprofessional project you recommended last time? And your guys work government projects?

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