# Install anubis with Homebrew, apk, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, zypper Protect resources from scraper bots. Version 1.25.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-22. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:anubis ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install anubis ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install anubis ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: mail/anubis/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - apk (92%): ```sh sudo apk add anubis ``` Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: anubis from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz - dnf (92%): ```sh sudo dnf install anubis ``` Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: anubis from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#anubis ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/an/anubis/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - pacman (92%): ```sh sudo pacman -S anubis ``` Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: anubis from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz - zypper (92%): ```sh sudo zypper install anubis ``` Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: anubis from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:anubis - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 1.25.0 - **Source summary:** Protect resources from scraper bots - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** MIT - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-06-22T14:02:43-07:00 - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - anubis (cli) - anubis (alias) ## Build dependencies - bash - brotli - go - node - zstd ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 1.25.0 - Package-manager updated: 2026-06-22 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/TecharoHQ/anubis - Upstream latest detected: v1.25.0 (current) ## Project history and usage Anubis is Techaro's Web AI Firewall Utility for protecting web resources from scraper bots. It is a modern reverse-proxy-era security CLI: install one binary or container, put it between a load balancer and an upstream app, and tune bot policy and challenge behavior. ### Project history The official README frames Anubis as a response to heavy scraper traffic from AI companies, especially for smaller sites that cannot or do not want to depend on a larger hosted protection service. The setup docs describe it as a component that sits between a reverse proxy such as Nginx or Caddy and the target service, one Anubis instance per protected service. The project is implemented and released actively through the TecharoHQ/anubis repository. Its release feed shows a fast-moving 1.x series, with v1.26.0-pre1 in June 2026 including security, metrics, policy, localization, and performance work. ### Adoption history Anubis entered package-manager ecosystems quickly for a young security tool: the input package facts list Homebrew, Alpine, Fedora, MacPorts, Nix, Arch, and openSUSE packaging. The README also links a Repology packaging badge, suggesting upstream cares about distribution visibility. Its adoption story is tied to the post-LLM web: administrators use it when they need proof-of-work challenges, allow/deny/challenge bot rules, and reverse-proxy integration without moving the whole site behind a proprietary edge service. ### How it is used Operators run Anubis as a reverse proxy or sidecar and configure target service routing with environment variables plus a policy file. Official docs document BIND, TARGET, PUBLIC_URL, cookie settings, metrics settings, and POLICY_FNAME, while the policy docs define YAML or JSON rules for paths, user agents, headers, remote addresses, actions, challenge difficulty, and metrics. The policy file is the important package-nerd surface: it is not just a daemon config, it is the distribution of bot behavior. The default policy file, local overrides, known-good bot allowlists, and reverse-proxy examples are where the package turns from binary into operational security posture. ### Why package nerds care Anubis is interesting because it is a small, installable answer to an infrastructure-wide problem. It sits at the intersection of Go single-binary packaging, container images, reverse proxy snippets, and web-administration policy files. For package maintainers, Anubis also has a moving target problem: security advisories, bot identifiers, browser behavior, and AI-crawler names change quickly, so the value of a package is not only the binary but also timely updates and clear policy migration notes. ### Timeline - 2025: Public 1.x tags and package-manager entries establish Anubis as a distributable CLI service. - 2026: v1.26.0-pre1 release notes include security-advisory work, metrics policy moves, pprof gating, localization, and performance improvements. ### Related projects - Caddy, Nginx, Traefik, HAProxy, Apache, and Kubernetes appear in official deployment documentation as front-end environments for Anubis. - The official default bot policy file is the related configuration artifact most users customize. ### Sources - Official README, installation docs, policy docs, release feed, and source_facts.package-manager. ## Security Notes narrow executable package without higher-risk signals. - **Geiger risk:** green / low - narrow executable package without higher-risk signals ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** anubis - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Head Version:** HEAD - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Nix - anubis: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/an/anubis/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - apk - anubis - 1.25.0-r3: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: anubis from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Block AI scrapers using a sha256 proof-of-work challenge | https://github.com/TecharoHQ/anubis - apk - anubis-doc - 1.25.0-r3: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: anubis-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Block AI scrapers using a sha256 proof-of-work challenge (documentation) | https://github.com/TecharoHQ/anubis - apk - anubis-openrc - 1.25.0-r3: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: anubis-openrc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Block AI scrapers using a sha256 proof-of-work challenge (OpenRC init scripts) | https://github.com/TecharoHQ/anubis - dnf - anubis - 1.24.0-4.fc44: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: anubis from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Weighs the soul of incoming HTTP requests to stop AI crawlers | https://github.com/TecharoHQ/anubis - pacman - anubis - 1.25.0-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: anubis from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Reverse proxy to protect against scraper bots | https://anubis.techaro.lol/ - zypper - anubis - 1.25.0-1.3: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: anubis from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | Web AI Firewall Utility | https://github.com/TecharoHQ/anubis - MacPorts - anubis: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: mail/anubis/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Related links - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [Security and crypto packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/security-crypto-tools/) - Matched security, identity, cryptography, password, signing, or certificate metadata. - [Homebrew utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew-utility-packages/) - Matched Homebrew package provider. - [bash](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/bash/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [brotli](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/brotli/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [go](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/go/) - 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Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, security. - [clamav](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/clamav/) - Security-sensitive metadata or terminology overlaps. Shared terms: anti, cli, security. - [miasma](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/miasma/) - Security-sensitive metadata or terminology overlaps. Shared terms: anti, cli, scraping, security. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/anubis.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/anubis.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated package history - package version freshness - av.db category and tag curation - package relationship graph - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph