Anubis
Web AI firewall utility which protects upstream resources from scraper bots.
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Still maintained? Yes: 132 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v1.28.2 (Oct 2026).
Comparisons in Miscellaneous: ChatGPT alternatives, DeepL alternatives.
At a glance
Anubis quick facts
- Health score
- 98/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 23,831
- Last commit
- yesterday (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- v1.28.2, Oct 2026
- Licence
- MIT
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In its own words
The project's README opens: "Anubis is a Web AI Firewall Utility that weighs the soul of your connection using one or more challenges in order to protect upstream resources from scraper bots."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
Anubis scores 98/100, #3 of 77 in Miscellaneous: 132 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (v1.28.2, 7 days ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 23,831 stars add 17.5 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and Docker support adds the final 10. That places it in the good band (70 and above). The biggest shortfall is star count, worth 2.5 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
Health over time
- Commit activity 35.0 / 35
132 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
v1.28.2 released 7 days ago
- Stars biggest shortfall 17.5 / 20
24k stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support 10.0 / 10
Docker image or Compose file available
Commit activity
- 132
- Last 90 days
- 333
- Last 12 months
- yesterday
- Last push
Ranked #3 of 77 tools in Miscellaneous by health , between Reactive Resume (#2) and Infisical Community Edition (#4) .
Details
| Licence | MIT |
| Platforms | Docker, deb, Go |
| Latest release | v1.28.2 · 7 days ago |
| Stars | 23,831 |
| Open issues | 330 |
| Docker | Yes |
| Repository | TecharoHQ/anubis ↗ |
Anubis vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a category with Anubis (Miscellaneous), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| penpot | 99 | 62k | MPL-2.0 | today |
| Reactive Resume | 99 | 45k | MIT | today |
| Anubis (this tool) | 98 | 24k | MIT | yesterday |
| Infisical Community Edition | 98 | 30k | MIT | today |
| ConvertX | 97 | 19k | AGPL-3.0 | 2 days ago |
| URL-to-PNG | 54 | 256 | MIT | 3 months ago |
Anubis: common questions
Is Anubis still maintained?
Anubis had 132 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was yesterday; the latest tagged release, v1.28.2, is from 7 days ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.
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