Does sourceforge.net block AI crawlers?
Open to AI crawlers
sourceforge.net doesn't block any of the major AI crawlers we track in its robots.txt.
Checked from sourceforge.net/robots.txt. Robots rules change; the live file is the source of truth.
- AI crawlers blocked
- 0 of 12
- AI bots named in robots.txt
- 0
- llms.txt
- Published
- Popularity
- Tranco top 500 (#248)
Can AI assistants cite sourceforge.net?
- ChatGPT search: its search crawlers may read the site
- Claude: its search crawlers may read the site
- Perplexity: its search crawlers may read the site
sourceforge.net doesn't opt out of AI model training through robots.txt. Training crawlers and answer crawlers are separate: blocking training doesn't by itself remove a site from AI answers.
AI crawler access, bot by bot
| Crawler | Used for | Status on sourceforge.net |
|---|---|---|
| GPTBotOpenAI | AI training | Some paths restricted |
| OAI-SearchBotOpenAI | AI answers | Some paths restricted |
| ChatGPT-UserOpenAI | AI answers | Some paths restricted |
| ClaudeBotAnthropic | AI training | Some paths restricted |
| Claude-SearchBotAnthropic | AI answers | Some paths restricted |
| Claude-UserAnthropic | AI answers | Some paths restricted |
| PerplexityBotPerplexity | AI answers | Some paths restricted |
| Google-ExtendedGoogle | AI training | Some paths restricted |
| Applebot-ExtendedApple | AI training | Some paths restricted |
| CCBotCommon Crawl | AI training | Some paths restricted |
| BytespiderByteDance | AI training | Some paths restricted |
| Meta-ExternalAgentMeta | AI training | Some paths restricted |
How sourceforge.net compares
- 19% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block GPTBot; sourceforge.net does not.
- 18% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block ClaudeBot; sourceforge.net does not.
- 14% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block PerplexityBot; sourceforge.net does not.
- Among 195 sites of similar popularity, 34% block at least one AI crawler.
The robots.txt rules that apply to AI crawlers
User-agent: * Allow: /p/*/ci/master/tree/$ Allow: /p/*/ci/main/tree/$ Allow: /p/*/ci/default/tree/$ Allow: /p/*/HEAD/tree/$ Allow: /p/*/HEAD/tree/trunk/$ Allow: /adobe/*/HEAD/tree/trunk/$ Allow: /software/vendors/optimize-software-for-ai-search/ Disallow: /p/*/code/ Disallow: /p/*/git/ Disallow: /p/*/svn/ Disallow: /p/*/hg/ Disallow: /p/*/search Disallow: /p/*/code-0/ Disallow: /p/*/tree/ Disallow: /adobe/*/tree/ Disallow: /p/*/search_feed/ Disallow: /p/*/search_help/ Disallow: /p/*/wiki/*/edit Disallow: /p/*/wiki/browse_tags/ Disallow: /p/*/discussion/create_topic/ Disallow: /p/*/discussion/stats Disallow: /*/ci/ Disallow: /*/commit_browser Disallow: /*/commit_browser_data Disallow: /*?barediff= Disallow: /*?diff= Disallow: /*/tarball Disallow: /code-snapshots/ Disallow: /*/bugs/new/ Disallow: /*/support-requests/new/ Disallow: /*/patches/new/ Disallow: /*/feature-requests/new/ Disallow: /*/tickets/new/ Disallow: /*/edit/ Disallow: /*/attachment/ Disallow: /*/_discuss/ Disallow: /projects/*/files/*/stats/timeline Disallow: /projects/*/files/stats/timeline Disallow: /projects/*/files/*/stats/map Disallow: /projects/*/files/stats/map
Excerpt: only groups for all user-agents (*) or named AI crawlers, up to 40 rules per group.
Sites with a similar AI policy
Does sourceforge.net block GPTBot?
No. As of Oct 2, 2026, sourceforge.net's robots.txt doesn't block GPTBot, though some paths are restricted for all crawlers.
Can ChatGPT search show results from sourceforge.net?
Its robots.txt doesn't block OAI-SearchBot or ChatGPT-User, so ChatGPT's search crawlers may read it. Whether pages are actually shown depends on ChatGPT.
Does sourceforge.net have an llms.txt file?
Yes — sourceforge.net/llms.txt was found when we checked.
Data: sourceforge.net's public robots.txt and llms.txt, fetched by AskableHQ. Popularity rank from the Tranco list (ID Y83YG). Methodology.