kagibot — What It Is and How to Handle It

kagibot is the web crawler for Kagi, a privacy-focused ad-free search engine. It crawls the web to build Kagi's independent search index to provide high-quality, personalized search results without tracking users.

Operator: kagibot | Type: Search Engine | Category: Search Engine

kagibot is a search engine crawler. Blocking it may affect your visibility in its associated search engine. Most publishers choose to allow verified search engine crawlers.

Centinel automatically detects kagibot using behavioral fingerprinting. When detected, you can allow it, block it, challenge it with an interstitial page, or set a per-request licensing fee — all enforced in real-time with under 2ms latency.