What is Termly?
Direct Answer: Termly bot scanners for site compliance
User-Agent Identification
The following user-agent strings identify Termly in your live traffic data:
Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/W.X.Y.Z Safari/537.36 (compatible; TermlyBot/W.X; +http://www.termly.io/bot.html)
robots.txt Rules for Termly
Respects robots.txt: No
This bot does not commit to following robots.txt
Termly does not officially follow robots.txt directives. The only reliable way to control access is through server-side blocking (IP filtering, user-agent rules in your web server config) combined with log monitoring to verify effectiveness.
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Crawl Activity Index
Relative crawl activity for Termly over the past 28 days. Higher values indicate increased crawling intensity compared to the period baseline.
View recent activity data (last 7 days)
| Date | Activity Index |
|---|---|
| Mar 28, 2026 | 16.7 |
| Mar 29, 2026 | 22.3 |
| Mar 30, 2026 | 19.4 |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 22.0 |
| Apr 1, 2026 | 11.6 |
| Apr 2, 2026 | 25.8 |
| Apr 3, 2026 | 46.1 |
Source: Cloudflare Radar
Why track Termly traffic?
Identify and classify unknown crawler activity. Termly may appear in your live traffic data with varying frequency. Tracking its behavior helps you decide whether to allow, throttle, or block it based on actual data.
Protect your crawl budget. Every bot request consumes server resources. Understanding what Termly crawls helps you prioritize the crawlers that matter.
Log Verification
To verify Termly traffic in your live traffic data:
- Search access logs for the user-agent strings listed above
- Check if the IP addresses match documented ranges (if provided by Termly)
- Verify the crawl pattern matches documented behavior
- Use reverse DNS lookup for additional verification if available
Note: Observed behavior in production environments may differ from official documentation. Live traffic monitoring provides the only reliable verification of actual bot behavior.
Official Documentation
View Official Termly Documentation →
Information sourced from official documentation. Content generated with AI assistance.