KimiBot
KimiBot is blocked by 77 sites in the October 2026 survey, or 1.2% of readable files. The community reference lists its operator as Moonshot AI.
Who runs KimiBot?
| Fact | KimiBot reference entry |
|---|---|
| Operator | “Moonshot AI” |
| Purpose | “AI Data Scrapers” |
| Does KimiBot obey robots.txt? | “Yes” |
| Frequency | “No information provided.” |
| Cloudflare managed list for KimiBot | No |
These facts quote the stored community ai.robots.txt reference.
“KimiBot crawls content potentially used to train Kimi's foundation models. Documented by Moonshot AI at https://www.kimi.ai/policies/kimi-crawlers”
This entry is classed as a crawler collecting data for AI. Someone asking an assistant to open a page is using it for an immediate answer. An owner may permit that request and block automatic training collection.
How many sites block it?
Our readable sample has 77 whole-site blocks, 1.2% of 6,171 files, with Disallow: / as the instruction. Of that full sample, 76 name this crawler, or 1.2%. The count without a whole-site block is 6,094.
Across Tranco’s top 1,000 ranks, there were 552 readable files. Among them, 2 files carry the name, or 0.4%, with 3 files blocking the whole site. The leading sites have a lower block share, 0.5%. Farther down, 74 of 5,619 files record a block, 1.3% of that group.
| Readable files | Named by | Named share | Blocked by | Blocked share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KimiBot, all ranks | 76 | 1.2% | 77 | 1.2% |
| KimiBot, top 1,000 | 2 | 0.4% | 3 | 0.5% |
| KimiBot, remaining ranks | 74 | 1.3% | 74 | 1.3% |
Here, the total counts whole-site blocks recorded for this crawler. It leaves out general User-agent: * instructions. Of 77 blocks, 2 do not also appear in our count of files naming it. Names and bans overlap in 75 files. We also found 1 file with a name and no whole-site ban, plus 6,095 files omitting the name. Case changes and repeated spellings are merged.
How to block or allow it
Edit the root robots.txt file on your site. The robots.txt standard gives a KimiBot group precedence over User-agent: * for this crawler.
Block the whole site
User-agent: KimiBot
Disallow: /Allow access
User-agent: KimiBot
Allow: /It's the 78th most-named crawler of the 171 we counted in the crawler index.
Which other crawlers does this operator run?
How we counted
For KimiBot, our 19 October 2026 collection used Tranco’s top 10,000 sites. Each file had 8 seconds to arrive, up to 262,144 bytes. Missing, unreachable and oversized files do not contribute to these shares. Repeat readings are included, using scripts/robots_2026_08_06.py (robots.py at app commit 07104ff). See the full survey method.
Common questions
Can a file name it and still allow it?
The 76 files that mention its name do not all record a whole-site ban. Those without one total 1.
How do the shares compare by rank?
For naming rules, 0.4% of the leading sample mentions it, compared with 1.2% overall. Whole-site blocking is 0.5% at leading ranks and 1.2% across the full sample.
What other entry is close in the index?
The nearby EchoboxBot entry reports 74 files that name it and 70 whole-site blocks, 1.1% of readable files. Here, 76 files mention the name and 77 block access, or 1.2%.