What is Greppr Web Crawler?
Greppr Web Crawler is a search engine crawler that indexes web content for Greppr, a search engine that focuses on providing unfiltered search results without tracking or ads. You can set up Agent Analytics to see when Greppr Web Crawler visits your website.
Overview
| Operated By | Greppr |
| Source | Official Website |
| Expected To Follow Robots.txt | Yes |
| Insights Last Updated | September 14, 2026 |
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Expected Behavior
Greppr Web Crawler follows an algorithmic schedule shaped by your site's popularity, update cadence, and domain authority. It generally spreads requests across recurring crawl passes, throttles itself to limit server load, and respects crawl rules more reliably than most other bots.
Greppr Web Crawler's User Agent
| User Agent | Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; Greppr Web Crawler/0.20.1 (https://greppr.org/)) |
How To Block Greppr Web Crawler With Robots.txt
Add this rule to your robots.txt file to block Greppr Web Crawler from accessing your website, or use Automatic Robots.txt to block all search engine crawlers at once. You can customize which pages are blocked by swapping out / for a different path.
User-agent: Greppr Web Crawler # https://knownagents.com/agents/greppr-web-crawler
Disallow: /Insights for Greppr Web Crawler
As of September 14, 2026, this data reflects agent visits measured across thousands of websites using Agent Analytics, combined with daily scans of the top 1000 websites and their robots.txt files.
Robots.txt Blocked Percentage
Country of Origin
Robots.txt Blocking Trend
6% of top websites block Greppr Web Crawler in their robots.txts.
Overall Search Engine Crawler Traffic
14.8% of all web traffic came from search engine crawlers.
Top Visited Website Categories
The types of websites most frequently visited by Greppr Web Crawler.
Frequently Asked Questions
Should I Block Greppr Web Crawler?
No, unless you want to remove your pages from that search engine. Greppr Web Crawler supplies its index, so blocking it can eliminate your visibility and organic traffic there. Nearly every website should allow this category. For context, 6% of the top websites we track currently have robots.txt rules for Greppr Web Crawler.
Does Greppr Web Crawler Follow Robots.txt Rules?
Yes. Greppr Web Crawler is expected to follow robots.txt rules, so a disallow rule is the appropriate first step. Automatic Robots.txt can add and maintain that rule, while Agent Analytics lets you verify whether Greppr Web Crawler respects it.
Does Greppr Web Crawler Access Private Content?
No special access. Greppr Web Crawler can reach only content available to anonymous visitors and does not sign in. Make sure sensitive content is not public by mistake.
How Can I Tell if Greppr Web Crawler Is Visiting My Website?
Agent Analytics tracks Greppr Web Crawler visits in real time. You can also check your server logs for requests whose user-agent string contains "Greppr Web Crawler". Look for recurring passes that revisit changed pages and discover new ones. Because Greppr Web Crawler does not publish a verification method, any client can claim its identity and a log match is only a clue.
Why Is Greppr Web Crawler Visiting My Website?
Greppr Web Crawler is adding new or changed pages to its search index. It may have discovered your site through links, a sitemap, or direct submission.