SalamandraVLM
recommended: observeSalamandraVLM is a web crawler operated by Aithlas that downloads website content for AI vision-language model research.
What it does
SalamandraVLM crawls websites to build AI training datasets, and its operator decides which sites, how often, and how deep it goes. Expect broad sweeps that fetch far more pages per visit than a search crawler would, on an unpredictable schedule. Volume can run heavy while a collection pass is underway, then stop entirely.
How to identify it
User-agent contains any of:
SalamandraVLM
robots.txt
Well-behaved crawlers honor robots.txt. To control SalamandraVLM:
Allow full access
User-agent: SalamandraVLM
Allow: /Block entirely
User-agent: SalamandraVLM
Disallow: /
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