hostinger.com: what it tells AI crawlers
On 28 October 2026, hostinger.com's robots.txt fully blocked CCBot; it also published llms.txt and signalled ai-train=no.
Last verified 2026-10-29 03:59 UTC (daily run of 2026-10-28). Proof for that day.
- Panel
- top 10k (Tranco)
- robots.txt
- ok (HTTP 200) · https://www.hostinger.com/robots.txt
unchanged since 2026-10-28 · sha256b563b915aac97eaa…· view as recorded - The * group
- allows applies to every agent without its own group
Per AI bot, 2026-10-28
| User agent | Verdict | How |
|---|---|---|
| GPTBot | allows | named in its own group |
| OAI-SearchBot | allows | named in its own group |
| ChatGPT-User | allows | named in its own group |
| ClaudeBot | allows | named in its own group |
| Claude-SearchBot | allows | named in its own group |
| Claude-User | allows | named in its own group |
| PerplexityBot | allows | named in its own group |
| Perplexity-User | allows | named in its own group |
| Googlebot | allows | through the * group |
| Google-Extended | allows | named in its own group |
| Applebot-Extended | allows | through the * group |
| CCBot | blocks | named in its own group |
| Bytespider | blocks | named in its own group |
| Meta-ExternalAgent | allows | named in its own group |
| Amazonbot | allows | through the * group |
| DuckAssistBot | allows | named in its own group |
| Google-CloudVertexBot | allows | named in its own group |
| Google-NotebookLM | allows | named in its own group |
| meta-externalfetcher | allows | named in its own group |
| MistralAI-User | allows | named in its own group |
| YouBot | allows | named in its own group |
Other signals
| Publishes /llms.txt | yes |
| Publishes /ai.txt | no |
| Publishes /.well-known/tdmrep.json | no |
| Reserves TDM rights (TDMRep file, header or meta) | no |
| Declares Content Signals (robots.txt or header) | yes |
| Says ai-train=no in a Content Signal | yes |
| Points to an RSL licence (robots.txt License line or Link header) | no |
| Answers with an x402 payment offer (lower bound: only the homepage is probed) | no |
| Answers HTTP 402 Payment Required (lower bound: only the homepage is probed) | no |
| Sends noai / noimageai directives | no |
| Refused our fetcher (403 / challenge) | no |
Content signals: search=yes, ai-input=yes, ai-train=no for *; search=yes, ai-input=yes, ai-train=no for gptbot, oai-searchbot, chatgpt-user, claudebot, claude-searchbot, claude-user, google-extended, gemini-fetch, google-notebooklm, google-cloudvertexbot, perplexitybot, perplexity-user, meta-externalagent, meta-externalfetcher, duckassistbot, youbot, deepseek, mistralai-user
llms.txt: "Hostinger", 13,061 bytes, 64 links.
robots.txt as recorded sha256 c1f403752ad17a82…
# Hey there, curious crawler # We're hiring! Check out our career page: https://www.hostinger.com/career # # \ # \ # \\ # \\ # >\/7 # _.-(6' \ # (=___._/` \ # ) \ | # / / | # / > / # j < _\ # _.-' : ``. # \ r=._\ `. # <`\\_ \ .`-. # \ r-7 `-. ._ ' . `\ # \', '7 7) ) # \/ \| \' / `-._ # || .' # \\ ( # >\ > # ,.-' >.' # <.'_.'' # <' # # SEO wizards welcome - if you found this, you're the kind of curious we love. User-agent: * Disallow: */_nuxt/* Disallow: */tag/* Disallow: /cart-hosting/* Disallow: /api-proxy/ Disallow: /tutorials/*_ga Disallow: /tutorials/search/* Disallow: /tutorials/?s=* Disallow: /blog/*_ga Sitemap: https://www.hostinger.com/sitemap.xml Sitemap: https://www.hostinger.com/tutorials/sitemap_index.xml Sitemap: https://www.hostinger.com/blog/sitemap_index.xml Sitemap: https://www.hostinger.com/support/sitemap_index.xml Sitemap: https://www.hostinger.com/sitemap_index.xml Sitemap: https://www.hostinger.com/ae/sitemap.xml Disallow: /ar/tutoriales/*_ga Disallow: /ar/tutoriales/search/* Disallow: /ar/tutoriales/?s=* Sitemap: https://www.hostinger.com/ar/sitemap.xml Sitemap: https://www.hostinger.com/ar/tutoriales/sitemap_index.xml Disallow: /br/tutoriais/*_ga Disallow: /br/tutoriais/search/* Disallow: /br/tutoriais/?s=* Sitemap: https://www.hostinger.com/br/sitemap.xml Sitemap: https://www.hostinger.com/br/tutoriais/sitemap_index.xml Sitemap: https://www.hostinger.com/br/support/sitemap_index.xml Disallow: /co/tutoriales/*_ga Disallow: /co/tutoriales/search/* Disallow: /co/tutoriales/?s=* Sitemap: https://www.hostinger.com/co/sitemap.xml Sitemap: https://www.hostinger.com/co/tutoriales/sitemap_index.xml Sitemap: https://www.hostinger.com/hr/sitemap.xml Sitemap: https://www.hostinger.com/hk/sitemap.xml Sitemap: https://www.hostinger.com/cz/sitemap.xml Disallow: /de/tutorials/*_ga Disallow: /de/tutorials/search/* Disallow: /de/tutorials/?s=* Sitemap: https://www.hostinger.com/de/sitemap.xml Sitemap: https://www.hostinger.com/de/tutorials/sitemap_index.xml Sitemap: https://www.hostinger.com/dk/sitemap.xml Sitemap: https://www.hostinger.com/ee/sitemap.xml Disallow: /es/tutoriales/*_ga Disallow: /es/tutoriales/search/* Disallow: /es/tutoriales/?s=* Sitemap: https://www.hostinger.com/es/sitemap.xml Sitemap: https://www.hostinger.com/es/tutoriales/sitemap_index.xml Sitemap: https://www.hostinger.com/es/support/sitemap_index.xml Sitemap: https://www.hostinger.com/fi/sitemap.xml Disallow: /fr/tutoriels/*_ga Disallow: /fr/tutoriels/search/* Disallow: /fr/tutoriels/?s=* Sitemap: https://www.hostinger.com/fr/sitemap.xml Sitemap: https://www.hostinger.com/fr/tutoriels/sitemap_index.xml Sitemap: https://www.hostinger.com/fr/support/sitemap_index.xml Sitemap: https://www.hostinger.com/gr/sitemap.xml Sitemap: https://www.hostinger.com/hu/sitemap.xml Disallow: /id/tutorial/*_ga Disallow: /id/tutorial/search/* Disallow: /id/tutorial/?s=* Sitemap: https://www.hostinger.com/id/sitemap.xml Sitemap: https://www.hostinger.com/id/tutorial/sitemap_index.xml Sitemap: https://www.hostinger.com/id/support/sitemap_index.xml Sitemap: https://www.hostinger.com/il/sitemap.xml Disallow: /in/tutorials/*_ga Disallow: /in/tutorials/search/* Disallow: /in/tutorials/?s=* Sitemap: https://www.hostinger.com/in/sitemap.xml Sitemap: https://www.hostinger.com/in/tutorials/sitemap_index.xml Disallow: /in-hi/tutorials/*_ga Disallow: /in-hi/tutorials/search/* Disallow: /in-hi/tutorials/?s=* Sitemap: https://www.hostinger.com/in-hi/sitemap.xml Sitemap: https://www.hostinger.com/in-hi/tutorials/sitemap_index.xml Disallow: /it/tutorial/*_ga Disallow: /it/tutorial/search/* Disallow: /it/tutorial/?s=* Sitemap: https://www.hostinger.com/it/sitemap.xml Sitemap: https://www.hostinger.com/it/tutorial/sitemap_index.xml Sitemap: https://www.hostinger.com/jp/sitemap.xml Sitemap: https://www.hostinger.com/kr/sitemap.xml Sitemap: https://www.hostinger.com/lt/sitemap.xml Sitemap: https://www.hostinger.com/lt/support/sitemap_index.xml Sitemap: https://www.hostinger.com/lv/sitemap.xml Disallow: /mx/tutoriales/*_ga Disallow: /mx/tutoriales/search/* Disallow: /mx/tutoriales/?s=* Sitemap: https://www.hostinger.com/mx/sitemap.xml Sitemap: https://www.hostinger.com/mx/tutoriales/sitemap_index.xml Disallow: /my/tutorials/*_ga Disallow: /my/tutorials/search/* Disallow: /my/tutorials/?s=* Sitemap: https://www.hostinger.com/my/sitemap.xml Sitemap: https://www.hostinger.com/my/tutorials/sitemap_index.xml Sitemap: https://www.hostinger.com/nl/sitemap.xml Sitemap: https://www.hostinger.com/no/sitemap.xml Sitemap: https://www.hostinger.com/pk/sitemap.xml Disallow: /ph/tutorials/*_ga Disallow: /ph/tutorials/search/* Disallow: /ph/tutorials/?s=* Sitemap: https://www.hostinger.com/ph/sitemap.xml Sitemap: https://www.hostinger.com/ph/tutorials/sitemap_index.xml Sitemap: https://www.hostinger.com/pl/sitemap.xml Disallow: /pt/tutoriais/*_ga Disallow: /pt/tutoriais/search/* Disallow: /pt/tutoriais/?s=* Sitemap: https://www.hostinger.com/pt/sitemap.xml Sitemap: https://www.hostinger.com/pt/tutoriais/sitemap_index.xml Sitemap: https://www.hostinger.com/ro/sitemap.xml Sitemap: https://www.hostinger.com/se/sitemap.xml Sitemap: https://www.hostinger.com/sk/sitemap.xml Sitemap: https://www.hostinger.com/th/sitemap.xml Sitemap: https://www.hostinger.com/tr/sitemap.xml Sitemap: https://www.hostinger.com/ua/sitemap.xml Sitemap: https://www.hostinger.com/ua/support/sitemap_index.xml Disallow: /uk/tutorials/*_ga Disallow: /uk/tutorials/search/* Disallow: /uk/tutorials/?s=* Sitemap: https://www.hostinger.com/uk/sitemap.xml Sitemap: https://www.hostinger.com/uk/tutorials/sitemap_index.xml Sitemap: https://www.hostinger.com/vn/sitemap.xml
robots.txt versions
| From | Through | State | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-28 | 2026-10-28 | ok 200 | b563b915aac9 | diff with previous |
| 2026-10-26 | 2026-10-27 | ok 200 | 2e065ef4de00 |
Timeline of changes
| Date | What changed |
|---|---|
| 2026-10-28 | robots.txt changed |
Reconstructed history (Common Crawl)
From Common Crawl's robots.txt captures: what CCBot was served, one crawl per quarter. A separate series from the daily observations above; a 403 here means Common Crawl was refused, not this ledger.
| Crawl | Host | State | GPTBot | OAI-SearchBot | ChatGPT-User | ClaudeBot | Claude-SearchBot | Claude-User | PerplexityBot |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-21 CC-MAIN-2026-39 | www.hostinger.com | ok view | allows | allows | unknown | allows | allows | unknown | allows |
| 2025-09-15 CC-MAIN-2025-38 | www.hostinger.com | ok view | allows | allows | unknown | allows | allows | unknown | allows |
| 2024-09-16 CC-MAIN-2024-38 | www.hostinger.com | ok view | allows | allows | unknown | allows | allows | unknown | allows |
| 2023-10-02 CC-MAIN-2023-40 | www.hostinger.com | ok view | allows | allows | unknown | allows | allows | unknown | allows |
| 2022-10-03 CC-MAIN-2022-40 | www.hostinger.com | ok view | allows | allows | unknown | allows | allows | unknown | allows |
| 2021-09-27 CC-MAIN-2021-39 | www.hostinger.com | ok view | allows | allows | unknown | allows | allows | unknown | allows |
| 2020-09-28 CC-MAIN-2020-40 | www.hostinger.com | ok view | allows | allows | unknown | allows | allows | unknown | allows |
| 2019-09-23 CC-MAIN-2019-39 | www.hostinger.com | ok view | allows | allows | unknown | allows | allows | unknown | allows |
| 2018-09-24 CC-MAIN-2018-39 | www.hostinger.com | ok view | allows | allows | unknown | allows | allows | unknown | allows |
| 2018-04-23 CC-MAIN-2018-17 | www.hostinger.com | ok view | allows | allows | unknown | allows | allows | unknown | allows |
| 2018-01-29 CC-MAIN-2018-05 | www.hostinger.com | ok view | allows | allows | unknown | allows | allows | unknown | allows |
| 2017-10-23 CC-MAIN-2017-43 | www.hostinger.com | ok view | allows | allows | unknown | allows | allows | unknown | allows |
| 2017-09-25 CC-MAIN-2017-39 | www.hostinger.com | ok view | allows | allows | unknown | allows | allows | unknown | allows |
| 2017-07-24 CC-MAIN-2017-30 | www.hostinger.com | ok view | allows | allows | unknown | allows | allows | unknown | allows |
| 2017-04-24 CC-MAIN-2017-17 | hostinger.com | ok view | allows | allows | unknown | allows | allows | unknown | allows |
| 2017-01-23 CC-MAIN-2017-04 | hostinger.com | ok view | allows | allows | unknown | allows | allows | unknown | allows |
| 2016-10-03 CC-MAIN-2016-40 | www.hostinger.com | ok view | allows | allows | unknown | allows | allows | unknown | allows |
| 2016-09-05 CC-MAIN-2016-36 | www.hostinger.com | soft404 | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown |
Evidence
Every daily observation of hostinger.com is a leaf in that day's Merkle tree. Proof of the robots.txt line for 2026-10-28: audit path (JSON), day root and OpenTimestamps proof (pending (4 calendars)).
API: https://infrarabbit.com/crawlers/api/v1/policy/hostinger.com