Thu, Oct 8 02:43 AM

Show HN: Botscent – Library to Detect Agents on your site

Hacker News•Wed, Oct 7, 2026, 08:18 PM•2 min read

Hi HN, sharing a weekend hack: Botscent, a library to detect agents on your site * Detects Instinct, Muse, Dot, Grok Bot and many others * Works with ~all TypeScript and Python setups * Tiny (5KB), 0 deps, starts in 5ms Try it in your project to hide ads, change prices, log agents, simplify pages...

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