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robots.txt Tester — Check if a URL Is Crawlable

Paste your robots.txt and any URL to see whether Googlebot, Bingbot, GPTBot, or any user-agent is allowed to crawl it. Implements the Google longest-match rule.

Runs 100% in your browser — nothing is uploaded.

Result
Blocked
Blocked by a Disallow rule.
Matched: Disallow: /admin/ · Group: User-agent: *

Frequently asked

Which matching rules are used?

The Google-style spec: longest matching path wins, `*` matches any sequence, `$` anchors to end-of-URL. When Allow and Disallow tie on length, Allow wins.

Do all crawlers follow the same rules?

No — robots.txt is a voluntary convention. Google, Bing, and most major crawlers respect it. Malicious scrapers ignore it entirely. Use authentication or rate-limiting for anything you actually need to protect.

What about the user-agent I entered?

The tester picks the most specific group that matches your user-agent (case-insensitive exact match), then falls back to the `User-agent: *` group. If neither exists, the URL is treated as allowed.

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