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Anubis vs UUSEC WAF: catalog facts
Anubis	UUSEC WAF
Free Free and open source under the MIT licence, funded by sponsors.	Free Offered free of charge by UUSEC Technology.
Self-hosted	Linux, Self-hosted
Blocks AI crawlers without relying on Cloudflare Lightweight enough for small self-hosted sites	Combines rule-based and machine learning detection Doubles as an nginx-based reverse proxy and cache
Visitors need modern JavaScript enabled Can block legitimate bots unless allowlisted	Documentation and project material lean heavily on marketing claims Parts of the community and documentation are Chinese-first
Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License: MIT	License: BSD-2-Clause
No account needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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