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robots.txt https://www.openstreetmap.org/robots.txt read 2026-10-03

Agent	Rules it follows (RFC 9309)	Over the whole file
*	the `*` group	21 Disallow rules; `/` allowed

With no group of their own, these follow the * group: Googlebot, Bingbot, GPTBot, OAI-SearchBot, ChatGPT-User, ClaudeBot, Claude-SearchBot, Claude-User, Google-Extended, Applebot-Extended, PerplexityBot, CCBot, Bytespider, meta-externalagent.

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