Who is fetchcheck for?

fetchcheck is a B2B product built for website owners and SEO professionals.

Yes — fetchcheck is free to use.

Is fetchcheck still maintained?

Unverified. fetchcheck has not been re-checked since it entered the index, so there is no finding either way — and only a positive finding would say otherwise.

What are alternatives to fetchcheck?

Similar projects tracked by PulseGate include EfficiencyNext Data Connector, CKB, and GITVERSE.

Who develops fetchcheck?

fetchcheck is developed by Sitedex.

How long has fetchcheck been around?

fetchcheck first shipped in 2025.

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fetchcheck

Name: fetchcheck
Author: Sitedex

sitedex.devDeveloper Tools

Fetchcheck is a free web tool by Sitedex that lets users submit any URL to be fetched by their signed SitedexBot crawler. It checks robots.txt, performs a signed request, and displays exactly what the site returned — allowed content, blocked, challenged by a CAPTCHA, or empty. This helps site owners understand and debug how their bot protection affects legitimate AI crawlers and other trusted automated agents.

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Overview

4 features

fetchcheck is a Developer Tools project. It focuses on determining whether a website's bot protection or WAF will allow trusted signed crawlers used by AI assistants to access published content. It is built as a B2B product for website owners and SEO professionals. fetchcheck costs nothing to use. fetchcheck is available on the web.

Behind fetchcheck is Sitedex, and it first shipped in 2025. Among its 4 catalogued features are signed crawler test, robots.txt check, and response inspection.

Summary written by a language model from the project’s public pages.

Signed crawler test
Robots.txt check
Response inspection
Bot protection diagnostics

Built with & integrations

Framework

React

Hosting

Cloudflare

Runs on

Browser

Detected from

React: __remixManifest in the HTML
Cloudflare: cf-ray header

Trust & compliance

Verified signals

HTTPSPrivacy Policy Terms of ServiceFree tier

Legal

Indexing history

What PulseGate has recorded for this listing

Indexed3 Aug · 20:52 UTC
Show HN: Fetchcheck – send a signed crawler to any site and see if it gets in verified against its public source
Source: PulseGate · Open

Frequently asked questions about fetchcheck

What does fetchcheck do?: Fetchcheck focuses on determining whether a website's bot protection or WAF will allow trusted signed crawlers used by AI assistants to access published content. It is catalogued under Developer Tools on PulseGate.
Who is fetchcheck for?: fetchcheck is a B2B product built for website owners and SEO professionals.
Is fetchcheck free?: Yes — fetchcheck is free to use.
What platforms does fetchcheck run on?: fetchcheck runs on the web.
Is fetchcheck still maintained?: Unverified. fetchcheck has not been re-checked since it entered the index, so there is no finding either way — and only a positive finding would say otherwise.
What are alternatives to fetchcheck?: Similar projects tracked by PulseGate include EfficiencyNext Data Connector, CKB, and GITVERSE.EfficiencyNext Data Connector CKB GITVERSE
Who develops fetchcheck?: fetchcheck is developed by Sitedex.
How long has fetchcheck been around?: fetchcheck first shipped in 2025.

At a glance

Pricing: Free
Platforms: Web
Languages: English
Built for: Website owners and SEO professionals
Model: B2B
Solves: Determining whether a website's bot protection or WAF will allow trusted signed crawlers used by AI assistants to access published content.

Developer

Sitedex

Live coverage

Identity confidence: High · 87.8
Indexed: 3 Aug 2026
Lifecycle: Alive
Last seen: 3 Aug 2026

Identity audit (13)

Slug: show-hn-fetchcheck-send-a-signed-crawler-to-any-site-and-s-sitedex-dev
Lifecycle state recorded: 3 Aug 2026
Verification state: Indexed for public listing
Listing state: Listed: yes
Index status: Included in index
Latest evidence snapshot: 3 Aug 2026
Timeline basis: Indexed-at chronology. This listing's first-seen date was written by the catalog backfill, not observed here, so it is not treated as a sighting.
Name from: Derived from the project's own page and URL.
Category from: Assigned by a language model.
Summary from: Written by a language model from public pages.
Languages from: Detected by a language model, checked against the page's own declaration.
Last updated: 3 Aug 2026
Canonical URL: https://sitedex.dev/tools/fetchcheck

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