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πŸš€ I built a privacy-first Robots.txt Generator (100% browser-side, no login)
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πŸš€ I built a privacy-first Robots.txt Generator (100% browser-side, no login)

via Dev.to WebdevSaravanan S4h ago

πŸ” Why I built this While working on multiple projects, I noticed something frustrating: Most robots.txt generators are either too basic Or they require server-side processing / data submission Or they clutter the UI with ads and upsells For something as simple (yet critical) as robots.txt, I wanted: πŸ‘‰ Fast πŸ‘‰ Private πŸ‘‰ Developer-friendly So I built: πŸ‘‰ https://robotstxtgenerator.io ⚑ What makes it different? 🧠 1. Runs fully in your browser No API calls. No backend processing. Your rules never leave your machine Works even offline (PWA-ready direction) πŸ”’ 2. Privacy-first by design No login No tracking of input No data storage 🧩 3. Smart & flexible generation Allow / Disallow rules Sitemap integration Crawl delay Multiple user-agents πŸ§ͺ 4. Built-in tester Validate your robots.txt instantly before deploying. 🎯 5. Clean output (no junk) You get production-ready output like: User-agent: * Disallow: /admin/ Allow: / Sitemap: https://example.com/sitemap.xml πŸ›  Tech stack Vanilla JavaScript (no he

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