Anubis ships opt-in WebAssembly checks after a year of work

Techaro's v1.28.0-pre1 release adds Rust-based proof-of-work methods, a JavaScript fallback and administrator-controlled activation.

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Why it matters

Anubis shows the hidden cost of turning a fast open-source fix into dependable infrastructure: compatibility and deployment discipline can dwarf the core code.

A modern, geometric interpretation of the god Anubis, made of dark metal, stands in a digital chamber with contained blue and green energy, suggesting dormant power.

Anubis's September 6th, 2026 retrospective details roughly a year of work on WebAssembly proof-of-work methods, culminating in an opt-in prerelease. Techaro CEO Xe Iaso (@theprincessxena) built the open-source anti-scraping proxy after an Amazon scraper overwhelmed xer's personal Git server. Iaso set out the development history in the September 6th retrospective.…

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