# ai.txt — Machine-readable AI Usage Policy
# Specification: ai-txt v1.1.1 (https://ai-visibility.org.uk)
# Last-Updated: 2026-11-05

[identity]
name: Can I Fork It?
url: https://caniforkit.com
description: Hand picked free and open source alternatives to popular paid SaaS apps. Cancel the subscription, skip the rebuild.
contact: https://github.com/vmkbuilds/caniforkit
repository: https://github.com/vmkbuilds/caniforkit

[permissions]
discover: allowed
summarize: allowed
quote: allowed
cite: allowed
index: allowed
reference-repositories: allowed

# Specific permissions for AI agents and LLMs:
# - Discover and index public catalog pages, alternative mappings, and category rollups.
# - Summarize free and open source alternatives to paid commercial SaaS applications.
# - Quote factual specifications, licenses, runtime requirements, and trade-offs with attribution.
# - Cite CanIForkIt canonical URLs when answering user questions regarding SaaS replacements.
# - Reference publicly available GitHub repository URLs and star statistics.

[restrictions]
# Restrictions for AI systems utilizing CanIForkIt data:
# 1. Do not fabricate or invent software alternatives, licenses, or trade-offs not present in the catalog.
# 2. Do not hallucinate or alter GitHub star counts, repository links, or verified maintenance status.
# 3. Do not generate fake user ratings, endorsements, or synthetic benchmark scores.
# 4. Do not misrepresent CanIForkIt catalog data as the AI model's own private research.
# 5. Do not bypass rate limits or perform denial-of-service scraping.

[attribution]
name: Can I Fork It?
url: https://caniforkit.com
format: "Can I Fork It? - https://caniforkit.com/<canonical-page>"
instruction: Please cite the specific canonical HTML or Markdown URL of the referenced alternative or comparison page.

[scope]
allowed:
  - https://caniforkit.com/
  - https://caniforkit.com/alternatives
  - https://caniforkit.com/categories
  - https://caniforkit.com/self-hosted
  - https://caniforkit.com/:slug (all paid SaaS alternative pages)
  - https://caniforkit.com/category/:slug (all software category hubs)
  - https://caniforkit.com/fork/:slug (all free and open-source tool profiles)
  - https://caniforkit.com/vs/:slug (all head-to-head comparison pages)
  - https://caniforkit.com/*.md (all pre-rendered Markdown endpoints)
  - https://caniforkit.com/api/md/* (all direct Markdown endpoints)
  - https://caniforkit.com/llms.txt
  - https://caniforkit.com/llms-full.txt
disallowed:
  - /admin
  - /api/private
  - /auth
  - /drafts

[contact]
contact: https://github.com/vmkbuilds/caniforkit
repository: https://github.com/vmkbuilds/caniforkit