Robots.txt Generator: SEO Crawl Rules for Any Website

Generate a perfect robots.txt file for your Next.js or React application. Define crawl rules, sitemaps, and user agents in seconds.

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Disallow Paths
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User-agent: *
Disallow: /api/
Disallow: /_next/
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Why Every Website Needs a Proper Robots.txt

A well-configured robots.txt file is one of the simplest yet most impactful SEO improvements you can make to any website. Search engines like Google allocate a limited crawl budget to each site — the number of pages they will fetch in a given period. Without a robots.txt, crawlers waste budget on internal routes, admin panels, and API endpoints that should never appear in search results.

By explicitly blocking these paths, you direct crawlers toward your valuable content pages. Adding a Sitemap directive ensures bots discover every indexable URL efficiently. This generator includes presets for common frameworks like Next.js, WordPress, and more — configure rules visually and export a standards-compliant file ready for any platform.

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