Spam and Anti-bot Protection

Configure CAPTCHAs, IP address limits, and other anti-spam measures.

reCAPTCHA

reCAPTCHA helps prevent credential stuffing. Only reCAPTCHA v2 is supported:

Generate site and private keys at http://www.google.com/recaptcha
Invisible Captcha

Invisible Captcha helps prevent the creation of spam accounts. It adds a honeypot field and time-sensitive form submission to the account signup form. Read their documentation.

Akismet

Akismet helps prevent the creation of spam issues in public projects. How do I configure Akismet?

Generate API key at http://www.akismet.com
IP address restrictions
Maximum number of unique IP addresses per user.
How many seconds an IP counts toward the IP address limit.
Spam Check
The API key used by GitLab for accessing the Spam Check service endpoint.

Abuse reports

Receive notification of abuse reports by email. Learn more.