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A bot (derived from the word "robot") is an tool that carries out repetitive and mundane automated edits on a regular basis to help maintain OpenStreetMap.

Bots are able to make edits very rapidly and can disrupt OpenStreetMap if they are incorrectly designed or operated.

List of bots

Note that this list is far from complete.

Bot name	Description	Active / Last used	OSM data submitting account	Owner / operator contact	Language(s)
czechreg	Makes automatic corrections (and updates) of Czech administrative boundaries and places.	Very active	czechreg (on osm, edits, contrib, heatmap)	xificurk (on osm)	English
SafwatHalaby_bot	Performs various tasks related to name tags, bus stops, and brands/chain stores (for now in Israel).	Active	SafwatHalaby_bot (on osm, edits, contrib, heatmap)	SafwatHalaby (on osm)	English, Hebrew, Arabic, Russian
SearchAroundBot	Lets Telegram users insert new nodes in OSM via the Telegram bot @SearchAroundBot. Currently limited to drinking_water and toilets amenities.	Rarely active	SearchAroundBot (on osm, edits, contrib, heatmap)	@Kercos	English
Wall-E	Carries out automatic corrections of specific errors in Germany and Austria.	Aug 2015	Wall·E (on osm, edits, contrib, heatmap)	Oli-Wan (on osm)	English
botika	Used to repair street names in Colombia.	May 2013	botika (on osm, edits, contrib, heatmap)	ikks (on osm)	English, Spanish
General Dreedle	Automatically reverts edits by blacklisted contributors.	Jan 2013	General Dreedle (on osm, edits, contrib, heatmap)	Richard (on osm)	English
MS BOT	Makes adjustments to tags within French speaking community.	Nov 2012	MS BOT (on osm, edits, contrib, heatmap)	Marcussacapuces91 (on osm)	French
BugBuster	Splits long ways, removes duplicate nodes (worldwide activity).	Oct 2012	BugBuster (on osm, edits, contrib, heatmap)	Bürste (on osm)	English
xybot	Cleanup of tags, removing null tags, trimming leading and trailing spaces, correcting common typos.	Sept 2012	xybot (on osm, edits, contrib, heatmap)	xylome (on osm)	English, German
Fixbot	Algorithmic changes can be made within a defined geographical areas (mostly in the United States).	March 2012	woodpeck_fixbot (on osm, edits, contrib, heatmap)	Frederik Ramm (on osm)	English, German
is_in-bot	Adds is_in=* tags to places in Germany.	Nov 2008	is_in-bot (on osm, edits, contrib, heatmap)	flohoff (on osm)	English, German