Built for the machine
that never sleeps.
gottem is a bandwidth-sharing app from Spider. Leave a machine on and it carries crawl traffic within the limits you set. You get credit for every megabyte.
macOS, Windows, Linux and Android. Needs a home line and a signed-in desktop.
- Made for
- Hardware that stays on
- A mini PC, a home server that boots to a desktop, the spare laptop that never leaves the shelf. Anything that sits on a home line all day.
- You set
- Cap, block list, two switches
- A speed ceiling saved per device, a block list with thirteen default categories, and a separate switch for each lane. We never override any of them.
- We count
- Bytes at the gateway
- Each request is metered as it passes the gateway and credited to the account the device is linked to. The activity tab on the device shows the same traffic as it moves.
Controls
Every limit lives on the device.
The cap, the block list and both lane switches are set in the app on the machine that carries the traffic. Nothing on our side can raise a cap or unblock a host.
- Switch
Off until you turn it on
A fresh install carries nothing. A consent screen says what will pass through your line, and traffic starts only after you accept it. The same switch turns it off.
- Speed cap
5, 25, 100 Mbps, a number of your own, or none
A ceiling on proxied traffic, both directions combined, saved on the device it applies to. Change it any time and it takes effect at once.
- Block list
Thirteen categories, plus your own hosts
Banking, webmail, streaming, gaming, ticketing, shopping, social, search, travel, HR and cloud tools are refused by default, each on its own switch. Add a domain and its subdomains are refused too. Ad, tracking and IP-check hosts stay blocked.
- History
Read on the device, never sent
At setup the app can read that machine's browser history and block the 25 domains it visits most, refreshed daily. The history and the list built from it stay on the machine.
- Activity
Live, per device
The activity tab lists each open stream by destination host and port with bytes up and down. The overview shows data carried, CPU, memory and open streams for this device.
- Stop
Switch, quit, or unlink
Turn a lane off and it stops. Quit the app and it stops. Unlink the device from your dashboard and it credits nothing until you link it again.
Metering
Counted at the gateway, credited to the account.
- Proxy lane
Per gigabyte carried
The gateway counts what the device carries and credits the linked account. The per-GB rate rises with the volume the account has carried over its life and with how well the connection scores. It differs by account, so the number is on your dashboard and not on this page.
- Browser lane
Per hour of renders
Pages that need a real browser can render on your machine, in a private session that cannot reach your profiles or files. Counted as machine-active time, so overlapping renders count once. It has its own switch; leave it off and only the proxy lane runs.
- Payout
Monthly, through Stripe
A month's credits pay out the following month in US dollars once the balance clears the minimum. Smaller balances roll forward. The dashboard shows the minimum and where the account stands.
- Lines
Residential and mobile only
A device behind a data-center, cloud or VPN address is refused on both lanes and credits nothing.
Volume is not promised
A device gets what the crawler routes to it, and that depends on demand near you. Some months are quiet. Nothing on this page promises a rate or a volume. The month so far and the account's rate are on the dashboard.
Setup
Install once. It comes back after every reboot.
A desktop app with a tray icon, so the box needs a signed-in desktop session. Linux ships as a .deb and an AppImage, Windows as an installer, macOS as one universal build. Android covers phones and Android-based TVs.
macOS, one line
$ curl -fsSL https://spider.cloud/peer.sh | shThe script fetches the macOS build, copies it to Applications and opens it. The build is not yet notarized, so the first launch asks for an allow in System Settings. On Linux and Windows, download the build instead.
First launch
01Accept the consent screen
It says what will pass through your line and lets you set the cap before anything moves. Nothing is carried until you accept.
02Link the box
The app shows a short code and a QR code. Approve it within 15 minutes, or paste your account key into Settings. An unlinked device credits nothing. Approve a code
03Leave it
The app registers itself to start at login: a LaunchAgent on macOS, a scheduled task on Windows, a systemd user unit on Linux. Updates prompt on launch and never install on their own.
Desktop and mini PC
Build- macOSone universal build
- Windows10 and 11, x64
- Linuxx86-64, .deb or AppImage
- LinuxARM64, AppImage
Phone and tablet
APK- Android8.0 and up
- iOSno build
TV boxes
APK- Android TVsame APK
- Fire TVFire OS 7 and up
- Rokuno build
- Samsung Tizenno build
- LG webOSno build
Headless and containers
- NASno build
- Dockerno image
- Server without a desktopno build
Plain terms
Read this before you switch it on.
The app shows the same points on its consent screen and waits for you to accept them. The privacy policy and the terms carry the detail.
- 01
Other people's web requests travel through your connection and leave from your IP address. Spider operates the network. The traffic is its crawler loading, rendering and testing public websites for spider.cloud customers.
- 02
Sites the crawler visits see your address, not ours.
- 03
It uses your data allowance and can slow the line while it runs. The cap is how you bound that. The app can also hold the machine awake while it carries traffic.
- 04
Turn it off with the switch that turned it on, quit the app, or unlink the device. Any of the three stops it.
- 05
Run it only on a device and a connection that are yours to lend, and check your ISP agreement first; some forbid it. You need to be old enough to sign a contract where you live.
- 06
Your own browsing is never routed, read or recorded. This is not a VPN.
Questions from people who run hardware at home.
09 answers
Can it run headless, on a NAS or a server with no display?
Not today. The app is a desktop program with a tray icon and needs a logged-in desktop session, so a NAS or a headless server is out. A mini PC or home server that boots to a desktop works, and so does a spare laptop left signed in. There is no container image and no service-only build.
Does it come back after a reboot?
Yes. On first launch it registers itself to start at login: a LaunchAgent with keep-alive on macOS, a per-user scheduled task on Windows, a systemd user unit tied to the graphical session on Linux. If the box should come back with nobody at the keyboard, set the OS to log that user in automatically.
Is the speed cap per device?
Yes. Each machine keeps its own cap in a file on that machine, with presets of 5, 25 and 100 Mbps, a number you type, or no cap. It bounds proxied traffic in both directions combined. The block list and the two lane switches are per device as well.
What traffic does it carry?
Requests from Spider's crawler to public web pages, the same network that serves spider.cloud customers, plus browser renders if you turn that lane on. Anything on the block list is refused on the device before it leaves. Your own browsing is never routed or read.
How does the block list work?
Thirteen categories ship refused by default, among them banking, webmail, streaming, gaming, ticketing, shopping, social and search, and each has its own switch. Add a domain and its subdomains are covered by suffix match. At setup the app can also read the browser history on that machine and block the 25 domains it visits most; the history never leaves the device.
How is traffic metered, and where do I see it?
The gateway counts every request the device carries and credits the account it is linked to. On the device, the activity tab lists open streams by destination with bytes up and down, and the overview shows data carried, CPU and memory. The dashboard shows the account's month so far and its rate. No rate is printed on this page because rates differ by account.
Can I link more than one machine?
Yes. Each device shows its own code and links on its own, and each keeps its own cap and block list. Linked devices are listed on your dashboard, where you can unlink any of them.
What does it cost the machine?
The overview shows the app's CPU and memory use as it runs. While it carries traffic it can hold the machine awake, which is the point on a box that stays on and worth knowing on a laptop. On battery it reports the state and is routed less.
Which builds exist?
macOS as one universal build for Intel and Apple Silicon, not yet notarized, so the first launch needs an allow in System Settings. Windows 10 and 11 on x64. Linux x86-64 as a .deb and an AppImage, with ARM64 lighting up in the device list when the release index carries it. Android 8 and up, which also covers Android TV and Fire TV. There is no iOS build.
Account
Open an account, then link the box.
Email and password, or Google, GitHub or Discord. The account is where devices link and credits collect; the install and the consent screen come after, on the machine itself.
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