# Say hello to Sketchy the spam fighter

DevFeed: [Say hello to Sketchy the spam fighter](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/say-hello-to-sketchy-the-spam-fighter-2132.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://developers.soundcloud.com/blog//say-hello-to-sketchy-the-spam-fighter>)

Published: 2013-10-07T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [SoundCloud Backstage Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/soundcloud-backstage-blog.md>)

Topics: [web applications](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/web-applications.md>)

Tags: [apis](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/apis.md>), [framework](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/framework.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>), [web-applications](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/web-applications.md>)

## AI overview

Sketchy is an open-source framework for combating spam and repeated malicious activity in web applications. It has been deprecated and replaced by other services.

## Source excerpt

Sketchy is a spam-fighting, open-source software framework developed by SoundCloud engineers Matt Weiden, Rany Keddo, and Michael Brückner...