# Friendly Captcha

Hosted, invisible CAPTCHA service that protects websites and apps from bots with a proof-of-work puzzle that runs in the visitor's browser.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/friendly-captcha/
Last reviewed: 2026-11-03
Listed since: 2026-11-03

## Record

### Links

- home: https://friendlycaptcha.com/
- docs: https://developer.friendlycaptcha.com/
- pricing: https://friendlycaptcha.com/#pricing

### Identity

- status: hosted-service
- maintainer: Friendly Captcha GmbH
- maintainerType: company
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: unknown
- hqCountry: DE

### Kind

- category: forms
- hosting: unknown
- language: unknown
- runtime: unknown
- runtimeMin: unknown
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

- contentStore: not applicable
- databases: not applicable
- adminUi: not applicable
- headlessApi: not applicable
- templating: not applicable
- i18n: not applicable

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: unknown
- renderingModes: not applicable
- installMethod: unknown

### License

- licenseModel: saas
- license: unknown

### Releases

- currentMajor: unknown
- latestReleaseDate: unknown

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: unknown
- packagistDownloads: unknown
- npmWeeklyDownloads: unknown
- contributors: unknown
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- urls: https://friendlycaptcha.com/ (read 2026-11-03)
- urls: https://developer.friendlycaptcha.com/ (read 2026-11-03)
- maintainer: https://friendlycaptcha.com/legal/terms/ (read 2026-11-03)
- hqCountry: https://friendlycaptcha.com/legal/terms/ (read 2026-11-03)
- category: https://friendlycaptcha.com/ (read 2026-11-03)
- urls: https://friendlycaptcha.com/ (read 2026-11-03)

## Notes

Friendly Captcha is a hosted CAPTCHA service for websites and apps. A site adds the Friendly Captcha widget to a form, and the widget solves a proof-of-work puzzle for each visitor's device in the background while the visitor fills in the form, so the visitor is not shown a challenge to complete. The service is run by Friendly Captcha GmbH from Germany and states that it uses no cookies and stores no personal data from users.

## Worth knowing

The Starter plan limits requests per month, and paid plans raise those limits and the number of protected domains. A free CAPTCHA is offered for non-commercial websites with low traffic. The Enterprise plan adds a self-hosted endpoint option. The open source integrations for React, Vue and Angular are published separately from the hosted service.

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Credit, in full: FindSoftware, CC BY 4.0