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 You can find a json-list of the same in [gothub/gothub-instances](https://codeberg.org/gothub/gothub-instances).
 
+### Instance rules
+
+These are the rules an instance must follow to be in our official instance list.
+
+Most of these rules have been copied from the [invidious project](https://docs.invidious.io/instances).
+
+- Instance MUST have been updated in the last month.
+- Instances using any EXTERNAL DDoS Protection / MITM / Anti-Bot protection MUST be marked as such.
+- Instances MUST NOT use any sort of web analytics
+- Instances MUST NOT serve ads
+- Instances MUST NOT restrict or disallow the access / usage to any natural person (eg. a country's IP range MUST NOT be blocked, access by a natural person MUST NOT be disallowed for arbirary reason) - this rule doesn't apply to juridical persons.
+
+These rules may change at any time, we will inform the current hosters in the list, and give them 2 weeks so they can correct it
+
 ## Setup
 
 See [gothub.app/docs](https://gothub.app/docs) for information about setting up GotHub.