RTILA 🕷️ — The story of how we name our versionsBrand Story
RTILA comes from Moroccan Darija for “spider.” We started as a web scraping tool—crawling pages and snaring “preyed” data—then naturally evolved into full web-browser automation so teams can complete the entire value cycle: mining/scraping → transformation → enrichment → monetization.
How our version names work
There are tens of thousands of spider species across Arachnida, with distinct traits—venom chemistry, hunting tactics, camouflage, social behavior, web architecture, even underwater living. Each RTILA codename highlights the newly added capabilities in that release by pairing them with a spider whose signature trait best mirrors the release theme.
What we match (feature ↔ spider trait)
- Intelligence & planning ↔ problem-solving hunters (e.g., Portia)
- Stealth & anti-detection ↔ concealed/camouflaged ambushers (trapdoor, crab spiders)
- Power per footprint ↔ high-impact species (widows, funnel-webs)
- Speed & agility ↔ jumpers and pursuit hunters
- Resilience & reliability ↔ desert/cave specialists
- Webcraft & orchestration ↔ orb-weavers and tension-trap engineers
- Specialized environments ↔ underwater, dune-rolling, or gliding spiders
Release history & spider codenames
We keep your current names for V1, V7, and V8 and propose aligned codenames for V2–V6 based on the feature themes you described publicly.
| Version | Codename (Spider) | Genus / Species | What the name signals | New in this version (highlights) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| V1 (Jan 2020) | Cellar Spider | Pholcus phalangioides | Light footprint, “mosquito hunter” start | First public release focused on streamlined web scraping foundation. |
| V2 | Huntsman | Family Sparassidae | Agility & reach | Greater reach and movement across the web: network/identity options, improved inspector, broader actions. |
| V3 | Net-Caster | Deinopis spp. | Smart capture tactics | Major automation leap: human-like typing, conditions, pagination/infinite scroll controls, better fingerprint handling. |
| V4 | Trapdoor | Infraorder Mygalomorphae | Orchestrated, stepwise ambush | Reliability & flow orchestration focus; smoother sequencing and project portability. |
| V5 | Weaver | Family Araneidae | Structured data, stronger webs | New dataset system, smarter recording, cloud sheets, improved compilation—building a sturdier “web” for scale. |
| V6 | Cloud Orb | Nephila/Trichonephila spp. | Cloud-ready, resilient architecture | Cloud runs, revamped UI, built-in inspector, and a cross-platform launcher for reliable execution. |
| V7 (2024) | Black Widow | Latrodectus spp. | Potent, compact, stealthy | Overhauled anti-bot/anti-fingerprint stack; stronger compiler; schema/DB upgrades; later V7.1 added AI-assisted extraction. |
| V8 (2025) | Portia | Portia fimbriata | Strategy, planning, adaptive stealth | Integrated AI Assistant for reasoning/problem-solving + further stealth to reduce automation detection. |
Remember: codenames highlight what’s newly added. Every version keeps and builds on previous strengths.
See the spiders behind the names
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Why this matters
RTILA codenames are signals of what’s newly added in each release. Our platform is cumulative: every version inherits and builds on prior strengths. Names act like chapter titles—they don’t rewrite the story; they add new depth.
Explore the full changelog
For deep-dives and technical notes, see our public release pages: