*KICKS DOOR DOWN*

Hey everyone! Hate AI web crawlers? Have some spare CPU cycles you want to use to punish them?

Meet Nepenthes!

https://zadzmo.org/code/nepenthes

This little guy runs nicely on low power hardware, and generates an infinite maze of what appear to be static files with no exit links. Web crawlers will merrily hop right in and just .... get stuck in there! Optional randomized delay to waste their time and conserve your CPU, optional markovbabble to poison large language models.
Nepenthes - ZADZMO.org

Making web crawlers eat shit since 2023

The software gets it's name from a genus of carnivorous pitcher plants with a climbing vine-like growth habit and often vividly colored traps to consume insects. They were popular in Victorian times as decoration in greenhouse.

He's one of mine, a hybrid cultivar. (This is almost #bloomscrolling )
If you decide to run this software, please let me know the instance URL. Partially for my own curiosity, but possible future plans might be having different instances coordinate with each other.

All feedback in general is welcome! Feel to reach out for assistance as well. @ me publicly, DM, or email me, my primary address is also my Fediverse ID.
@aaron The idea of multiple tarpits juicing up each others' page ranks is hilarious. 😆