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title: Install Nepenthes on elementary OS using the Snap Store | Snapcraft
description: Get the latest version of Nepenthes for on elementary OS - A tarpit intended
  to catch web crawlers
url: https://snapcraft.io/install/nepenthes/elementary
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# Install Nepenthes on **elementary OS**

# Nepenthes

[Oliver Calder (oac)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/oac "View all snaps from Oliver Calder (oac)")

* [Oliver Calder (oac)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/oac "View all snaps from Oliver Calder (oac)")

[Install](https://snapcraft.io/install/nepenthes/elementary#install)

#### A tarpit intended to catch web crawlers

Nepenthes is a tarpit intended to catch web crawlers. It is developed by
Aaron B. For more information about Nepenthes, please see:

<https://zadzmo.org/code/nepenthes/>

This snap package is maintained by Oliver Calder, and is not affiliated
with nor endorsed by the upstream Nepenthes project or its author.

## Configuration

By default, `nepenthes` listens on port 8893. To change this or other
configuration settings, edit the config file:

`/var/snap/nepenthes/current/config.yaml`

Please see the upstream documentation for full configuration options:

<https://zadzmo.org/code/nepenthes/>

## Training

Nepenthes uses a markov corpus to populate generated pages with words. It
is recommended that you provide training data to train the markov babbler.
This can be done by sending arbitrary data to nepenthes, for example:

`cat /path/to/file.txt | nepenthes.train-markov-corpus`

If training is interrupted, you can skip lines you have already trained.
For example, to skip the first 150 lines of the training file:

`cat /path/to/file.txt | nepenthes.train-markov-corpus 150`

If you wish to delete the markov corpus and start again, run:

`nepenthes.delete-markov-corpus`

## License

This snap package is licensed under the MIT license, the same license as the
Nepenthes project.

### Package name

* nepenthes

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### License

* MIT

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### Last updated

* 2 August 2025 - latest/stable
* 2 August 2025 - latest/edge

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### Websites

* [zadzmo.org](https://zadzmo.org/code/nepenthes/ "https://zadzmo.org/code/nepenthes/")

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### Contact

* [github.com/olivercalder/nepenthes-snap/issues](https://github.com/olivercalder/nepenthes-snap/issues "https://github.com/olivercalder/nepenthes-snap/issues")

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### Source code

* [zadzmo.org](https://zadzmo.org/downloads/nepenthes "https://zadzmo.org/downloads/nepenthes")
* [github.com/olivercalder/nepenthes-snap](https://github.com/olivercalder/nepenthes-snap "https://github.com/olivercalder/nepenthes-snap")

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### Report a bug

* [github.com/olivercalder/nepenthes-snap/issues](https://github.com/olivercalder/nepenthes-snap/issues "https://github.com/olivercalder/nepenthes-snap/issues")

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##### Report a Snap Store violation

* [Report this Snap](https://snapcraft.io/install/nepenthes/elementary#report-snap-modal)

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## Enable snaps on elementary OS and install Nepenthes

Snaps are applications packaged with all their dependencies to run on all popular Linux distributions from a single build. They update automatically and roll back gracefully.

Snaps are discoverable and installable from the [Snap Store](https://snapcraft.io/store), an app store with an audience of millions.

### Enable snapd

Snap can be installed on elementary OS from the command line. Open *Terminal* from the Applications launcher and type the following:

```
sudo apt update
sudo apt install snapd
```

Either log out and back in again, or restart your system, to ensure snap’s paths are updated correctly.

### Install Nepenthes

To install Nepenthes, simply use the following command:

```
sudo snap install nepenthes
```

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