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title: Install Nepenthes on Linux | Snap Store
description: Get the latest version of Nepenthes for Linux - A tarpit intended to
catch web crawlers
url: https://snapcraft.io/nepenthes
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# 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)")
latest/stable 1.2-d1
Install latest/stable of Nepenthes
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**Install using the command line**
```
sudo snap install nepenthes
```
Don't have snapd? [Get set up for snaps](https://snapcraft.io/docs/installing-snapd).
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### 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/nepenthes#report-snap-modal)
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* [Description](https://snapcraft.io/nepenthes#tab-description)
* [Security](https://snapcraft.io/nepenthes#tab-security)
#### 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:
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:
## 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.
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## Install Nepenthes on your Linux distribution
Choose your Linux distribution to get detailed installation instructions. If yours is not shown, get more details on the [installing snapd documentation](https://snapcraft.io/docs/installing-snapd).
[### Arch Linux](https://snapcraft.io/install/nepenthes/arch)
[### CentOS](https://snapcraft.io/install/nepenthes/centos)
[### Debian](https://snapcraft.io/install/nepenthes/debian)
[### elementary OS](https://snapcraft.io/install/nepenthes/elementary)
[### Fedora](https://snapcraft.io/install/nepenthes/fedora)
[### KDE Neon](https://snapcraft.io/install/nepenthes/kde-neon)
[### Kubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/nepenthes/kubuntu)
[### Manjaro](https://snapcraft.io/install/nepenthes/manjaro)
[### Pop!\_OS](https://snapcraft.io/install/nepenthes/pop)
[### openSUSE](https://snapcraft.io/install/nepenthes/opensuse)
[### Red Hat Enterprise Linux](https://snapcraft.io/install/nepenthes/rhel)
[### Ubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/nepenthes/ubuntu)
[### Raspberry Pi](https://snapcraft.io/install/nepenthes/raspbian)