Supercazzola is a web tar pit tool that dynamically generates endless, interconnected webpages to poison web scrapers that ignore robots.txt. It uses Markov chains and pseudo-random link generation to create an 'Eternal Garbage Braid' and includes bot monitoring capabilities. The project is open-source and has been updated to version 2.0.0.
Background
Web scrapers often ignore robots.txt files, leading to unauthorized data collection and server load. Tools like Supercazzola are designed to waste scraper resources by generating endless, meaningless content.
- Source
- Lobsters
- Published
- Mar 19, 2026 at 05:29 AM
- Score
- 5.0 / 10