# Install miasma with Homebrew Trap AI web scrapers in an endless poison pit. Version 0.4.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-19. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:miasma ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install miasma ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:miasma - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 0.4.0 - **Source summary:** Trap AI web scrapers in an endless poison pit - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **License:** GPL-3.0-or-later - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-07-19T06:35:51Z - **Generated:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+00:00 ## Executables - miasma (cli) - miasma (alias) ## Build dependencies - rust ## Uses from macOS - sqlite ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-08-04 - Package-manager version: 0.4.0 - Package-manager updated: 2026-07-19 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/austin-weeks/miasma - Upstream latest detected: v0.4.0 (current) ## Project history and usage Miasma is a Rust-based anti-scraping tool from the austin-weeks/miasma GitHub project. Its README frames it as a way to send AI web scrapers into an endless set of generated pages rather than ordinary site content, using hidden links on a site and a reverse proxy route such as an Nginx location that points scraper traffic at the Miasma server. ### Project history The project belongs to the small tarpit/honeypot family of anti-crawler tools that emerged in response to large-scale AI scraping. Its documented usage is deliberately simple: place hidden, inaccessible-to-humans links into normal pages, proxy the trap path to Miasma, and let Miasma generate self-referential pages under that path. The README also documents operational guardrails such as rate limiting and a maximum number of in-flight connections. ### How it is used Its adoption signal is early and package-manager-specific: Homebrew packages it as `miasma`, Hacker News discussed the GitHub project, and the formula builds it from Rust source. Compared with general bot-blocking middleware, its niche is narrower and more adversarial: it is not a crawler classifier or robots.txt policy tool, but a poison-page generator for site operators who intentionally want unwanted scrapers to waste work. ### Sources - - - - ## Security Notes No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for miasma. Package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL. ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** miasma - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Related links - [Source-control packages](https://pkg.so/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family. - [Terminal utility packages](https://pkg.so/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Language runtime packages](https://pkg.so/language-runtime-packages/) - Matched language runtime, compiler, or interpreter metadata. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://pkg.so/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [rust](https://pkg.so/brew/rust/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [feroxbuster](https://pkg.so/brew/feroxbuster/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, rust, security. - [rustscan](https://pkg.so/brew/rustscan/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, rust, security. - [jwt-cli](https://pkg.so/brew/jwt-cli/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, rust, security. - [cargo-audit](https://pkg.so/brew/cargo-audit/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, rust, security. - [yara-x](https://pkg.so/brew/yara-x/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, rust, security. - [cargo-deny](https://pkg.so/brew/cargo-deny/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, rust, security. - [evtx](https://pkg.so/brew/evtx/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, rust, security. - [gpg-tui](https://pkg.so/brew/gpg-tui/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, rust, security. - [cloakbrowser](https://pkg.so/npm/cloakbrowser/) - Security-sensitive metadata or terminology overlaps. 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