# Miasma

8 Hacker News commenters recommended Miasma and 6 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 2 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Free tool that traps AI web scrapers in an endless loop of poisoned content, praised for its idea and name. Critics doubt it works against major crawlers and say it may hurt the site owner.

## What people warn about

- Ineffective against major crawlers (3 comments): "This project's selective protection of the major players reinforces that effect" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47563449)) "it certainly won't work against Google" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47563197)) "it won't work, especially on gemini" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47563018))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Anubis](https://hackerapproved.com/p/anubis.md): 164 recommend
- [iocaine](https://hackerapproved.com/p/iocaine.md): 9 recommend
- [Poison Fountain](https://hackerapproved.com/p/poison-fountain.md): 5 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Miasma", https://hackerapproved.com/p/miasma/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).