SSH honeypot, deployed in the wild, collecting and sharing data

A Curated List of Awesome Honeypots

This is a work-in-progress curated list of honeypots. Feel free to contact me with any suggestions.

Page last updated 18 Mar 2025.

Contents

All-in-one

  • chameleon  676   36   updated 6 days ago
    19 Customizable honeypots for monitoring network traffic, bots activities and username\password credentials (DNS, HTTP Proxy, HTTP, HTTPS, SSH, POP3, IMAP, STMP, RDP, VNC, SMB, SOCKS5, Redis, TELNET, Postgres, MySQL, MSSQL, Elastic and ldap)
  • honeypot  52   3   updated 1 month ago
    Honeypot that emulates several protocols (incl. SSH, telnet, SMTP, HTTP, SSL and SIP)
  • honeytrap  1,243   50   updated 6 days ago
    Advanced Honeypot framework.
  • tpotce  7,575   204   updated today
    🍯 T-Pot - The All In One Multi Honeypot Platform 🐝
  • dionaea  736   44   updated 2 days ago
    Home of the dionaea honeypot
  • Python-Honeypot  456   24   updated today
    OWASP Honeypot, Automated Deception Framework.
  • dshield  460   51   updated 3 weeks ago
    DShield Raspberry Pi Sensor

Counter-Honeypots

  • HoneypotBuster  281   23   updated 2 weeks ago
  • kippo_detect  57   7   updated 1 month ago
    Quick proof of concept to detect a Kippo SSH honeypot instance externally

Database

  • pg-server  47   7   updated 1 month ago
    Postgres DB server emulator, proxy or honeypot
  • MongoDB-HoneyProxy  92   7   updated 4 months ago
    A honeypot proxy for mongodb. When run, this will proxy and log all traffic to a dummy mongodb server.
  • nosqlpot  102   14   updated 1 month ago
    The NoSQL Honeypot Framework
  • pghoney  19   1   updated 1 month ago
    Low-interaction Postgres Honeypot
  • mysql-honeypotd  32   5   updated 3 weeks ago
    Low interaction MySQL honeypot written in C

Email

  • hermes  9   5   updated 1 month ago
    SMTP honeypot built on top of the Salmon mail server
  • mailoney  265   13   updated today
    An SMTP Honeypot

Other

  • conpot  1,291   95   updated 1 week ago
    ICS/SCADA honeypot
  • awesome-honeypots  8,999   389   updated today
    an awesome list of honeypot resources
  • opencanary  2,418   76   updated today
    Modular and decentralised honeypot
  • bluepot  251   14   updated 1 week ago
    Bluetooth Honeypot

SSH

  • cowrie  5,413   123   updated today
    Cowrie SSH/Telnet Honeypot https://docs.cowrie.org/
  • kippo  1,651   84   updated 1 day ago
    Kippo - SSH Honeypot
  • SecureHoney  23   7   updated 11 months ago
    SSH honeypot written in C

Telnet

  • telnet-iot-honeypot  305   15   updated 2 months ago
    Python telnet honeypot for catching botnet binaries
  • hontel  160   10   updated 2 months ago
    Telnet Honeypot

Web

  • honeyhttpd  46   1   updated 1 month ago
    HoneyHTTPD is a Python-based web server honeypot/service imitation builder. Great for honeypots or faking HTTP services.
  • ssh-honeypot  645   30   updated 3 days ago
    Fake sshd that logs ip addresses, usernames, and passwords.
  • glastopf  574   50   updated 2 days ago
    Web Application Honeypot
  • snare  461   34   updated 1 week ago
    Super Next generation Advanced Reactive honEypot
  • tanner  225   14   updated 2 weeks ago
    He who flays the hide
  • django-admin-honeypot  1,046   31   updated 5 days ago
    :honey_pot: A fake Django admin login screen page.
  • wordpot  182   10   updated 1 month ago
    A Wordpress Honeypot