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 16 May 2025.

Contents

All-in-one

  • chameleon  683   36   updated 1 week 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 3 months ago
    Honeypot that emulates several protocols (incl. SSH, telnet, SMTP, HTTP, SSL and SIP)
  • honeytrap  1,255   50   updated 2 days ago
    Advanced Honeypot framework.
  • tpotce  7,851   206   updated today
    🍯 T-Pot - The All In One Multi Honeypot Platform 🐝
  • dionaea  746   44   updated 1 day ago
    Home of the dionaea honeypot
  • Python-Honeypot  461   24   updated 4 days ago
    OWASP Honeypot, Automated Deception Framework.
  • dshield  469   52   updated 2 days ago
    DShield Raspberry Pi Sensor

Counter-Honeypots

  • HoneypotBuster  282   23   updated 4 weeks ago
  • kippo_detect  57   7   updated 3 months ago
    Quick proof of concept to detect a Kippo SSH honeypot instance externally

Database

  • pg-server  48   7   updated 1 month ago
    Postgres DB server emulator, proxy or honeypot
  • MongoDB-HoneyProxy  92   7   updated 6 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 3 months ago
    The NoSQL Honeypot Framework
  • pghoney  19   1   updated 3 months ago
    Low-interaction Postgres Honeypot
  • mysql-honeypotd  33   5   updated today
    Low interaction MySQL honeypot written in C

Email

  • hermes  9   5   updated 3 months ago
    SMTP honeypot built on top of the Salmon mail server
  • mailoney  264   13   updated 1 month ago
    An SMTP Honeypot

Other

  • conpot  1,332   96   updated today
    ICS/SCADA honeypot
  • awesome-honeypots  9,317   391   updated today
    an awesome list of honeypot resources
  • opencanary  2,471   77   updated today
    Modular and decentralised honeypot
  • bluepot  255   14   updated 6 days ago
    Bluetooth Honeypot

SSH

  • cowrie  5,548   123   updated today
    Cowrie SSH/Telnet Honeypot https://docs.cowrie.org/
  • kippo  1,683   85   updated 1 day ago
    Kippo - SSH Honeypot
  • SecureHoney  23   7   updated 1 year ago
    SSH honeypot written in C

Telnet

  • telnet-iot-honeypot  305   15   updated 1 month ago
    Python telnet honeypot for catching botnet binaries
  • hontel  161   10   updated 4 weeks ago
    Telnet Honeypot

Web

  • honeyhttpd  49   1   updated 3 weeks ago
    HoneyHTTPD is a Python-based web server honeypot/service imitation builder. Great for honeypots or faking HTTP services.
  • ssh-honeypot  654   30   updated 1 week ago
    Fake sshd that logs ip addresses, usernames, and passwords.
  • glastopf  575   51   updated 1 day ago
    Web Application Honeypot
  • snare  463   34   updated 4 days ago
    Super Next generation Advanced Reactive honEypot
  • tanner  226   14   updated 4 weeks ago
    He who flays the hide
  • django-admin-honeypot  1,047   31   updated 3 days ago
    :honey_pot: A fake Django admin login screen page.
  • wordpot  184   10   updated 1 day ago
    A Wordpress Honeypot