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 13 Jan 2025.

Contents

All-in-one

  • chameleon  669   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  51   3   updated 8 months ago
    Honeypot that emulates several protocols (incl. SSH, telnet, SMTP, HTTP, SSL and SIP)
  • honeytrap  1,232   51   updated 4 days ago
    Advanced Honeypot framework.
  • tpotce  7,095   197   updated 1 day ago
    🍯 T-Pot - The All In One Multi Honeypot Platform 🐝
  • dionaea  722   45   updated today
    Home of the dionaea honeypot
  • Python-Honeypot  444   24   updated 4 weeks ago
    OWASP Honeypot, Automated Deception Framework.
  • dshield  452   53   updated 3 weeks ago
    DShield Raspberry Pi Sensor

Counter-Honeypots

  • HoneypotBuster  280   24   updated 1 month ago
  • kippo_detect  56   8   updated 4 months ago
    Quick proof of concept to detect a Kippo SSH honeypot instance externally

Database

  • pg-server  46   7   updated 4 weeks ago
    Postgres DB server emulator, proxy or honeypot
  • MongoDB-HoneyProxy  92   8   updated 2 months ago
    A honeypot proxy for mongodb. When run, this will proxy and log all traffic to a dummy mongodb server.
  • nosqlpot  101   15   updated 2 months ago
    The NoSQL Honeypot Framework
  • pghoney  18   2   updated 4 months ago
    Low-interaction Postgres Honeypot
  • mysql-honeypotd  32   6   updated 2 days ago
    Low interaction MySQL honeypot written in C

Email

  • hermes  8   6   updated 2 years ago
    SMTP honeypot built on top of the Salmon mail server
  • mailoney  260   13   updated 4 days ago
    An SMTP Honeypot

Other

  • conpot  1,267   96   updated 2 days ago
    ICS/SCADA honeypot
  • awesome-honeypots  8,794   385   updated 1 day ago
    an awesome list of honeypot resources
  • opencanary  2,365   75   updated 3 days ago
    Modular and decentralised honeypot
  • bluepot  247   15   updated today
    Bluetooth Honeypot

SSH

  • cowrie  5,306   123   updated today
    Cowrie SSH/Telnet Honeypot https://docs.cowrie.org/
  • kippo  1,638   84   updated 4 days ago
    Kippo - SSH Honeypot
  • SecureHoney  23   7   updated 9 months ago
    SSH honeypot written in C

Telnet

  • telnet-iot-honeypot  305   15   updated 1 day ago
    Python telnet honeypot for catching botnet binaries
  • hontel  160   11   updated 1 week ago
    Telnet Honeypot

Web

  • honeyhttpd  45   1   updated 2 weeks ago
    HoneyHTTPD is a Python-based web server honeypot/service imitation builder. Great for honeypots or faking HTTP services.
  • ssh-honeypot  634   29   updated 2 weeks ago
    Fake sshd that logs ip addresses, usernames, and passwords.
  • glastopf  567   51   updated 6 days ago
    Web Application Honeypot
  • snare  453   35   updated 5 days ago
    Super Next generation Advanced Reactive honEypot
  • tanner  224   15   updated 1 week ago
    He who flays the hide
  • django-admin-honeypot  1,040   31   updated 2 days ago
    :honey_pot: A fake Django admin login screen page.
  • wordpot  180   11   updated 1 month ago
    A Wordpress Honeypot