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 26 Jun 2026.
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All-in-one
- chameleon 837 35 updated 3 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 53 3 updated 2 months ago
Honeypot that emulates several protocols (incl. SSH, telnet, SMTP, HTTP, SSL and SIP) - honeytrap 1,301 47 updated 1 day ago
Advanced Honeypot framework. - tpotce 9,306 228 updated today
🍯 T-Pot - The All In One Multi Honeypot Platform 🐝 - dionaea 805 42 updated 2 days ago
Home of the dionaea honeypot - Python-Honeypot 477 23 updated 1 week ago
OWASP Honeypot, Automated Deception Framework. - dshield 523 50 updated 4 days ago
DShield Raspberry Pi Sensor
Counter-Honeypots
- HoneypotBuster 281 23 updated 2 months ago
- kippo_detect 60 6 updated 3 months ago
Quick proof of concept to detect a Kippo SSH honeypot instance externally
Database
- pg-server 55 6 updated 2 months ago
Postgres DB server emulator, proxy or honeypot - MongoDB-HoneyProxy 92 5 updated 1 week ago
A honeypot proxy for mongodb. When run, this will proxy and log all traffic to a dummy mongodb server. - nosqlpot 103 11 updated 7 months ago
The NoSQL Honeypot Framework - pghoney 20 1 updated 7 months ago
Low-interaction Postgres Honeypot - mysql-honeypotd 37 3 updated 1 week ago
Low interaction MySQL honeypot written in C
- hermes 11 3 updated 2 months ago
SMTP honeypot built on top of the Salmon mail server - mailoney 283 11 updated 2 weeks ago
An SMTP Honeypot
Other
- conpot 1,490 99 updated 2 days ago
ICS/SCADA honeypot - awesome-honeypots 10,429 380 updated today
an awesome list of honeypot resources - opencanary 2,896 77 updated 1 day ago
Modular and decentralised honeypot - bluepot 275 14 updated 1 day ago
Bluetooth Honeypot
SSH
- cowrie 6,434 114 updated 1 day ago
Cowrie SSH/Telnet Honeypot https://docs.cowrie.org/ - kippo 1,713 85 updated 1 week ago
Kippo - SSH Honeypot - SecureHoney 24 7 updated 12 months ago
SSH honeypot written in C
Telnet
- telnet-iot-honeypot 314 15 updated 5 days ago
Python telnet honeypot for catching botnet binaries - hontel 163 9 updated 2 months ago
Telnet Honeypot
Web
- honeyhttpd 54 1 updated 4 months ago
HoneyHTTPD is a Python-based web server honeypot/service imitation builder. Great for honeypots or faking HTTP services. - ssh-honeypot 677 29 updated 1 week ago
Fake sshd that logs ip addresses, usernames, and passwords. - glastopf 598 47 updated 2 days ago
Web Application Honeypot - snare 480 30 updated 2 weeks ago
Super Next generation Advanced Reactive honEypot - tanner 230 13 updated 1 month ago
He who flays the hide - django-admin-honeypot 1,084 28 updated 2 weeks ago
:honey_pot: A fake Django admin login screen page. - wordpot 185 8 updated 2 months ago
A Wordpress Honeypot
