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 5 Apr 2026.
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All-in-one
- chameleon 829 35 updated today
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 year ago
Honeypot that emulates several protocols (incl. SSH, telnet, SMTP, HTTP, SSL and SIP) - honeytrap 1,298 47 updated 2 days ago
Advanced Honeypot framework. - tpotce 9,028 229 updated today
🍯 T-Pot - The All In One Multi Honeypot Platform 🐝 - dionaea 797 42 updated 1 day ago
Home of the dionaea honeypot - Python-Honeypot 477 23 updated 1 day ago
OWASP Honeypot, Automated Deception Framework. - dshield 515 50 updated 1 week ago
DShield Raspberry Pi Sensor
Counter-Honeypots
- HoneypotBuster 282 23 updated 2 months ago
- kippo_detect 59 6 updated 4 months ago
Quick proof of concept to detect a Kippo SSH honeypot instance externally
Database
- pg-server 54 6 updated 1 month ago
Postgres DB server emulator, proxy or honeypot - MongoDB-HoneyProxy 93 5 updated 4 months ago
A honeypot proxy for mongodb. When run, this will proxy and log all traffic to a dummy mongodb server. - nosqlpot 103 11 updated 4 months ago
The NoSQL Honeypot Framework - pghoney 20 1 updated 4 months ago
Low-interaction Postgres Honeypot - mysql-honeypotd 36 3 updated 2 days ago
Low interaction MySQL honeypot written in C
- hermes 10 3 updated 8 months ago
SMTP honeypot built on top of the Salmon mail server - mailoney 280 11 updated 2 months ago
An SMTP Honeypot
Other
- conpot 1,455 98 updated 4 days ago
ICS/SCADA honeypot - awesome-honeypots 10,244 383 updated today
an awesome list of honeypot resources - opencanary 2,825 77 updated today
Modular and decentralised honeypot - bluepot 268 14 updated 1 day ago
Bluetooth Honeypot
SSH
- cowrie 6,261 115 updated today
Cowrie SSH/Telnet Honeypot https://docs.cowrie.org/ - kippo 1,712 85 updated 1 day ago
Kippo - SSH Honeypot - SecureHoney 24 7 updated 9 months ago
SSH honeypot written in C
Telnet
- telnet-iot-honeypot 314 15 updated 2 weeks ago
Python telnet honeypot for catching botnet binaries - hontel 163 9 updated 4 months ago
Telnet Honeypot
Web
- honeyhttpd 54 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 674 28 updated 1 day ago
Fake sshd that logs ip addresses, usernames, and passwords. - glastopf 598 47 updated 2 weeks ago
Web Application Honeypot - snare 480 30 updated 1 week ago
Super Next generation Advanced Reactive honEypot - tanner 232 13 updated 2 weeks ago
He who flays the hide - django-admin-honeypot 1,077 28 updated 1 day ago
:honey_pot: A fake Django admin login screen page. - wordpot 185 8 updated 4 months ago
A Wordpress Honeypot
