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 21 Jan 2026.
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All-in-one
- chameleon 822 36 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 52 3 updated 12 months ago
Honeypot that emulates several protocols (incl. SSH, telnet, SMTP, HTTP, SSL and SIP) - honeytrap 1,300 47 updated 1 week ago
Advanced Honeypot framework. - tpotce 8,655 222 updated today
🍯 T-Pot - The All In One Multi Honeypot Platform 🐝 - dionaea 786 42 updated 1 day ago
Home of the dionaea honeypot - Python-Honeypot 472 23 updated 1 day ago
OWASP Honeypot, Automated Deception Framework. - dshield 507 50 updated 1 week ago
DShield Raspberry Pi Sensor
Counter-Honeypots
- HoneypotBuster 283 23 updated 1 week ago
- kippo_detect 59 6 updated 2 months ago
Quick proof of concept to detect a Kippo SSH honeypot instance externally
Database
- pg-server 51 6 updated 3 months ago
Postgres DB server emulator, proxy or honeypot - MongoDB-HoneyProxy 93 5 updated 2 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 2 months ago
The NoSQL Honeypot Framework - pghoney 20 1 updated 2 months ago
Low-interaction Postgres Honeypot - mysql-honeypotd 36 3 updated 1 week ago
Low interaction MySQL honeypot written in C
- hermes 10 3 updated 5 months ago
SMTP honeypot built on top of the Salmon mail server - mailoney 279 11 updated 1 week ago
An SMTP Honeypot
Other
- conpot 1,419 98 updated 2 weeks ago
ICS/SCADA honeypot - awesome-honeypots 10,076 386 updated today
an awesome list of honeypot resources - opencanary 2,738 77 updated 1 day ago
Modular and decentralised honeypot - bluepot 262 14 updated 1 week ago
Bluetooth Honeypot
SSH
- cowrie 6,119 122 updated 1 day ago
Cowrie SSH/Telnet Honeypot https://docs.cowrie.org/ - kippo 1,708 85 updated 1 day ago
Kippo - SSH Honeypot - SecureHoney 24 7 updated 7 months ago
SSH honeypot written in C
Telnet
- telnet-iot-honeypot 312 15 updated 3 weeks ago
Python telnet honeypot for catching botnet binaries - hontel 163 9 updated 2 months ago
Telnet Honeypot
Web
- honeyhttpd 53 1 updated 2 months ago
HoneyHTTPD is a Python-based web server honeypot/service imitation builder. Great for honeypots or faking HTTP services. - ssh-honeypot 667 28 updated 2 days ago
Fake sshd that logs ip addresses, usernames, and passwords. - glastopf 593 47 updated 2 weeks ago
Web Application Honeypot - snare 472 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 1,073 28 updated 6 days ago
:honey_pot: A fake Django admin login screen page. - wordpot 185 8 updated 2 months ago
A Wordpress Honeypot
