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 15 Nov 2026.
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All-in-one
- chameleon 842 36 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 53 3 updated 7 months ago
Honeypot that emulates several protocols (incl. SSH, telnet, SMTP, HTTP, SSL and SIP) - honeytrap 1,314 47 updated 1 week ago
Advanced Honeypot framework. - tpotce 9,721 230 updated 1 day ago
🍯 T-Pot - The All In One Multi Honeypot Platform 🐝 - dionaea 820 42 updated today
Home of the dionaea honeypot - Python-Honeypot 485 23 updated 5 days ago
OWASP Honeypot, Automated Deception Framework. - dshield 538 50 updated 1 week ago
DShield Raspberry Pi Sensor
Counter-Honeypots
- HoneypotBuster 280 23 updated 4 weeks ago
- kippo_detect 60 6 updated 7 months ago
Quick proof of concept to detect a Kippo SSH honeypot instance externally
Database
- pg-server 56 6 updated 2 months ago
Postgres DB server emulator, proxy or honeypot - MongoDB-HoneyProxy 92 5 updated 3 months ago
A honeypot proxy for mongodb. When run, this will proxy and log all traffic to a dummy mongodb server. - nosqlpot 104 11 updated 4 months ago
The NoSQL Honeypot Framework - pghoney 20 1 updated 12 months ago
Low-interaction Postgres Honeypot - mysql-honeypotd 37 3 updated 5 days ago
Low interaction MySQL honeypot written in C
- hermes 11 3 updated 7 months ago
SMTP honeypot built on top of the Salmon mail server - mailoney 285 11 updated 6 days ago
An SMTP Honeypot
Other
- conpot 1,544 98 updated 2 days ago
ICS/SCADA honeypot - awesome-honeypots 10,665 371 updated today
an awesome list of honeypot resources - opencanary 3,107 76 updated today
Modular and decentralised honeypot - bluepot 279 14 updated 2 months ago
Bluetooth Honeypot
SSH
- cowrie 6,680 113 updated 1 day ago
Cowrie SSH/Telnet Honeypot https://docs.cowrie.org/ - kippo 1,716 85 updated 5 days ago
Kippo - SSH Honeypot - SecureHoney 24 7 updated 1 year ago
SSH honeypot written in C
Telnet
- telnet-iot-honeypot 312 15 updated 5 days ago
Python telnet honeypot for catching botnet binaries - hontel 163 9 updated 7 months ago
Telnet Honeypot
Web
- honeyhttpd 55 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 675 29 updated 5 days ago
Fake sshd that logs ip addresses, usernames, and passwords. - glastopf 605 48 updated 2 days ago
Web Application Honeypot - snare 489 30 updated today
Super Next generation Advanced Reactive honEypot - tanner 236 14 updated 1 day ago
He who flays the hide - django-admin-honeypot 1,082 28 updated 2 days ago
:honey_pot: A fake Django admin login screen page. - wordpot 188 8 updated 2 weeks ago
A Wordpress Honeypot
