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 16 Jul 2026.
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All-in-one
- chameleon 838 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 3 weeks ago
Advanced Honeypot framework. - tpotce 9,345 229 updated today
🍯 T-Pot - The All In One Multi Honeypot Platform 🐝 - dionaea 807 42 updated 1 week ago
Home of the dionaea honeypot - Python-Honeypot 481 23 updated 1 day ago
OWASP Honeypot, Automated Deception Framework. - dshield 524 50 updated 5 days ago
DShield Raspberry Pi Sensor
Counter-Honeypots
- HoneypotBuster 281 23 updated 2 weeks 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 3 months ago
Postgres DB server emulator, proxy or honeypot - MongoDB-HoneyProxy 92 5 updated 4 weeks ago
A honeypot proxy for mongodb. When run, this will proxy and log all traffic to a dummy mongodb server. - nosqlpot 104 11 updated 1 day ago
The NoSQL Honeypot Framework - pghoney 20 1 updated 8 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 3 months ago
SMTP honeypot built on top of the Salmon mail server - mailoney 283 11 updated 1 week ago
An SMTP Honeypot
Other
- conpot 1,501 99 updated 3 days ago
ICS/SCADA honeypot - awesome-honeypots 10,476 380 updated today
an awesome list of honeypot resources - opencanary 2,924 77 updated 3 days ago
Modular and decentralised honeypot - bluepot 276 14 updated 6 days ago
Bluetooth Honeypot
SSH
- cowrie 6,459 114 updated 1 day ago
Cowrie SSH/Telnet Honeypot https://docs.cowrie.org/ - kippo 1,714 85 updated 3 days ago
Kippo - SSH Honeypot - SecureHoney 24 7 updated 1 year ago
SSH honeypot written in C
Telnet
- telnet-iot-honeypot 314 15 updated 4 weeks ago
Python telnet honeypot for catching botnet binaries - hontel 163 9 updated 2 months ago
Telnet Honeypot
Web
- honeyhttpd 55 1 updated 6 days ago
HoneyHTTPD is a Python-based web server honeypot/service imitation builder. Great for honeypots or faking HTTP services. - ssh-honeypot 676 29 updated 5 days ago
Fake sshd that logs ip addresses, usernames, and passwords. - glastopf 598 47 updated 3 weeks ago
Web Application Honeypot - snare 480 30 updated 1 month ago
Super Next generation Advanced Reactive honEypot - tanner 232 13 updated 2 days ago
He who flays the hide - django-admin-honeypot 1,084 28 updated 1 month ago
:honey_pot: A fake Django admin login screen page. - wordpot 186 8 updated 6 days ago
A Wordpress Honeypot
