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 31 Jan 2026.
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All-in-one
- chameleon 824 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 52 3 updated 12 months ago
Honeypot that emulates several protocols (incl. SSH, telnet, SMTP, HTTP, SSL and SIP) - honeytrap 1,301 47 updated today
Advanced Honeypot framework. - tpotce 8,688 224 updated today
🍯 T-Pot - The All In One Multi Honeypot Platform 🐝 - dionaea 787 42 updated 5 days ago
Home of the dionaea honeypot - Python-Honeypot 473 23 updated 1 day ago
OWASP Honeypot, Automated Deception Framework. - dshield 508 50 updated 3 days ago
DShield Raspberry Pi Sensor
Counter-Honeypots
- HoneypotBuster 283 23 updated 2 weeks ago
- kippo_detect 59 6 updated 2 months ago
Quick proof of concept to detect a Kippo SSH honeypot instance externally
Database
- pg-server 53 6 updated 5 days 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 2 days ago
Low interaction MySQL honeypot written in C
- hermes 10 3 updated 6 months ago
SMTP honeypot built on top of the Salmon mail server - mailoney 280 11 updated 1 week ago
An SMTP Honeypot
Other
- conpot 1,425 98 updated today
ICS/SCADA honeypot - awesome-honeypots 10,107 387 updated 1 day ago
an awesome list of honeypot resources - opencanary 2,751 77 updated 1 day ago
Modular and decentralised honeypot - bluepot 263 14 updated 5 days ago
Bluetooth Honeypot
SSH
- cowrie 6,143 122 updated today
Cowrie SSH/Telnet Honeypot https://docs.cowrie.org/ - kippo 1,709 85 updated 5 days ago
Kippo - SSH Honeypot - SecureHoney 24 7 updated 7 months ago
SSH honeypot written in C
Telnet
- telnet-iot-honeypot 312 15 updated 4 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 668 28 updated 1 week ago
Fake sshd that logs ip addresses, usernames, and passwords. - glastopf 594 47 updated 4 days ago
Web Application Honeypot - snare 474 30 updated 5 days ago
Super Next generation Advanced Reactive honEypot - tanner 230 13 updated 2 months ago
He who flays the hide - django-admin-honeypot 1,074 28 updated 1 week ago
:honey_pot: A fake Django admin login screen page. - wordpot 185 8 updated 2 months ago
A Wordpress Honeypot
