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 May 2026.
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All-in-one
- chameleon 832 35 updated 2 weeks 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 weeks ago
Honeypot that emulates several protocols (incl. SSH, telnet, SMTP, HTTP, SSL and SIP) - honeytrap 1,299 47 updated today
Advanced Honeypot framework. - tpotce 9,173 229 updated today
🍯 T-Pot - The All In One Multi Honeypot Platform 🐝 - dionaea 801 42 updated 4 days ago
Home of the dionaea honeypot - Python-Honeypot 479 23 updated 1 week ago
OWASP Honeypot, Automated Deception Framework. - dshield 520 50 updated 1 day ago
DShield Raspberry Pi Sensor
Counter-Honeypots
- HoneypotBuster 281 23 updated 1 month ago
- kippo_detect 60 6 updated 1 month ago
Quick proof of concept to detect a Kippo SSH honeypot instance externally
Database
- pg-server 55 6 updated 4 weeks ago
Postgres DB server emulator, proxy or honeypot - MongoDB-HoneyProxy 93 5 updated 6 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 6 months ago
The NoSQL Honeypot Framework - pghoney 20 1 updated 6 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 2 weeks ago
SMTP honeypot built on top of the Salmon mail server - mailoney 282 11 updated 1 week ago
An SMTP Honeypot
Other
- conpot 1,474 99 updated 4 days ago
ICS/SCADA honeypot - awesome-honeypots 10,278 382 updated today
an awesome list of honeypot resources - opencanary 2,862 77 updated 1 day ago
Modular and decentralised honeypot - bluepot 272 14 updated 1 day ago
Bluetooth Honeypot
SSH
- cowrie 6,352 115 updated today
Cowrie SSH/Telnet Honeypot https://docs.cowrie.org/ - kippo 1,712 85 updated 1 week ago
Kippo - SSH Honeypot - SecureHoney 24 7 updated 11 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 2 weeks ago
Telnet Honeypot
Web
- honeyhttpd 54 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 675 29 updated 1 week 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 231 13 updated 2 weeks ago
He who flays the hide - django-admin-honeypot 1,081 28 updated 2 days ago
:honey_pot: A fake Django admin login screen page. - wordpot 185 8 updated 1 week ago
A Wordpress Honeypot
