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 Sep 2026.
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All-in-one
- chameleon 840 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 4 months ago
Honeypot that emulates several protocols (incl. SSH, telnet, SMTP, HTTP, SSL and SIP) - honeytrap 1,309 47 updated 6 days ago
Advanced Honeypot framework. - tpotce 9,492 231 updated today
🍯 T-Pot - The All In One Multi Honeypot Platform 🐝 - dionaea 818 42 updated today
Home of the dionaea honeypot - Python-Honeypot 484 23 updated 3 weeks ago
OWASP Honeypot, Automated Deception Framework. - dshield 531 50 updated 1 week ago
DShield Raspberry Pi Sensor
Counter-Honeypots
- HoneypotBuster 280 23 updated 2 months ago
- kippo_detect 60 6 updated 5 months ago
Quick proof of concept to detect a Kippo SSH honeypot instance externally
Database
- pg-server 55 6 updated 5 months ago
Postgres DB server emulator, proxy or honeypot - MongoDB-HoneyProxy 92 5 updated 3 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 2 months ago
The NoSQL Honeypot Framework - pghoney 20 1 updated 10 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 5 months ago
SMTP honeypot built on top of the Salmon mail server - mailoney 284 11 updated 1 week ago
An SMTP Honeypot
Other
- conpot 1,522 97 updated today
ICS/SCADA honeypot - awesome-honeypots 10,562 377 updated today
an awesome list of honeypot resources - opencanary 3,028 76 updated today
Modular and decentralised honeypot - bluepot 279 14 updated 2 weeks ago
Bluetooth Honeypot
SSH
- cowrie 6,537 114 updated today
Cowrie SSH/Telnet Honeypot https://docs.cowrie.org/ - kippo 1,714 85 updated 6 days ago
Kippo - SSH Honeypot - SecureHoney 24 7 updated 1 year ago
SSH honeypot written in C
Telnet
- telnet-iot-honeypot 313 15 updated 4 weeks ago
Python telnet honeypot for catching botnet binaries - hontel 163 9 updated 4 months ago
Telnet Honeypot
Web
- honeyhttpd 55 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 674 29 updated 6 days ago
Fake sshd that logs ip addresses, usernames, and passwords. - glastopf 603 47 updated 2 weeks ago
Web Application Honeypot - snare 483 30 updated 1 day ago
Super Next generation Advanced Reactive honEypot - tanner 231 13 updated 4 weeks ago
He who flays the hide - django-admin-honeypot 1,083 28 updated 6 days ago
:honey_pot: A fake Django admin login screen page. - wordpot 189 8 updated 1 month ago
A Wordpress Honeypot
