SSH honeypot, deployed in the wild, collecting and sharing data

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 9 Oct 2026.

Contents

All-in-one

  • chameleon  843   35   updated 4 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 5 months ago
    Honeypot that emulates several protocols (incl. SSH, telnet, SMTP, HTTP, SSL and SIP)
  • honeytrap  1,313   47   updated 1 week ago
    Advanced Honeypot framework.
  • tpotce  9,570   233   updated today
    🍯 T-Pot - The All In One Multi Honeypot Platform 🐝
  • dionaea  818   42   updated 2 days ago
    Home of the dionaea honeypot
  • Python-Honeypot  484   23   updated 3 weeks ago
    OWASP Honeypot, Automated Deception Framework.
  • dshield  532   50   updated 2 days ago
    DShield Raspberry Pi Sensor

Counter-Honeypots

  • HoneypotBuster  279   23   updated 3 weeks ago
  • kippo_detect  60   6   updated 6 months ago
    Quick proof of concept to detect a Kippo SSH honeypot instance externally

Database

  • pg-server  56   6   updated 2 weeks ago
    Postgres DB server emulator, proxy or honeypot
  • MongoDB-HoneyProxy  92   5   updated 1 month ago
    A honeypot proxy for mongodb. When run, this will proxy and log all traffic to a dummy mongodb server.
  • nosqlpot  104   11   updated 3 months ago
    The NoSQL Honeypot Framework
  • pghoney  20   1   updated 11 months ago
    Low-interaction Postgres Honeypot
  • mysql-honeypotd  37   3   updated today
    Low interaction MySQL honeypot written in C

Email

  • hermes  11   3   updated 5 months ago
    SMTP honeypot built on top of the Salmon mail server
  • mailoney  284   11   updated 1 month ago
    An SMTP Honeypot

Other

  • conpot  1,532   96   updated 6 days ago
    ICS/SCADA honeypot
  • awesome-honeypots  10,590   377   updated today
    an awesome list of honeypot resources
  • opencanary  3,054   76   updated today
    Modular and decentralised honeypot
  • bluepot  279   14   updated 1 month ago
    Bluetooth Honeypot

SSH

  • cowrie  6,592   113   updated today
    Cowrie SSH/Telnet Honeypot https://docs.cowrie.org/
  • kippo  1,714   85   updated today
    Kippo - SSH Honeypot
  • SecureHoney  24   7   updated 1 year ago
    SSH honeypot written in C

Telnet

  • telnet-iot-honeypot  312   15   updated today
    Python telnet honeypot for catching botnet binaries
  • hontel  163   9   updated 5 months ago
    Telnet Honeypot

Web

  • honeyhttpd  55   1   updated 3 months ago
    HoneyHTTPD is a Python-based web server honeypot/service imitation builder. Great for honeypots or faking HTTP services.
  • ssh-honeypot  673   29   updated 6 days ago
    Fake sshd that logs ip addresses, usernames, and passwords.
  • glastopf  604   47   updated 2 weeks ago
    Web Application Honeypot
  • snare  484   30   updated 2 weeks ago
    Super Next generation Advanced Reactive honEypot
  • tanner  232   13   updated 3 weeks ago
    He who flays the hide
  • django-admin-honeypot  1,082   28   updated 4 days ago
    :honey_pot: A fake Django admin login screen page.
  • wordpot  189   8   updated 2 months ago
    A Wordpress Honeypot