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 2 Jan 2026.
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All-in-one
- chameleon 810 36 updated 2 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 52 3 updated 11 months ago
Honeypot that emulates several protocols (incl. SSH, telnet, SMTP, HTTP, SSL and SIP) - honeytrap 1,298 47 updated 1 day ago
Advanced Honeypot framework. - tpotce 8,588 220 updated today
🍯 T-Pot - The All In One Multi Honeypot Platform 🐝 - dionaea 785 43 updated 5 days ago
Home of the dionaea honeypot - Python-Honeypot 472 23 updated 2 days ago
OWASP Honeypot, Automated Deception Framework. - dshield 502 50 updated today
DShield Raspberry Pi Sensor
Counter-Honeypots
- HoneypotBuster 284 23 updated 3 weeks ago
- kippo_detect 59 6 updated 1 month ago
Quick proof of concept to detect a Kippo SSH honeypot instance externally
Database
- pg-server 51 6 updated 2 months ago
Postgres DB server emulator, proxy or honeypot - MongoDB-HoneyProxy 93 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 103 11 updated 1 month ago
The NoSQL Honeypot Framework - pghoney 20 1 updated 1 month ago
Low-interaction Postgres Honeypot - mysql-honeypotd 36 3 updated today
Low interaction MySQL honeypot written in C
- hermes 10 3 updated 5 months ago
SMTP honeypot built on top of the Salmon mail server - mailoney 277 11 updated 1 day ago
An SMTP Honeypot
Other
- conpot 1,414 98 updated 5 days ago
ICS/SCADA honeypot - awesome-honeypots 10,004 388 updated today
an awesome list of honeypot resources - opencanary 2,720 77 updated 1 day ago
Modular and decentralised honeypot - bluepot 263 14 updated 2 weeks ago
Bluetooth Honeypot
SSH
- cowrie 6,082 122 updated today
Cowrie SSH/Telnet Honeypot https://docs.cowrie.org/ - kippo 1,708 85 updated 2 days ago
Kippo - SSH Honeypot - SecureHoney 24 7 updated 6 months ago
SSH honeypot written in C
Telnet
- telnet-iot-honeypot 311 15 updated 1 week ago
Python telnet honeypot for catching botnet binaries - hontel 163 9 updated 1 month ago
Telnet Honeypot
Web
- honeyhttpd 53 1 updated 1 month ago
HoneyHTTPD is a Python-based web server honeypot/service imitation builder. Great for honeypots or faking HTTP services. - ssh-honeypot 667 28 updated 1 week ago
Fake sshd that logs ip addresses, usernames, and passwords. - glastopf 593 48 updated 2 weeks ago
Web Application Honeypot - snare 473 31 updated 2 weeks ago
Super Next generation Advanced Reactive honEypot - tanner 230 13 updated 2 weeks ago
He who flays the hide - django-admin-honeypot 1,072 28 updated 5 days ago
:honey_pot: A fake Django admin login screen page. - wordpot 185 8 updated 1 month ago
A Wordpress Honeypot
