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 25 Apr 2026.
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All-in-one
- chameleon 831 35 updated 1 week 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 1 year ago
Honeypot that emulates several protocols (incl. SSH, telnet, SMTP, HTTP, SSL and SIP) - honeytrap 1,299 47 updated 2 days ago
Advanced Honeypot framework. - tpotce 9,100 230 updated today
🍯 T-Pot - The All In One Multi Honeypot Platform 🐝 - dionaea 800 42 updated 6 days ago
Home of the dionaea honeypot - Python-Honeypot 478 23 updated 2 weeks ago
OWASP Honeypot, Automated Deception Framework. - dshield 518 50 updated 1 day ago
DShield Raspberry Pi Sensor
Counter-Honeypots
- HoneypotBuster 281 23 updated 2 weeks ago
- kippo_detect 60 6 updated 3 weeks ago
Quick proof of concept to detect a Kippo SSH honeypot instance externally
Database
- pg-server 55 6 updated 5 days ago
Postgres DB server emulator, proxy or honeypot - MongoDB-HoneyProxy 93 5 updated 5 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 5 months ago
The NoSQL Honeypot Framework - pghoney 20 1 updated 5 months ago
Low-interaction Postgres Honeypot - mysql-honeypotd 37 3 updated 1 day ago
Low interaction MySQL honeypot written in C
- hermes 10 3 updated 8 months ago
SMTP honeypot built on top of the Salmon mail server - mailoney 281 11 updated 2 days ago
An SMTP Honeypot
Other
- conpot 1,466 99 updated 1 day ago
ICS/SCADA honeypot - awesome-honeypots 10,242 382 updated today
an awesome list of honeypot resources - opencanary 2,850 78 updated 1 day ago
Modular and decentralised honeypot - bluepot 267 14 updated 2 weeks ago
Bluetooth Honeypot
SSH
- cowrie 6,307 115 updated today
Cowrie SSH/Telnet Honeypot https://docs.cowrie.org/ - kippo 1,711 85 updated 4 days ago
Kippo - SSH Honeypot - SecureHoney 24 7 updated 10 months ago
SSH honeypot written in C
Telnet
- telnet-iot-honeypot 315 15 updated 1 week ago
Python telnet honeypot for catching botnet binaries - hontel 162 9 updated 2 days 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 673 29 updated 4 days ago
Fake sshd that logs ip addresses, usernames, and passwords. - glastopf 598 47 updated 4 days ago
Web Application Honeypot - snare 479 30 updated 1 week ago
Super Next generation Advanced Reactive honEypot - tanner 231 13 updated 4 days ago
He who flays the hide - django-admin-honeypot 1,080 28 updated 6 days ago
:honey_pot: A fake Django admin login screen page. - wordpot 184 8 updated 2 weeks ago
A Wordpress Honeypot
