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OpenCanary is a free, self-hosted daemon that imitates network-accessible services and sends alerts when an attacker interacts with them. Its modules span services such as SSH, HTTP, FTP, MySQL, Telnet and VNC, and alerts can identify a source IP and indicate where a breach may have occurred. It can send alerts through email, Syslog, webhooks and chat channels; its companion correlator can combine related events into one email or SMS. Low resource requirements make it suitable for a Raspberry Pi or a minimally resourced virtual machine.
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Canarytokens
Free plan AndroidiPhoneSelf-hosted+2Token-based alerts without installing software — Canarytokens trigger alerts when decoy tokens in networks, computers or cloud environments are accessed, without installing software for hosted token creation.
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T-Pot
Free plan LinuxMacSelf-hosted+1Broad, distributed honeypot deployments — T-Pot combines more than 20 honeypots with Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana, network monitoring tools and an animated attack map, but recommends substantially more hardware.
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Beelzebub
Free plan APILinuxSelf-hostedDecoy-session investigation and forensic summaries — Beelzebub adds specialized AI investigation agents and plain-English session reports with observed techniques and captured artifacts.
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Cowrie
Free plan LinuxSelf-hostedDetailed SSH and Telnet session capture — Cowrie focuses on SSH and Telnet, recording sessions and capturing transferred files, while OpenCanary mimics a wider set of services.
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Endlessh
Free plan LinuxSelf-hostedKeeping unwanted SSH clients occupied — Endlessh sends a slow, endless SSH banner to hold clients, rather than mimicking multiple services and alerting on interaction.
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Honeyd
Free plan LinuxSelf-hostedWindowsVirtual hosts and network simulation — Honeyd simulates virtual hosts, OS personalities and routing topologies, while OpenCanary focuses on service decoys and interaction alerts.
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Honeytrap
Free plan LinuxSelf-hostedCentralized management of multiple honeypots — Honeytrap can centrally configure and log multiple agents, combine services, detect payloads and extend existing honeypots.
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Dionaea
Free plan LinuxSelf-hosted - 9
Conpot
Free plan LinuxSelf-hosted - 10
Heralding
Free plan LinuxSelf-hosted - 11
MedPot
Free plan LinuxSelf-hosted - 12
Mailoney
Free plan LinuxSelf-hostedWindows - 13
DentiGrid
Paid APISelf-hostedWeb5.7 Visit site - 14
CounterCraft The Platform
Paid Self-hostedWeb - 15
KFSensor
Free trial Windows - 16
ADBHoney
Paid Self-hosted - 17
Thinkst Canary
Paid APILinuxMac+35.3 Visit site - 18
Glutton
Paid Linux - 19
TANNER
Paid LinuxWeb - 20
SNARE
Paid Linux
Its options depend on the host: portscan monitoring is Linux-only, uses iptables and is disabled in Dockerized deployments, while SMB monitoring is unavailable on macOS. The alternatives below shift toward token-triggered alerts, larger honeypot deployments, session investigation, SSH tarpit behavior or virtual network simulation. Consider which activity you need to observe, where the tool must run, and how much analysis or deployment complexity you want. Some specialize in a narrower target; others add distributed deployment, dashboards or investigation context at greater hardware demands.