# Heralding

Heralding is a Honeypots & Deception product. It runs on-premises. Pricing is free.

A simple honeypot that collects credentials across various protocols

Checked October 2026.

## What is Heralding?

Heralding is a simple honeypot that collects credentials, nothing more. It supports various protocols such as ftp, telnet, ssh, http, https, pop3, pop3s, imap, imaps, smtp, vnc, and postgresql. You need Python 3.7.0 or higher.

It logs authentication attempts in CSV format and unified session data in CSV and JSON formats.

It starts listening on various ports for different protocols.

It's a simple honeypot that collects credentials, nothing more.

Tags: SSH, VNC, Telnet, SMTP

## Where it fits in your security program (NIST CSF 2.0)

- [Detect](https://cybersectools.com/guides/building-detect-program-small-team): helps you spot attacks and unusual activity.

## Quick facts

- Category: [Security Operations](https://cybersectools.com/categories/security-operations) · [Honeypots & Deception](https://cybersectools.com/categories/honeypots)
- Deployment: On-Premises
- Company size fit: Startup, SMB, Mid-Market, Enterprise
- Pricing model: Free
- GitHub stars: 388
- Website: github.com

## Where it ranks

No shortlist covers this product's category yet. The closest is [Best MDR Solutions for Business](https://cybersectools.com/shortlists/best-mdr-solutions).

## Heralding FAQ

### What is Heralding?

Heralding is a product in the Honeypots & Deception category. It covers SSH, VNC and Telnet.

### What is the pricing for Heralding?

Heralding is free. Download and setup instructions are at https://github.com/johnnykv/heralding/.

### What are alternatives to Heralding?

Alternatives to Heralding listed on CybersecTools:

1. [Trapster](https://cybersectools.com/tools/trapster) - Honeypot platform deploying network decoys to detect intrusions with zero false positives (Commercial)
2. [Deception Check Fleet Status](https://cybersectools.com/tools/deception-check-fleet-status) - Public honeypot fleet dashboard showing global attack telemetry and threat intel. (Commercial)
3. [Tracebit](https://cybersectools.com/tools/tracebit-dynamic-security-canaries) - Deploys security canaries across cloud, endpoints, SaaS and CI/CD to catch attackers. (Commercial)
4. [Guardpot AI-Powered Cyber Deception](https://cybersectools.com/tools/guardpot-ai-powered-cyber-deception) - AI-powered deception platform using honeypots to detect & disrupt attacks (Commercial)
5. [Acalvio ShadowPlex Cloud Security](https://cybersectools.com/tools/acalvio-shadowplex-cloud-security) - AI-powered deception platform for cloud threat detection using honeytokens (Commercial)

Compare all Heralding alternatives at [https://cybersectools.com/alternatives/heralding](https://cybersectools.com/alternatives/heralding)

### What deployment and organization size does Heralding fit?

Heralding is available as on-premises software. It is listed for startups, small businesses, mid-market companies and enterprises. It is free.

## Compare Heralding with similar solutions

- [Heralding vs Trapster](https://cybersectools.com/compare/heralding-vs-trapster)
- [Heralding vs Deception Check Fleet Status](https://cybersectools.com/compare/deception-check-fleet-status-vs-heralding)
- [Heralding vs Tracebit](https://cybersectools.com/compare/heralding-vs-tracebit-dynamic-security-canaries)

All alternatives to Heralding: [/alternatives/heralding](https://cybersectools.com/alternatives/heralding)

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