# SSHHiPot

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

High-interaction SSH honeypot for logging SSH proxy with ongoing development.

Checked October 2026.

## What is SSHHiPot?

High-interaction SSH honeypot (ok, it's really a logging ssh proxy). Still more or less a work-in-progress.
Feel free to go install this repository if you'd like to try it.
Run it with -h to see more options.
In particular, logging is kinda rough.
One of these days there'll be better documentation, really.
The general idea is that sshlowpot runs somewhere between the attacker and the real SSH server such that the attacker logs into the honeypot, and the honeypot logs into the server.
Contact: At this stage in its development, it's probably easier to find me on Freenode than anything, though reading the source is another option.
It's not that painful.
I can usually be found as magisterquis in #devious on freenode.
Installation: go install github.com/magisterquis/sshhipot
If you don't have go available, feel free to ask me (or someone who does) for compiled binaries.
They can be made for a bunch of different platforms.
Config: Most of the options should be useable as-is.
The ones I expect will need to be configured: Option Use -ck SSH identity file (i.e. id_rsa) to use to authenticate to the

Tags: SSH, Proxy

## 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: 173
- 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).

## SSHHiPot FAQ

### What is SSHHiPot?

SSHHiPot is a product in the Honeypots & Deception category. It covers SSH and Proxy.

### What is the pricing for SSHHiPot?

SSHHiPot is free. Download and setup instructions are at https://github.com/magisterquis/sshhipot/.

### What are alternatives to SSHHiPot?

Alternatives to SSHHiPot 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 SSHHiPot alternatives at [https://cybersectools.com/alternatives/sshhipot](https://cybersectools.com/alternatives/sshhipot)

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

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

## Compare SSHHiPot with similar solutions

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

All alternatives to SSHHiPot: [/alternatives/sshhipot](https://cybersectools.com/alternatives/sshhipot)

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