# Stack Honeypot

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

A PHP port of Rack::Honeypot, a spam trap that detects and blocks spambots

Checked October 2026.

## What is Stack Honeypot?

A port of Rack::Honeypot to Stack for PHP. This middleware acts as a spam trap, inserting a hidden text field into every form that spambots will want to fill in, but is not used by the app.

It checks incoming requests for unexpected values in the field, booting spambots to a dead end blank page.

Options can be passed to customize the behavior.

Tags: PHP

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

- [Respond](https://cybersectools.com/guides/building-respond-program-small-team): helps you contain and handle incidents.

## 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
- Pricing model: Free
- GitHub stars: 24
- 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).

## Stack Honeypot FAQ

### What is Stack Honeypot?

Stack Honeypot is a product in the Honeypots & Deception category. It covers PHP.

### What is the pricing for Stack Honeypot?

Stack Honeypot is free. Download and setup instructions are at https://github.com/CHH/stack-honeypot/.

### What are alternatives to Stack Honeypot?

Alternatives to Stack Honeypot listed on CybersecTools:

1. [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)
2. [Cybersense Deception](https://cybersectools.com/tools/cybersense-cybersense-deception) - Deception-based intrusion detection system for CRITIS compliance (Commercial)
3. [Mimic Deflect](https://cybersectools.com/tools/mimic-deflect) - Real-time ransomware attack deflection through deception and diversion (Commercial)
4. [PacketViper Deception360](https://cybersectools.com/tools/packetviper-deception360) - Agentless deception platform with internal & external decoy deployment. (Commercial)
5. [Ridgeback Preemptive Security Platform](https://cybersectools.com/tools/ridgeback-preemptive-security-platform) - Agentless network defense platform using deception to preemptively disrupt threats. (Commercial)

Compare all Stack Honeypot alternatives at [https://cybersectools.com/alternatives/stack-honeypot](https://cybersectools.com/alternatives/stack-honeypot)

### What deployment and organization size does Stack Honeypot fit?

Stack Honeypot is available as on-premises software. It is listed for startups and small businesses. It is free.

## Compare Stack Honeypot with similar solutions

- [Stack Honeypot vs Guardpot AI-Powered Cyber Deception](https://cybersectools.com/compare/guardpot-ai-powered-cyber-deception-vs-stack-honeypot)
- [Stack Honeypot vs Cybersense Deception](https://cybersectools.com/compare/cybersense-cybersense-deception-vs-stack-honeypot)
- [Stack Honeypot vs Mimic Deflect](https://cybersectools.com/compare/mimic-deflect-vs-stack-honeypot)

All alternatives to Stack Honeypot: [/alternatives/stack-honeypot](https://cybersectools.com/alternatives/stack-honeypot)

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