# Twisted Honeypots

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

A Python-based honeypot service for SSH, FTP, and Telnet connections

Checked November 2026.

## What is Twisted Honeypots?

Twisted-honeypots SSH, FTP and Telnet honeypot services based on the Twisted engine for Python 3. All credentials are stored on a local MySQL database.

This will create easily (and painlessly) very good dictionaries to use for pentesting.

Install: $ git clone https://github.com/lanjelot/twisted-honeypots /opt/twisted-honeypots $ cd /opt/twisted-honeypots $ sudo ./install.sh && ./setup-db.sh

Usage:

  To start/stop the services: $ sudo ./start.sh $ sudo ./stop.sh

  To monitor the current execution: $ ./monitor.sh

  To extract the login/passwords in a wordlist sorted by best popularity: $ source vars.sh # logins $ echo "select distinct login from pot group by login order by count(login) desc" | mysql -rs -u${MYSQL_USER} -p${MYSQL_PWD} ${MYSQL_DB} # passwords $ echo "select distinct password from pot group by password order by count(password) desc" | mysql -rs -u${MYSQL_USER} -p${MYSQL_PWD} ${MYSQL_DB}

Tags: MySQL, SSH, Telnet

## 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: 87
- 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).

## Twisted Honeypots FAQ

### What is Twisted Honeypots?

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

### What is the pricing for Twisted Honeypots?

Twisted Honeypots is free. Download and setup instructions are at https://github.com/lanjelot/twisted-honeypots/.

### What are alternatives to Twisted Honeypots?

Alternatives to Twisted Honeypots 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 Twisted Honeypots alternatives at [https://cybersectools.com/alternatives/twisted-honeypots](https://cybersectools.com/alternatives/twisted-honeypots)

### What deployment and organization size does Twisted Honeypots fit?

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

## Compare Twisted Honeypots with similar solutions

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

All alternatives to Twisted Honeypots: [/alternatives/twisted-honeypots](https://cybersectools.com/alternatives/twisted-honeypots)

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