desaster/kippo
Kippo - SSH Honeypot observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
23/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 8
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_license
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 4481
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 1018
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
1715 stars · 279 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Kippo is a medium-interaction SSH honeypot written in Python that logs brute-force attacks and records the full shell interaction of attackers, including a fake filesystem and session replay. It is no longer maintained; its successor is the Cowrie fork.
Use cases
- log SSH brute force attacks against a server
- record and replay attacker shell sessions
- study attacker behavior and downloaded malware
- deploy a decoy SSH service on a network
- collect threat intelligence from fake filesystem interactions
When to choose
- you need a legacy SSH honeypot for research or historical compatibility
- you want to replay old Kippo session logs
- you are studying honeypot design
When to avoid
- you want an actively maintained honeypot - use Cowrie instead
- you need Python 3 or modern Twisted support
- you need production-grade security tooling
Facets
application · maturity abandoned
security logging ssh security self-hosted developer-tools python self-hosted honeypot ssh intrusion-detection threat-research deprecated linux
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/desaster/kippo · fetched 2026-08-28 · 527020c6e7c5
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| desaster/kippo | main | 23 |
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