Note: This is a community-maintained fork of HellPot to preserve the project and ensure its continued availability, maintenance and support. All credit for the original creation and design goes to yunginnanet. Original repository: yunginnanet/HellPot
HellPot is an endless HTTP honeypot that sends unruly bots straight to hell. It uses a Markov engine to endlessly feed those that ignore robots.txt get an infinite stream of Nietzsche-themed nonsense while looking just real enough to keep them hooked.
Latest release: HellPot 0.6.0-Community
pre-built binaries for Linux, macOS, Windows, FreeBSD
HellPot includes a modern, secure Dockerfile and docker-compose.yml.
git clone https://github.com/bdk38/HellPot.git
cd HellPot
Create folders + copy default config with correct ownership
sudo install -d -m 0755 -o 65532 -g 65532 config logs
sudo install -m 0644 -o 65532 -g 65532 docker_config.toml ./config/config.toml
Customize (Optional)
sudo nano ./config/config.toml
Start
docker compose up -d
Watch live logs — you'll see the redesigned retro ASCII banner!
docker compose logs -f
Download the latest release from HellPot 0.6.0-Community
Generate default config:
./HellPot --genconfig
Customize (Optional)
sudo nano ./config/config.toml
Run:
./HellPot --config config.toml
git clone https://github.com/bdk38/HellPot.git
cd HellPot
make
While these upgrades represent meaningful progress, the fork remains a work in progress and further enhancements are planned. Issues, feature requests, and pull requests are warmly welcomed.