What is HoneyWire?

Built entirely in Go, HoneyWire is an open-source, self-hosted deception engine that catches network intrusions and lateral movement. It strips away the heavy agents and bloat of legacy security software, allowing blue teams and sysadmins to drop distroless canary tripwires onto any Linux machine in seconds via an intuitive TUI wizard.

The detection model is designed strictly around a zero false-positive philosophy. Every deployed sensor is a completely synthetic decoy with no real business purpose. Because no legitimate employee or internal system should ever touch them, a single connection attempt guarantees you are dealing with a live attacker, a rogue script, or a compromised CI/CD runner.

The current out-of-the-box sensor suite includes:

- TCP Tarpits: Bind to highly targeted ports to stall automated scanners and capture incoming payloads.
- Admin Web Decoys: Fake router and management login interfaces designed to bait HTTP reconnaissance.
- FIM File Canaries: Silent directory tripwires that fire the moment an adversary scrapes or reads fake sensitive files.
- Network & ICMP Detectors: Uncover stealthy subnet mapping and ping sweeps long before your actual infrastructure is discovered.

(Plus a growing library of upcoming sensors!)

The architecture is entirely agentless. Your fleet of traps is managed centrally through the HoneyWire Hub a completely private, self-hosted control center. When a wire is tripped, the Hub instantly pushes high-fidelity alerts out via Syslog, Slack, Discord, Ntfy, or Gotify. This makes it trivial to plug HoneyWire directly into your existing SIEM or EDR workflows without ever sending your network telemetry to a third-party cloud.

Pricing

Price Starts At:
Free
Free Version:
Free Version available.

Screenshots and Video

Dark Mode HUB Dashboard

Dark Mode HUB Dashboard

Company Facts

Company Name:
HoneyWire
Company Location:
Italy
Company Website:
honeywire.dev
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Product Details

Deployment
SaaS
Linux
On-Prem
Training Options
Documentation Hub
Not Offered
Support
Web-Based Support

Product Details

Target Company Sizes
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1-10
11-50
51-200
201-500
501-1000
1001-5000
5001-10000
10001+
Target Organization Types
Mid Size Business
Small Business
Enterprise
Freelance
Nonprofit
Government
Startup
Supported Languages
English

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