beelzebub

Is beelzebub actively maintained?

Over the last 11 months the project absorbed 95 commits, of which 33 arrived in the most recent quarter — roughly 11 commits a month.

The most recent tagged release, v3.9.2, shipped within the last month — a current, installable version exists today.

Note that beelzebub depends on a third-party service to work fully. It is self-hosted, but not self-contained: if that external service changes its terms or disappears, your instance is affected.

beelzebub ranks #5 of 11 in Network Utilities, placing it mid-table for maintenance activity.

What beelzebub actually does

Beelzebub is a honeypot framework written in Go and distributed under an MIT licence. It provides a controlled environment to detect and analyse cyber attacks targeting your network infrastructure. The project is packaged for containerised environments and is typically managed using Docker or Kubernetes.

Best fit: Security engineers and system administrators who want to deploy a customisable honeypot to monitor unauthorised network access attempts.

Worth knowing: Operating a honeypot carries inherent security risks if the container isolation is compromised, and the framework's moderate maintenance level means you should audit updates carefully.

Deployment notes

You will typically run this service inside a container using Docker or Kubernetes, ensuring that network traffic is properly routed and isolated from critical infrastructure.

Links

• Official website
• Source code