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The Honeynet Project

Honeypots and Threat Intelligence R&D

The Honeynet Project is a leading international 501c3 non-profit security research organization, dedicated to investigating the latest attacks and developing open source security tools to improve Internet security. With Chapters around the world, our volunteers have contributed to fight against malware (such as Conficker), discovering new attacks and creating security tools used by businesses and government agencies all over the world. The Honeynet Project uses GSoC as a incubator for new R&D projects, and to recruit active new members.

python
javascript
django
go
docker

honeypots
malware analysis
Threat Intelligence

Project ideas

11 ideas on its 2026 ideas page. Sizes: 2 small, 7 medium. 4 mentors named.

GSoC and The Honeynet Project
#1 - Improving the DICOMHawk medical honeypot medium
#2 - EventHorizon: the tarpit framework medium
#3 - Extending the Artemis scanner medium
#4 - Greedybear: Access payload files medium
#5 - Greedybear: Dashboard Modularization medium
#6 - Greedybear: Injection / Event Collector API medium
#7 - IntelOwl: Integrating a Self-Deployed LLM Chatbot for Threat Intelligence medium
Contributor Profile & Required Soft Skills
#8 - IntelOwl: Integration Ecosystem & Connector Optimization small
#9 - IntelOwl: Maintenance Optimization & Architectural Refinement small

Read the ideas page. Ideas are for scope reference; never copy one into a proposal.

History

In GSoC since 2016, 11 years. Projects per year: '16: 11, '17: 12, '18: 17, '19: 9, '20: 11, '21: 11, '22: 6, '23: 6, '24: 9, '25: 9, '26: 8.

On GitHub

11 repositories pushed to in the last year. Main languages: Jinja (3), Python (3), HTML (2), C (1), Dockerfile (1), Go (1).

Links and channels

Website: https://honeynet.org
Ideas page: https://www.honeynet.org/gsoc/gsoc-2026/google-summer-of-code-2026-project-ideas/
Contributor guide: https://www.honeynet.org/gsoc/
Source code: https://github.com/honeynet
Chat: https://discord.gg/68B8Ru5fSU

go deeper in your terminal

git-into-gsoc org "The Honeynet Project" --shortlist
git-into-gsoc repos "The Honeynet Project"
git-into-gsoc issues --org "The Honeynet Project"

or ask your assistant:
"Which The Honeynet Project repositories merge
newcomers' pull requests, and which beginner
issues are still free?"

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