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Canary Tokens

Generates lightweight, embedded honeypot triggers called canary tokens for detecting unauthorized access.

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Still maintained? Yes: 15 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v0.9.10 (Sep 2026).

Comparisons in Network Utilities: Speedtest.net alternatives, Fing alternatives.

Docker #6 of 11 in Network Utilities

At a glance

Canary Tokens quick facts

Health score
76/100 GOOD
Stars
3,084
Last commit
3 days ago (Oct 2026)
Latest release
v0.9.10, Sep 2026
Licence
BSD-3-Clause
View thinkst/opencanary on GitHub ↗ Website ↗

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In its own words

The project's README opens: "OpenCanary is a multi-protocol network honeypot. It's primary use-case is to catch hackers after they've breached non-public networks. It has extremely low resource requirements and can be tweaked, modified, and extended."

Why it ranks here

Health score explained

Canary Tokens scores 76/100, #6 of 11 in Network Utilities: 15 commits in the last 90 days earn 17.5 of 35 points, the latest release (v0.9.10, 1 month ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 3,084 stars add 14.0 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and Docker support adds the final 10. That places it in the good band (70 and above). The biggest shortfall is commit activity, worth 17.5 more points.

Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.

  • Commit activity biggest shortfall 17.5 / 35

    15 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)

  • Release recency 25.0 / 25

    v0.9.10 released 1 month ago

  • Stars 14.0 / 20

    3.1k stars on GitHub (logarithmic)

  • Not archived 10.0 / 10

    Repository is active

  • Docker support 10.0 / 10

    Docker image or Compose file available

Commit activity

52 commits over the last 12 months
15
Last 90 days
52
Last 12 months
3 days ago
Last push

Ranked #6 of 11 tools in Network Utilities by health , between whois (#5) and Speedtest Tracker (#7) .

Details

LicenceBSD-3-Clause
PlatformsDocker, Python
Latest releasev0.9.10 · 1 month ago
Stars3,084
Open issues1
DockerYes
Repositorythinkst/opencanary ↗
Visit website ↗ Source code ↗

Canary Tokens vs its top 5 alternatives

Active tools that share a category with Canary Tokens (Network Utilities), scored on the same five terms.

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MyIP 96 12k MIT today
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beelzebub 93 2.2k MIT 2 days ago
Upsnap 85 6.4k MIT 20 days ago
whois 85 66 MIT 6 days ago
Canary Tokens (this tool) 76 3.1k BSD-3-Clause 3 days ago

Canary Tokens: common questions

Is Canary Tokens still maintained?

Canary Tokens had 15 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was 3 days ago; the latest tagged release, v0.9.10, is from 1 month ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.