Top 5 Python Telnet Projects

cowrie

15 4,909 9.3 Python

Cowrie SSH/Telnet Honeypot https://cowrie.readthedocs.io

Project mention: Brute.Fail Watch brute force attacks in real time | news.ycombinator.com | 2023-06-02

Thanks for the reference; after some link chasing I was able to end up on the project I believe you're thinking of: https://github.com/cowrie/cowrie#features (appears to be BSD-3-Clause: https://github.com/cowrie/cowrie/blob/master/LICENSE.rst )

ConsolePi

7 169 9.4 Python

Raspberry Pi Based Serial Console Server, with PushBullet Notification of IP changes, Automatic VPN termination, custom menu, Power Outlet Control, and a lot more
WorkOS

workos.com sponsored

The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.
micrOS

1 83 9.6 Python

micrOS - mini automation OS for DIY projects. (by BxNxM)
ser2tcp

1 50 0.0 Python

serial to tcp or telnet server, ser2net python alternative
connpy

2 0 6.8 Python

Network connection and automation tool
InfluxDB

www.influxdata.com sponsored

Power Real-Time Data Analytics at Scale. Get real-time insights from all types of time series data with InfluxDB. Ingest, query, and analyze billions of data points in real-time with unbounded cardinality.

NOTE: The open source projects on this list are ordered by number of github stars. The number of mentions indicates repo mentiontions in the last 12 Months or since we started tracking (Dec 2020).