turbot/steampipe
Zero-ETL, infinite possibilities. Live query APIs, code & more with SQL. No DB required. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
98/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 97
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 14.5
- age_days: 2054
- days_rel: 23
- days_push: 10
- n_releases_24m: 29
Adoption not part of the score
7934 stars · 341 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
Steampipe is a zero-ETL CLI tool that exposes APIs and cloud services as relational database tables so they can be queried live with standard SQL. It ships with an embedded PostgreSQL engine, a plugin ecosystem covering 150+ data sources (AWS, Azure, GCP, Kubernetes, GitHub, etc.), and companion Postgres FDWs, SQLite extensions, export CLIs, and an MCP server.
Use cases
- query aws resources with sql
- audit cloud security compliance with sql queries
- explore cloud infrastructure costs via sql
- query apis without writing scripts or etl pipelines
- check cis benchmarks across aws azure and gcp
- export cloud inventory data to csv or
- let ai assistants query cloud infrastructure via mcp
When to choose
- you want live, ad-hoc SQL queries against cloud APIs without setting up a database or ETL pipeline
- you need cloud security posture checks, compliance audits, or resource inventory across multiple providers
- you want a single binary that works locally and in CI/CD pipelines
- you prefer SQL over writing one-off API scripts
When to avoid
- you need persistent storage, joins across historical snapshots, or heavy analytical workloads on large datasets
- you require a fully managed hosted solution rather than a self-run CLI
- your data source has no available Steampipe plugin and you cannot write one
Facets
cli-tool · maturity active
database search-engine etl mcp cli plugin-system cloud-computing security databases developer-tools infrastructure-as-code windows cli go zero-etl sql postgresql-fdw cloud-security cspm api-query plugins devops linux macos
10 sources
- readme: https://github.com/turbot/steampipe · fetched 2026-08-28 · c8f5e12a2161
- homepage: https://steampipe.io · fetched 2026-08-29 · dc3b6374dc03
- site_page: https://steampipe.io/docs/managing/plugins · fetched 2026-08-29 · 1953321ad9e1
- site_page: https://steampipe.io/docs · fetched 2026-08-29 · 532201089cd0
- site_page: https://steampipe.io/docs/reference/dot-commands/overview · fetched 2026-08-29 · b32a97cad141
- site_page: https://steampipe.io/docs/query/overview · fetched 2026-08-29 · 33b77a47f71a
- site_page: https://steampipe.io/docs/steampipe_postgres/overview · fetched 2026-08-29 · ca2c02c2dd4b
- site_page: https://steampipe.io/docs/steampipe_sqlite/overview · fetched 2026-08-29 · 7fcbcb82e8be
- site_page: https://steampipe.io/docs/steampipe_export/overview · fetched 2026-08-29 · b1c77257df38
- site_page: https://steampipe.io/changelog · fetched 2026-08-29 · b9db5e00fc8f
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| turbot/steampipe | main | 98 |
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