# turbot/steampipe

Zero-ETL, infinite possibilities. Live query APIs, code & more with SQL. No DB required.

Repository: https://github.com/turbot/steampipe
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/steampipe
Homepage: https://steampipe.io
Language: Go
License: AGPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: steampipe, postgresql, postgresql-fdw, cloud, security, aws, azure, cis, cnapp, cspm, devops, devsecops, gcp, golang, kubernetes, terraform, etl, sqlite, zero-etl, hacktoberfest
Last push: 2026-08-24T02:12:00+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 98/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 97, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2054, "days_push": 10, "days_rel": 23, "gap_med": 14.5, "n_releases_24m": 29}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 7934, forks 341 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:09.930041+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: database, search-engine, etl, mcp, cli, plugin-system
- domain: cloud-computing, security, databases, developer-tools, infrastructure-as-code
- platform: windows, cli, go
- tags: zero-etl, sql, postgresql-fdw, cloud-security, cspm, api-query, plugins, devops, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- turbot/steampipe (main) score 98

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:09.930041+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T17:33:14.782021+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/turbot/steampipe (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:09.930041+00:00, sha c8f5e12a2161)
  - homepage: https://steampipe.io (fetched 2026-08-29T08:30:03.213132+00:00, sha dc3b6374dc03)
  - site_page: https://steampipe.io/docs/managing/plugins (fetched 2026-08-29T08:30:03.221476+00:00, sha 1953321ad9e1)
  - site_page: https://steampipe.io/docs (fetched 2026-08-29T08:30:03.215854+00:00, sha 532201089cd0)
  - site_page: https://steampipe.io/docs/reference/dot-commands/overview (fetched 2026-08-29T08:30:03.223289+00:00, sha b32a97cad141)
  - site_page: https://steampipe.io/docs/query/overview (fetched 2026-08-29T08:30:03.224872+00:00, sha 33b77a47f71a)
  - site_page: https://steampipe.io/docs/steampipe_postgres/overview (fetched 2026-08-29T08:30:03.226460+00:00, sha ca2c02c2dd4b)
  - site_page: https://steampipe.io/docs/steampipe_sqlite/overview (fetched 2026-08-29T08:30:03.227950+00:00, sha 7fcbcb82e8be)
  - site_page: https://steampipe.io/docs/steampipe_export/overview (fetched 2026-08-29T08:30:03.229496+00:00, sha b1c77257df38)
  - site_page: https://steampipe.io/changelog (fetched 2026-08-29T08:30:03.217842+00:00, sha b9db5e00fc8f)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.