# Install iamy with Homebrew, Nix AWS IAM import and export tool. Version 2.4.0 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:iamy ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install iamy ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#iamy ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ia/iamy/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:iamy - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 2.4.0 - **Source summary:** AWS IAM import and export tool - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** MIT - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - iamy (cli) - iamy (alias) ## Dependencies - awscli ## Build dependencies - go ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_big_sur, arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, big_sur, catalina, monterey, sonoma, ventura ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 2.4.0 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/99designs/iamy - Upstream latest detected: v2.4.0 (current) - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. ## Project history and usage IAMy is a Go command-line tool from 99designs for dumping AWS IAM users, groups, roles, and policies into YAML files and pushing YAML-backed IAM changes back through AWS CLI commands. ### Project history The project grew out of the infrastructure-as-code practice of keeping IAM state in a reviewable repository. Its README describes the two-command model: `pull` syncs IAM resources into YAML and `push` turns YAML changes into an execution plan of AWS CLI commands. ### Adoption history IAMy remained a niche AWS operations tool rather than a broad cloud framework. Homebrew and Nix packaging made it easy for Unix-oriented infrastructure teams to install, and the GitHub repository accumulated a modest community of users around the YAML export/import workflow. ### How it is used Operators use IAMy when they want AWS IAM represented as ordinary files that can be reviewed in pull requests. The tool deliberately prints AWS CLI commands for `push`, which makes destructive or privilege-changing operations visible before execution. ### Why package nerds care For package collectors, IAMy is a compact example of the pre-CloudFormation/Terraform tooling layer around AWS IAM: small Go binaries, YAML state, Homebrew distribution, and explicit links to neighboring tools such as iamer, Terraform, the AWS CLI, and aws-vault. ### Timeline - v1.0.0: The repository tagged a 1.0 line after early file-layout work. - v2.0.0: The release notes describe a layout-changing release that added S3 bucket ACL management and normalized AWS policy documents. - v2.1.0: The release notes added a dry-run flag, policy and role descriptions, and cleanup for excess policy versions. - 2021: v2.4.0 added slower but more accurate CloudFormation filtering and fixed IAM role/instance-profile deletion ordering. ### Related projects - The README names percolate/iamer and Terraform as inspiration or adjacent tools, and it points users to AWS CLI environment variables and 99designs/aws-vault for credential handling. ### Sources - - - ## Security Notes narrow executable package without higher-risk signals. - **Geiger risk:** green / low - narrow executable package without higher-risk signals ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** iamy - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Head Version:** HEAD - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Nix - iamy: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ia/iamy/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Related links - [Cloud CLI packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/cloud-clis/) - Belongs to a cloud or infrastructure command family. - [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family. - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Text processing packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/text-processing-tools/) - Matched text, document, or structured-data processing metadata. - [awscli](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/awscli/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [go](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/go/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [cf2tf](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cf2tf/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: aws, cli, cloud-infrastructure, infrastructure-as-code. - [cfn-flip](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cfn-flip/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: aws, cli, cloud-infrastructure, yaml. - [cfn-format](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cfn-format/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: aws, cli, cloud-infrastructure, infrastructure-as-code. - [cfnctl](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cfnctl/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: aws, cli, cloud-infrastructure, infrastructure-as-code. - [cfv](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cfv/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: aws, cli, cloud-infrastructure, infrastructure-as-code. - [cloudformation-cli](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cloudformation-cli/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: aws, cli, cloud-infrastructure, infrastructure-as-code. - [org-formation](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/org-formation/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: aws, cli, cloud-infrastructure, infrastructure-as-code. - [rain](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/rain/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: aws, cli, cloud-infrastructure, infrastructure-as-code. - [terracognita](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/terracognita/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: aws, cli, cloud, cloud-infrastructure, code. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/iamy.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/iamy.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated package history - package version freshness - av.db category and tag curation - package relationship graph - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph