# Install steampipe with Homebrew, MacPorts, Nix, zypper Use SQL to instantly query your cloud services. Version 2.4.4 via Homebrew; verified 2026-05-25. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:steampipe ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install steampipe ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install steampipe ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: net/steampipe/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#steampipe ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/st/steampipe/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - zypper (92%): ```sh sudo zypper install steampipe ``` Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: steampipe from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:steampipe - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 2.4.4 - **Source summary:** Use SQL to instantly query your cloud services - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** AGPL-3.0-only - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-05-25T15:43:52Z - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - steampipe (cli) - steampipe (alias) ## Build dependencies - go ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 2.4.4 - Package-manager updated: 2026-05-25 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/turbot/steampipe - Upstream latest detected: v2.4.4 (current) ## Project history and usage Steampipe is a command-line data tool that exposes APIs and services as SQL-queryable tables. It is especially associated with cloud infrastructure, security, and DevOps workflows where package users want a local binary that can query live services without building ETL pipelines. ### Project history The upstream repository was created in January 2021. The official README presents Steampipe as a zero-ETL way to query APIs and services with SQL, emphasizing live data, concurrency, a single binary, and local or CI/CD use. The project expanded from a CLI into a broader plugin and distribution ecosystem. Its README describes Steampipe CLI, Postgres foreign data wrappers, SQLite extensions, export tools, and Turbot Pipes as related distributions or hosted use cases. ### Adoption history The input package metadata lists Steampipe in Homebrew, MacPorts, Nix, and Zypper. The official README documents installation via Homebrew on macOS and an install script for Linux or WSL2, followed by installing plugins such as AWS, Azure, GCP, GitHub, Kubernetes, and Hacker News. Steampipe's adoption is strongly tied to its plugin hub. The README says the community has grown a suite of plugins mapping APIs to database tables, with more than 2000 tables documented with copy-paste-run examples. ### How it is used Common usage is to install the `steampipe` binary, install one or more plugins, and run interactive or batch SQL queries against live API-backed tables. It is also used in CI/CD and security/compliance workflows because the same SQL can inspect cloud, SaaS, code, and infrastructure data. ### Why package nerds care Package nerds care about Steampipe because it packages a database, plugin runtime, and cloud-query workflow as a local CLI. It turns package installation into immediate access to a broad set of API tables without requiring users to deploy a database service first. It is also notable as an example of a CLI whose packaging story spans local binaries, plugin registries, container-like plugin distribution, and later sibling tools such as Powerpipe, Flowpipe, and Turbot Pipes. ### Timeline - 2021: Upstream GitHub repository created. - 2021: Early 0.x releases published. - 2023: v0.20 and v0.21 release series active. - 2026: v2.4.x CLI releases published in the official changelog and GitHub releases. ### Related projects - Related Turbot projects and distributions include Steampipe plugins, Steampipe Postgres FDWs, Steampipe SQLite extensions, Steampipe export tools, Powerpipe, Flowpipe, and Turbot Pipes. ### Sources - - - - - input.source_facts.package-manager ## Security Notes infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal. - **Geiger risk:** orange / medium - infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal ## Configuration and credential file locations These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval. ## Configuration files - Unix: ~/.steampipe/config/*.spc ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** steampipe - **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 - steampipe: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/st/steampipe/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - zypper - steampipe - 2.4.4-1.1: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: steampipe from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | Query various APIs and services via SQL language | https://github.com/turbot/steampipe - MacPorts - steampipe: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: net/steampipe/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/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. - [Secret-risk packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/secret-risk-packages/) - Has protected-tool coverage, approval-gate, or non-low Geiger security signals. - [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. - [go](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/go/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [csvq](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/csvq/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data, query, sql. - [beanquery](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/beanquery/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data, query, sql. - [anyquery](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/anyquery/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data, sql. - [apache-drill](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/apache-drill/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data, sql. - [apgdiff](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/apgdiff/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data, sql. - [athenacli](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/athenacli/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data, sql. - [cql](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cql/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data, sql. - [datafusion](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/datafusion/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data, sql. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/steampipe.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/steampipe.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated configuration and credential file locations - 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