macOS
Homebrewverified · 100%
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Install prowler with Homebrew, Nix
Tool for cloud security assessments, audits, incident response, and more. Version 5.36.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-25. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#prowler.
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Linux
Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#prowlernixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/pr/prowler/package.nix · source: api.github.com
overview
Package summary
Tool for cloud security assessments, audits, incident response, and more
Project links
Commands and aliases
- prowler
security posture
Risk level: orange
infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal.
Risk classifier
orange risk · medium confidence · infrastructure
Why
- infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal
Signals
- text:cloud
Install behavior
- No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
- Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
- Installs with 11 runtime dependencies.
- Build metadata lists 5 build dependencies.
Recommended review
Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
prowler | cli | global executable |
freshness
Version and freshness
These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.
page generated2026-08-04
manager version5.36.0
manager updated2026-07-25
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected
- infoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://prowler.com/none confidence
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:prowler |
|---|---|
| Version | 5.36.0 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/prowler |
| Homepage | https://prowler.com/ |
| Repository | https://github.com/prowler-cloud/prowler |
| Upstream docs | https://prowler.com/ |
| License | Apache-2.0 |
| Source archive | https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/ad/24/28887fe5c8c80219d946ac4492d4e2adea251a49e93f78c98887d4b9462b/prowler-5.36.0.tar.gz |
| Last updated | 2026-07-25T13:39:12Z |
| Pulse | updated |
| Dependencies | certifi, cryptography, kingfisher, libsodium, libyaml, lz4, numpy, openssl@3, pydantic, python@3.13, rpds-py |
| Build dependencies | cmake, meson, ninja, pkgconf, rust |
| Uses from macOS | libffi |
| Bottle | available (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux) |
| Homebrew post-install | not defined |
| Service | none declared |
registry facts
Source database details
| Source Database | Homebrew formula API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/core |
| Full Name | prowler |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 0 |
| Head Version | HEAD |
| Bottle Stable Root URL | https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
| Keg Only | no |
| URL Keys |
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source database matches
Other package-manager records
Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.
Nix95%
prowler
nix profile install nixpkgs#prowler- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Prowler
source trail
Generated from repository data
This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.
Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub.
Used sources
- Geiger risk classifier
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- external package-manager database matches
- package relationship graph
- package version freshness
- package-page enrichment
- pkg.so package database
- pkgdb category and tag curation