macOS
Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install cliamlocal Homebrew formula metadata
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Install cliam with Homebrew, Nix
Cloud agnostic IAM permissions enumerator. Version 2.2.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-27. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#cliam.
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Linux
Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#cliamnixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/cl/cliam/package.nix · source: api.github.com
overview
Package summary
Cloud agnostic IAM permissions enumerator
Project links
Commands and aliases
- cliam
history
Project history and usage
cliam is a multi-cloud IAM permissions enumeration CLI for checking what AWS, GCP, Azure, and Firebase credentials can do.
Project history
The official README presents cliam as a work-in-progress cloud permissions identifier with provider-specific subcommands and both broad enumeration and service-group modes.
Adoption history
Its Homebrew and Nix packaging puts a security assessment binary into common workstation package managers, useful for operators who want repeatable installs outside a language-specific toolchain.
How it is used
Users run provider subcommands such as `cliam aws`, `cliam gcp`, or `cliam azure`, supplying credentials through provider environment variables, profiles, service-account paths, or command-line flags.
Why package nerds care
The package matters as a compact cloud-security CLI: it maps provider credentials to effective permissions without requiring a full security scanner stack.
Related projects
- The README relates cliam to cloud provider IAM and credential systems for AWS, GCP, Azure, Firebase, and planned Oracle support.
Sources
- Official GitHub README: cloud-agnostic IAM permissions enumeration, provider coverage, installation, usage, and credential handling.
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 bottle metadata was recorded.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
cliam | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
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 generated2026-08-03
manager version2.2.0
manager updated2026-07-27
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
- okNo freshness warnings were generated.
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:cliam |
|---|---|
| Version | 2.2.0 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Homepage | https://github.com/securisec/cliam |
| Repository | https://github.com/securisec/cliam |
| Last updated | 2026-07-27T22:04:00+02:00 |
| Pulse | updated |
| Bottle | not recorded |
| Service | none declared |
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%
cliam
nix profile install nixpkgs#cliam- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Cliam
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
- curated package history
- external package-manager database matches
- pkg.so package database
- pkgdb category and tag curation