install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install iamy

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Nixverified · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#iamy

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/ia/iamy/package.nix · source: api.github.com

overview

Package summary

AWS IAM import and export tool

Project links

Homepage

Commands and aliases

iamy

history

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 posture

Risk level: green

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

Risk classifier

green risk · low confidence · appliance

Why

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

Signals

metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

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
`iamy`	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 version2.4.0

manager updated2026-07-26

local dataunknown

upstreamnot available

latest detectednot detected

okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:iamy
Version	2.4.0
Package manager	Homebrew
Homepage	https://github.com/99designs/iamy
Repository	https://github.com/99designs/iamy
Last updated	2026-07-26T04:07:47+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%

iamy

nix profile install nixpkgs#iamy

normalized package name match
Matched by: Iamy

nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ia/iamy/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

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.

combined/iamy.yml

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

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