# 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.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:prowler
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install prowler
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#prowler
```

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

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:prowler
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 5.36.0
- **Source summary:** Tool for cloud security assessments, audits, incident response, and more
- **Homepage:** <https://prowler.com/>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/prowler-cloud/prowler>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-25T13:39:12Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- prowler (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 5.36.0

## Security Notes

infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal.

- **Geiger risk:** orange / medium
- infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - prowler: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/pr/prowler/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/prowler.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/prowler.yml)


## Sources

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph