prowler-cloud

    prowler-cloud/prowler

    This repo hosts Prowler OSS (CLI and Local Server). Prowler is the world’s most widely used open-source cloud security platform that automates security and compliance across any cloud environment for Humans and AI Agents.

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    15.2K GitHub watchers
    Updated Nov 6, 2026
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    Where it stands

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    5 releases in the last 90 days, the latest 7 days ago, with 398 contributors on GitHub.

    Peaked at #18 in the weekly ranking the week of Jan 18, its best in the past year.

    Use Cases & Benefits

    • Automates security and compliance assessments across multiple cloud environments using hundreds of built-in checks and frameworks.
    • Provides AI-driven, customizable, and scalable cloud security monitoring with seamless integrations and real-time reporting.
    • Use for continuous compliance auditing and risk prioritization in multi-cloud infrastructures including AWS, Azure, and GCP.
    • Use for integrating cloud security assessments into DevSecOps pipelines to enforce security best practices automatically.
    • Use for generating detailed security dashboards and reports to support governance, regulatory compliance, and audit readiness.

    Should you depend on it?

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    License

    Apache 2.0

    Permissive: commercial use, modification and redistribution are allowed with attribution; includes an explicit patent grant from contributors.

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    • Contributing guide: present
    • Code of conduct: present

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    From the README

    Prowler is the Open Cloud Security platform trusted by thousands to automate security and compliance in any cloud environment. With hundreds of ready-to-use checks and compliance frameworks, Prowler delivers real-time, customizable monitoring and seamless integrations, making cloud security simple, scalable, and cost-effective for organizations of any size.

    Secure ANY cloud at AI Speed at prowler.com

    Prowler is the world’s most widely used open-source cloud security platform that automates security and compliance across any cloud environment. With hundreds of ready-to-use security checks, remediation guidance, and compliance frameworks, Prowler is built to “Secure ANY cloud at AI Speed”. Prowler delivers AI-driven, customizable, and easy-to-use assessments, dashboards, reports, and integrations, making cloud security simple, scalable, and cost-effective for organizations of any size.

    Prowler App / Prowler Cloud is a web-based application that simplifies running Prowler across your cloud provider accounts. It provides a user-friendly interface to visualize the results and streamline your security assessments.

    For more details, refer to the Prowler App Documentation

    Excerpt from the prowler-cloud/prowler README on GitHub (Apache-2.0 license). © its authors.Read the full README on GitHub

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    Forks

    2.5K+178

    Open issues

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