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Cloud security auditing tool
Mature enough to put in production this quarter.
Who it's for
Small teams using AWS, Azure, or GCP
What it replaces
Manual security audits or paid tools
The catch
Steep learning curve and config overhead
Your first hour
Run prowler against your AWS account
The numbers
Stars14,661
Forks2,326
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Open issues278
LanguagePython
LicenceApache-2.0
Last pushUpdated 2 days ago
Project age10 years old
Maintainers describe it as: “Prowler is the world’s most widely used open-source cloud security platform that automates security and compliance across any cloud environment.”
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prowler, in short
- Should a small team use prowler?
- Adopt now. Mature enough to put in production this quarter. Small teams using AWS, Azure, or GCP
- What does prowler actually do?
- Cloud security auditing tool
- What does prowler replace?
- Manual security audits or paid tools
- What is the downside of prowler?
- Steep learning curve and config overhead
- Can prowler be used in a commercial product?
- Its licence is Apache-2.0, which is permissive and generally fine for commercial use. Confirm against the LICENSE file in the repository.