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Prowler – Automated Multi‑Cloud Security & Compliance for Startups

Secure AWS, Azure, and GCP while automating CIS, GDPR and other compliance checks. Perfect for founders building cloud‑first products. 15k+ GitHub stars.
15,022 stars+55★ this week2,431 forksPythonGuide quality 9/10 · reviewed Oct 5Updated 10/13/2026100% free · open source
What it does

Prowler simplifies compliance and security across cloud environments by providing automated security assessments and compliance audits

When to use it
  • •When setting up a new cloud environment and wanting to ensure security best practices are followed
  • •When preparing for a security audit or compliance certification
  • •When monitoring and maintaining the security posture of existing cloud infrastructure
Ready-to-paste prompt
./prowler.exe --output json --check-id AWS.CONF.001 --region us-west-2
Heads up: Ensure you have the necessary AWS IAM permissions and credentials configured before running Prowler, as it requires access to your AWS account to perform security assessments
Saves to your device
Use with Claude
New

Skip the builder — one click puts this in Claude, Cursor, Antigravity and more.

⚡ Runs out of the box

A prompt/skill package — nothing to install beyond adding it to your AI tool.

Try it instantly — no install
Claude Code
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/prowler && curl -fsSL https://workflowstacks.com/api/skills/prowler/claude-skill -o ~/.claude/skills/prowler/SKILL.md
Open in another AI app

Opens the app with this repo with the prompt ready to go — no copy-paste needed.

Connect the whole catalog (MCP)
claude mcp add --transport http workflowstacks https://workflowstacks.com/api/mcp

Adds a WorkflowStacks connector to Claude Code: search and load any skill here by chatting.

How Prowler – Automated Multi‑Cloud Security & Compliance for Startups works
Codeflow
Free to inspect

Prowler – Automated Multi‑Cloud Security & Compliance for Startups is a very large Python project (~508k lines across 6845 code files, plus 2230 test files). You install it into your AI tool with one command; there is nothing to run yourself. Last commit this month, Apache-2.0 license, has a test suite.

Size
Very large codebase
~508k lines · 6845 code files · days to read — use, don't read
Setup
Install as a skill / plugin
Add it to Claude Code (or your AI tool) with one command — 39 skills inside. Nothing to run yourself.
Runs on
Inside your AI tool
Helper scripts use Python · Docker
Python 81%TypeScript 18%
Where to start reading
  1. 1
    README.md
    Start here — what it does and how to install it
  2. 2
    AGENTS.md
    The instructions the AI actually follows
  3. 3
    action.yml
    Where the program starts running
  4. 4
    prowler/__init__.py
    Inside prowler/ — the main logic begins here
  5. 5
    examples/output/example_output_aws.csv
    A worked example — copy this to get going
What's in each folder
prowler/Core code — the actual logic6298 files
skills/Prompts, skills & agent definitions106 files
ui/Frontend / UI1967 files
api/Backend / API329 files
docs/Documentation1291 files
examples/Examples you can copy9 files
dashboard/Folder149 files
contrib/Community contributions134 files
READMEHas testsDocumentedCI checksDocker readyExamples includedApache-2.0 licenseUpdated this month
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Details
Creator
prowler-cloud
Language
Python
Category
ai-agent
Published
8/24/2016

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