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steampipe vs peerdb
steampipe has 7,957 GitHub stars, 341 forks, 17 open issues and last shipped 3 days ago. peerdb has 3,274 stars, 213 forks, 204 open issues and last shipped yesterday. steampipe leads on adoption by 143% (7,957 vs 3,274 stars). steampipe is written in Go under AGPL-3.0; peerdb is written in Go under AGPL-3.0. steampipe has attracted 4% as many forks as stars, peerdb 7%. peerdb was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 1 topic tag (etl), so they are genuine substitutes rather than adjacent tools.
Two open source projects, one decision. Both are free and self-hostable — the differences are community size, license terms, language stack and release pace.
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| steampipe | peerdb | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 8.0K | ★ 3.3K |
| License | AGPL-3.0 | AGPL-3.0 |
| Written in | Go | Go |
| Last push | 2026-09-17 | 2026-09-19 |
| Forks | ⑂ 341 | ⑂ 213 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick steampipe if
- You weight community size — 8.0K stars and counting
- You want the AGPL-3.0 license terms
- Your stack matches Go
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick peerdb if
- You want the peerdb feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the AGPL-3.0 license terms
- Your stack matches Go
- You evaluated both and peerdb fits your workflow better
About steampipe
Steampipe is an AGPL 3.0, Go based zero ETL tool that maps APIs and services to SQL tables, letting anyone who already writes SQL — cloud engineers, DevSecOps and security teams, data engineers — query live data from AWS, Azure, GCP, GitHub and Kubernetes without building a pipeline or running a database.
read the full steampipe overview →
About peerdb
PeerDB is a data integration project in the Postgres ecosystem. It lives in the Data & Analytics / Data Engineering & Integration category and focuses on streaming data from Postgres to data warehouses, queues, and storage engines. The project is built around Postgres first ETL and change data capture workflows rather than a broad connector catalog.
read the full peerdb overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is steampipe or peerdb more popular?
steampipe has 7,957 GitHub stars and peerdb has 3,274. steampipe has the larger community by that measure.
Are steampipe and peerdb free?
Both are open source. steampipe is licensed under AGPL-3.0 and peerdb under AGPL-3.0. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between steampipe and peerdb?
steampipe is written in Go and peerdb in Go. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, steampipe or peerdb?
Choose steampipe if you want the larger community (7,957 stars) or its AGPL-3.0 licence terms. Choose peerdb if its feature set, stack or AGPL-3.0 licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.