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steampipe vs aws-sdk-pandas
steampipe has 7,957 GitHub stars, 341 forks, 17 open issues and last shipped 3 days ago. aws-sdk-pandas has 4,119 stars, 748 forks, 53 open issues and last shipped yesterday. steampipe leads on adoption by 93% (7,957 vs 4,119 stars). steampipe is written in Go under AGPL-3.0; aws-sdk-pandas is written in Python under Apache-2.0. steampipe has attracted 4% as many forks as stars, aws-sdk-pandas 18%. aws-sdk-pandas was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 2 topic tags (aws, 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 | aws-sdk-pandas | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 8.0K | ★ 4.1K |
| License | AGPL-3.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| Written in | Go | Python |
| Last push | 2026-09-17 | 2026-09-19 |
| Forks | ⑂ 341 | ⑂ 748 |
| 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 aws-sdk-pandas if
- You want the aws-sdk-pandas feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the Apache-2.0 license terms
- Your stack matches Python
- You evaluated both and aws-sdk-pandas 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 aws-sdk-pandas
AWS SDK for pandas is a Python library for working with pandas DataFrames on AWS. It is published as awswrangler and is listed under Data & Analytics / Data Engineering & Integration. The project presents itself as Pandas on AWS and is an AWS Professional Service open source initiative under the Apache 2.0 license.
read the full aws-sdk-pandas overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is steampipe or aws-sdk-pandas more popular?
steampipe has 7,957 GitHub stars and aws-sdk-pandas has 4,119. steampipe has the larger community by that measure.
Are steampipe and aws-sdk-pandas free?
Both are open source. steampipe is licensed under AGPL-3.0 and aws-sdk-pandas under Apache-2.0. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between steampipe and aws-sdk-pandas?
steampipe is written in Go and aws-sdk-pandas in Python. 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 aws-sdk-pandas?
Choose steampipe if you want the larger community (7,957 stars) or its AGPL-3.0 licence terms. Choose aws-sdk-pandas if its feature set, stack or Apache-2.0 licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.