Awesome STPA

A curated, dated index of STAMP/STPA, CAST, and hazard-analysis resources: handbooks, tools, standards context, case studies, and datasets, for safety and systems engineering practitioners.

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0.1.0

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2026-09

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42

Part of the awesome-mbse list family. People and organizations behind these resources: awesome-mbse-community. Maintained by JG Systems Consulting Ltd. See Editorial neutrality.

• Foundations & Handbooks
• Tools
• Standards & Guidance
• Case Studies & Agency Reports
• Learning & Workshops
• Datasets & Examples
• Related lists

Start here: the free STPA and CAST handbooks, Leveson's books, and the MIT PSAS indexes that track the STAMP ecosystem.

• STPA Handbook - Free process handbook for System-Theoretic Process Analysis by Leveson and ThomasSTPA handbook (2018)
• CAST Handbook - Free handbook for CAST, the STAMP-based accident analysis methodCAST handbook (2019)
• Engineering a Safer World - Leveson's open-access foundations of STAMP systems thinkingSTAMP-general book (2011)
• Introduction to System Safety Engineering - Leveson's textbook on system safety engineering and managementSTAMP-general book (2023)
• MIT PSAS home - MIT host for STAMP handbooks, the tools catalog, workshops, and publicationsSTAMP-general list (2026)
• Books and handbooks index - PSAS index of STAMP books and handbooks, free and commercialSTAMP-general list (2026)
• Materials index - PSAS index of STAMP/STPA learning materials and referencesSTAMP-general list (2026)
• Publications search - PSAS publications index covering STAMP research literatureSTAMP-general list (2026)

Open source first, then commercial. The PSAS stamp-tools catalog is an awareness list, not an endorsement. Commercial entries clear the same bar as everything else: documentation with substance, not pure vendor marketing (see Editorial neutrality in CONTRIBUTING).

• XSTAMPP - Open-source Eclipse-based STAMP platform supporting STPA and CAST analysesSTPA XSTAMPP tool (2018)
• MicroSTAMP - Open-source toolchain for STPA of microservice architecturesSTPA MicroSTAMP tool (2026)
• PASTA for VS Code - VS Code extension providing an STPA DSL and analysis tooling from the KIELER projectSTPA PASTA tool (2026)
• PASTA source - Source repository for PASTA, the KIELER STPA modeling and analysis toolSTPA PASTA tool (2026)
• stpa-capella - Capella add-on bringing STPA viewpoints and analyses into Eclipse Capella modelsSTPA stpa-capella tool (2026)
• CAIRIS - Open-source platform for engineering secure and usable systems, with STPA supportSTPA-Sec CAIRIS tool (2023)
• CAIRIS STPA documentation - CAIRIS guide to building STPA models: losses, hazards, constraints, control structuresSTPA CAIRIS handbook (2020)
• STPA Safety-based Testing Plugin - Plugin deriving safety tests from STPA analysis resultsSTPA other-tool tool (2017)
• STAMP Workbench (IPA) - Japan IPA workbench for applying STPA to complex-system safety analysisSTPA other-tool tool (2026)
• PSAS stamp-tools catalog - Catalog of STAMP and STPA tools across the ecosystem, maintained by MIT PSASSTAMP-general list (2026)
• TRACEIT - Commercial STPA and requirements-management tooling from VWAYSTPA other-tool tool paid (2026)
• VisualPro SA - Commercial safety-analysis tool covering STPA and FHA workflowsSTPA other-tool tool paid (2026)
• RM Studio STPA - Commercial STPA module of the RM Studio risk-management platformSTPA other-tool tool paid (2022)
• STPAmaster - Commercial tool for building STPA control structures and analyzing scenariosSTPA other-tool tool paid (2026)
• Depict - Commercial web tool for drawing and analyzing STPA control structuresSTPA other-tool tool paid (2026)

Functional-safety assessment standards and guidance: industry contexts where STPA is used or discussed. This list does not claim any of them mandates STPA.

• ISO 26262 - ISO catalog page for road vehicles functional safety; the text is paywalled, the catalog page is freeSTAMP-general standard ISO-26262 (2018)
• SAE ARP4761A - SAE catalog page for the aerospace safety assessment guidelineSTAMP-general standard ARP4761A (2023)

Applied STPA and CAST: regulator evaluations and workshop case studies.

• FAA STPA aviation-safety evaluation - FAA evaluation applying STPA to aviation safety, hosted on ROSAPSTPA case (2025)
• Adopting STPA within the FAA: an eVTOL test case - FAA eVTOL STPA test case presented at the MIT STAMP workshopSTPA case (2026)
• Network Rail STPA for resilient systems - STPA applied to Network Rail resilient systems, MIT STAMP workshop presentationSTPA case (2024)
• Healthcare CAST adverse-event case - CAST analysis of a healthcare adverse event, MIT STAMP workshop presentationCAST case (2026)
• MIT STAMP workshop presentations archive - Archive of yearly MIT STAMP workshop presentationsSTAMP-general workshop (2026)

Courses, tutorials, and the yearly MIT STAMP workshop.

• MIT STAMP workshop tutorials - Tutorial program of the yearly MIT STAMP workshopSTAMP-general workshop (2026)
• STAMP workshop information - Current-year MIT STAMP workshop dates, venue, and registrationSTAMP-general workshop (2026)
• PSAS online education - Free online STAMP/STPA education material from MIT PSASSTAMP-general course (2026)
• STAMP Institute training - Commercial STPA/STAMP training catalog from the STAMP InstituteSTAMP-general course paid (2026)

Downloadable STPA artifacts, worked examples, and adjacent modeling tools.

• train-gate STPA control example - Worked STPA control-structure example on a train-gate systemSTPA dataset (2020)
• stpa-step1-dataset - Dataset of STPA step-one artifacts: losses, hazards, constraintsSTPA dataset (2024)
• triarchsecurity/stpa - STPA applied to security threat modelingSTPA-Sec dataset (2026)
• anvil-safety-framework - Safety-analysis framework package including STPA supportSTPA dataset (2025)
• ease-2026 replication package - Replication package for an LLM-mutation STPA study (EASE 2026)STPA dataset (2026)
• Gaphor - Lightweight open-source modeling tool with RAAML templates, STPA-adjacent safety modeling supportSTAMP-general other-tool tool (2026)

Family lists and the awesome meta-index, including the hub of this list family.

• awesome-mbse - Hub of this list family: methods, tools, and openable models across MBSESTAMP-general list (2026)
• awesome-sysml-v2 - Sibling family list for SysML v2: spec, tools, modelsSTAMP-general list (2026)
• sindresorhus/awesome - The meta-list of high-quality awesome listsSTAMP-general list (2026)

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