aws/amazon-ecs-cli

The Amazon ECS CLI enables users to run their applications on ECS/Fargate using the Docker Compose file format, quickly provision resources, push/pull images in ECR, and monitor running applications on ECS/Fargate. observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/aws/amazon-ecs-cli · homepage · Go · NOASSERTION (other) · archived observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

10/100

Activity 52
Release rhythm 8
Longevity 100

Flags: archived no_license

How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

gap_med: n/a
age_days: 3990
days_rel: n/a
days_push: 288
n_releases_24m: 0

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

1804 stars · 297 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

The Amazon ECS CLI is a Go-based command-line tool for Amazon Elastic Container Service that lets users create, update, and monitor ECS/Fargate clusters and tasks using Docker Compose files. AWS now directs users to the AWS Copilot CLI, making this tool effectively superseded.

Use cases

deploy docker compose apps to amazon ecs
create and manage ecs fargate clusters from the command line
push and pull container images to ecr
monitor running ecs tasks and view container logs
provision ecs services without using the aws console
run multi-container applications on aws fargate

When to choose

you maintain legacy ECS CLI workflows or scripts that cannot yet be migrated
you need Docker Compose-based deployment to ECS with the original ecs-cli tool
you are following older AWS tutorials that reference ecs-cli commands

When to avoid

you are starting a new project - use the AWS Copilot CLI or AWS CDK instead
you need actively maintained tooling with new features and security updates
you want infrastructure-as-code or CI/CD pipeline integration out of the box

Facets

cli-tool · maturity maintenance

cli deployment container-orchestration developer-tools cloud-computing developer-tools windows cli go cloud aws amazon-ecs fargate docker-compose containers deprecated ecr devops linux macos docker

4 sources

readme: https://github.com/aws/amazon-ecs-cli · fetched 2026-08-28 · 6cbeeecd81a2
homepage: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonECS/latest/developerguide/ECS_CLI.html · fetched 2026-08-29 · f9c8dec861f5
site_page: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/index.html · fetched 2026-08-29 · cdef89dbc642
site_page: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonECS/latest/developerguide/copilot-install.html · fetched 2026-08-29 · b45b3691c5e1

Member repositories

Repository	Role	Health v2
aws/amazon-ecs-cli	main	10

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