# 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.

Repository: https://github.com/aws/amazon-ecs-cli
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/amazon-ecs-cli
Homepage: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonECS/latest/developerguide/ECS_CLI.html
Language: Go
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Archived: true
Last push: 2025-11-18T19:00:19+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 52, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3990, "days_push": 288, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1804, forks 297 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:38.332846+00:00)

## What it is
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 AWS now directs users to the AWS Copilot CLI, making this tool effectively superseded.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
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: maintenance
- function: cli, deployment, container-orchestration, developer-tools
- domain: cloud-computing, developer-tools
- platform: windows, cli, go, cloud
- tags: aws, amazon-ecs, fargate, docker-compose, containers, deprecated, ecr, devops, linux, macos, docker

## Member repositories
- aws/amazon-ecs-cli (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:38.332846+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T03:21:48.610040+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/aws/amazon-ecs-cli (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:38.332846+00:00, sha 6cbeeecd81a2)
  - homepage: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonECS/latest/developerguide/ECS_CLI.html (fetched 2026-08-29T11:00:38.057584+00:00, sha f9c8dec861f5)
  - site_page: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/index.html (fetched 2026-08-29T11:00:38.060554+00:00, sha cdef89dbc642)
  - site_page: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonECS/latest/developerguide/copilot-install.html (fetched 2026-08-29T11:00:38.062511+00:00, sha b45b3691c5e1)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.