aws/amazon-ssm-agent
An agent to enable remote management of your EC2 instances, on-premises servers, or virtual machines (VMs). observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
98/100
- Activity 98
- Release rhythm 98
- Longevity 100
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: 16.5
- age_days: 3872
- days_rel: 13
- days_push: 13
- n_releases_24m: 31
Adoption not part of the score
1152 stars · 357 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
The Amazon SSM Agent is a Go-based daemon that runs on EC2 instances, on-premises servers, and VMs to enable remote management through AWS Systems Manager. It processes SSM documents to execute commands and scripts remotely and powers Session Manager for interactive browser-based or CLI shell access without SSH.
Use cases
- run shell commands on ec2 instances remotely
- browser-based shell access to servers without ssh
- manage on-premises servers from aws systems manager
- automate patching and software installation across a fleet
- replace bastion hosts for server access
- execute scripts against multiple instances at once
When to choose
- you manage EC2 or hybrid infrastructure through AWS Systems Manager
- you want SSH-free, audited remote shell access via Session Manager
- you need to automate operational tasks like patching across many nodes
When to avoid
- you don't use AWS Systems Manager or any AWS services
- you need a general-purpose configuration management tool outside the AWS ecosystem
- you require an agent with no cloud service dependency
Facets
service · maturity stable
deployment configuration-management developer-tools security cloud-computing self-hosted windows go cloud self-hosted aws ssm remote-management session-manager run-command ec2 agent hybrid-cloud patch-management devops automation linux macos
10 sources
- readme: https://github.com/aws/amazon-ssm-agent · fetched 2026-08-28 · 9f8fc3697b74
- homepage: https://aws.amazon.com/systems-manager/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · da3091076c64
- site_page: https://aws.amazon.com/getting-started?nc2=h_dsc_aa_gs · fetched 2026-08-29 · f35fd0664950
- site_page: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/global-infrastructure?nc2=h_dsc_aa_gi · fetched 2026-08-29 · 79a446e5fbd1
- site_page: https://aws.amazon.com/products/developer-tools/agent-toolkit-for-aws?nc2=h_dsc_ex_s5 · fetched 2026-08-29 · 3cc21b596f92
- site_page: https://aws.amazon.com/pricing?nc2=h_pr_hub · fetched 2026-08-29 · e2abd01d7981
- site_page: https://aws.amazon.com/savingsplans?nc2=h_pr_sp · fetched 2026-08-29 · 9ff3c7ad93e0
- site_page: https://aws.amazon.com/s3/pricing?nc2=h_pr_s3 · fetched 2026-08-29 · 97bbf99c3793
- site_page: https://aws.amazon.com/bedrock/pricing?nc2=h_pr_br · fetched 2026-08-29 · 4ccc538a3696
- site_page: https://aws.amazon.com/rds/pricing?nc2=h_pr_rds · fetched 2026-08-29 · 538280f30c8a
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| aws/amazon-ssm-agent | main | 98 |
For agents
markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="aws/amazon-ssm-agent")
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