# aws/amazon-ssm-agent

An agent to enable remote management of your EC2 instances, on-premises servers, or virtual machines (VMs).

Repository: https://github.com/aws/amazon-ssm-agent
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/amazon-ssm-agent
Homepage: https://aws.amazon.com/systems-manager/
Language: Go
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2026-08-20T22:32:11+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 98/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 98, release rhythm 98, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3872, "days_push": 13, "days_rel": 13, "gap_med": 16.5, "n_releases_24m": 31}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1152, forks 357 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:47.218795+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: service
- maturity: stable
- function: deployment, configuration-management, developer-tools, security
- domain: cloud-computing, self-hosted
- platform: windows, go, cloud, self-hosted
- tags: aws, ssm, remote-management, session-manager, run-command, ec2, agent, hybrid-cloud, patch-management, devops, automation, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- aws/amazon-ssm-agent (main) score 98

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:47.218795+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 2026-08-30T06:33:32.111481+00:00, confidence not recorded.
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- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.