aws-amplify/amplify-cli

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

The AWS Amplify CLI is a Node.js-based toolchain that simplifies provisioning and managing serverless backends (auth, storage, APIs, functions, analytics) for web and mobile apps using AWS CloudFormation. This is the Gen 1 CLI, which is now in maintenance mode with AWS recommending new projects use Amplify Gen 2.

Use cases

• add authentication to my web app backend
• provision a graphql api on aws
• deploy lambda functions for my mobile app
• set up s3 file storage for my app
• scaffold a serverless backend without writing cloudformation
• manage amplify backend categories from the command line
• add push notifications and analytics to my app

When to choose

• you maintain an existing Amplify Gen 1 project
• you want guided, category-based provisioning of AWS backend resources
• you prefer interactive CLI workflows over hand-written infrastructure code

When to avoid

• you are starting a new project - use Amplify Gen 2 (aws-amplify/amplify-backend) instead
• you need features beyond critical fixes after the May 2027 end of life
• you want fine-grained control over AWS infrastructure via Terraform or CDK

Facets

cli-tool · maturity maintenance

cli auth api-framework infrastructure-as-code deployment graphql analytics serverless web-development mobile-development cloud-computing developer-tools backend apis cli cloud cross-platform aws amplify serverless cloudformation appsync lambda fullstack toolchain gen1 maintenance-mode storage nodejs

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