# aws-amplify/amplify-cli

The AWS Amplify CLI is a toolchain for simplifying serverless web and mobile development.

Repository: https://github.com/aws-amplify/amplify-cli
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/amplify-cli
Language: TypeScript
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: serverless, web-development, mobile-development, aws, fullstack, cli, authentication, storage, lambda-functions, api, analytics, predictions, notifications, graphql, serverless-containers, aws-fargate, aws-lambda, aws-appsync, aws-amplify
Last push: 2026-08-26T14:36:21+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 96/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 90, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2932, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 69, "gap_med": 13.5, "n_releases_24m": 25}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2874, forks 823 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:27.253956+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: maintenance
- function: cli, auth, api-framework, infrastructure-as-code, deployment, graphql, analytics, serverless
- domain: web-development, mobile-development, cloud-computing, developer-tools, backend, apis
- platform: cli, cloud, cross-platform
- tags: aws, amplify, serverless, cloudformation, appsync, lambda, fullstack, toolchain, gen1, maintenance-mode, storage, nodejs

## Member repositories
- aws-amplify/amplify-cli (main) score 96

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:27.253956+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 2026-08-30T07:35:48.641057+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/aws-amplify/amplify-cli (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:27.253956+00:00, sha 604ca3cd758d)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.