# aws/aws-cli

Universal Command Line Interface for Amazon Web Services

Repository: https://github.com/aws/aws-cli
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/aws-cli
Language: Python
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: aws, cloud, aws-cli, cloud-management
Last push: 2026-08-26T20:15:35+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 67/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5034, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 17219, forks 4637 (observed 2026-08-28T04:11:17.857351+00:00)

## What it is
The official unified command line interface for Amazon Web Services, allowing users to manage AWS services from the terminal. This is version 1, which has entered maintenance mode in favor of AWS CLI v2.

## Use cases
- manage aws resources from the terminal
- automate aws service operations in scripts
- configure aws credentials and profiles
- upload files to s3 from the command line
- control ec2 instances via cli

## When to choose
- you need a pip-installable CLI on Python 3.10+
- you have legacy scripts built against AWS CLI v1

## When to avoid
- you are starting fresh - use AWS CLI v2 instead
- you need long-term support, since v1 is in maintenance mode

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: maintenance
- function: cli, cloud, developer-tools
- domain: cloud-computing, developer-tools
- platform: cli, python, cross-platform
- tags: aws, cloud-management, infrastructure, command-line

## Member repositories
- aws/aws-cli (main) score 67

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:17.857351+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 2026-08-29T17:03:27.525092+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/aws/aws-cli (fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:17.857351+00:00, sha b32215683939)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.