broamski/aws-mfa

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1066 stars · 170 forks observed · 2026-08-28

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

aws-mfa is a Python CLI tool that automates obtaining temporary AWS credentials from the Security Token Service (STS) using MFA and writes them to your ~/.aws/credentials file. It replaces bespoke scripts for managing short-term MFA-based AWS credentials.

Use cases

• fetch temporary AWS credentials with MFA token
• update aws credentials file automatically after MFA login
• manage multiple AWS profiles with MFA enforced
• refresh expiring AWS STS session credentials
• avoid writing custom scripts for AWS MFA authentication

When to choose

• your AWS account enforces MFA for API/CLI access
• you want automated refresh of short-term STS credentials in ~/.aws/credentials
• you juggle multiple AWS profiles with long-term and short-term credentials

When to avoid

• you use AWS SSO or IAM Identity Center sessions instead of MFA
• you rely on aws-vault or credential_process-based tooling
• you need a GUI or interactive credential manager

Facets

cli-tool · maturity stable

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