# aws/aws-sdk-cpp

AWS SDK for C++

Repository: https://github.com/aws/aws-sdk-cpp
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/aws-sdk-cpp
Language: C++
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: cpp, aws, cross-platform
Last push: 2026-08-26T20:59:09+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 77/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4132, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2209, forks 1165 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:26.205008+00:00)

## What it is
The official AWS SDK for C++, providing a modern C++11 interface to Amazon Web Services with low- and high-level clients. It is production-ready, cross-platform, and built with CMake with minimal dependencies.

## Use cases
- upload and download files to S3 from a C++ application
- call AWS services like EC2, DynamoDB, or SQS from C++
- build a cross-platform C++ app that integrates with AWS
- manage AWS resources programmatically from native code
- sign AWS API requests with credentials from C++

## When to choose
- you need to access AWS services from C++ with official support
- you want a production-ready, cross-platform AWS client library
- you need fine-grained control over AWS API calls in native code

## When to avoid
- your project is not in C++ or uses an older standard than C++11
- you only need simple HTTP calls to non-AWS endpoints
- build resources are very limited, since compiling the full SDK is memory-intensive

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: stable
- function: sdk, http-client, serialization
- domain: cloud-computing, developer-tools, apis
- platform: cpp, windows, cross-platform
- tags: aws, cloud-sdk, cmake, c++11, macos, linux

## Member repositories
- aws/aws-sdk-cpp (main) score 77

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:26.205008+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 2026-08-30T02:46:18.699577+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/aws/aws-sdk-cpp (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:26.205008+00:00, sha c95428473f87)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.