# awslabs/aws-sdk-rust

AWS SDK for the Rust Programming Language

Repository: https://github.com/awslabs/aws-sdk-rust
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/aws-sdk-rust
Homepage: https://awslabs.github.io/aws-sdk-rust/
Language: Rust
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: rust, aws
Last push: 2026-08-26T19:21:30+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 95/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:39:23.370411+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 87, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1969, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 7, "gap_med": 1, "n_releases_24m": 484}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3336, forks 288 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:56.756108+00:00)

## What it is
The official AWS SDK for Rust, providing one generated crate per AWS service plus a shared aws-config crate for credential and region loading. It is generated from Smithy models and built for async usage with Tokio.

## Use cases
- call AWS services like S3, DynamoDB, or SQS from Rust
- load AWS credentials and region configuration in a Rust app
- build Rust applications on AWS Lambda or EC2
- manage AWS resources programmatically
- upload and download files from S3 in Rust
- use IAM roles and web identity tokens for auth in Rust

## When to choose
- you are writing Rust code that needs to interact with AWS services
- you want an officially maintained, auto-generated SDK with per-service crates
- you need async-first AWS clients with Tokio
- you want the default credential provider chain (env vars, files, ECS, EC2 metadata)

## When to avoid
- you use a language other than Rust
- you need a lightweight hand-written client for a single AWS service
- you require a synchronous (blocking) API without Tokio
- you target a Rust version older than the SDK's MSRV

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: stable
- function: sdk, http-client, auth, database-driver, serialization
- domain: cloud-computing, developer-tools, apis, backend
- platform: rust, cross-platform, cloud
- tags: aws, smithy, async, tokio, cloud-sdk, code-generated

## Member repositories
- awslabs/aws-sdk-rust (main) score 95

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:56.756108+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 2026-08-29T18:41:07.003174+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/awslabs/aws-sdk-rust (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:56.756108+00:00, sha f6595c40e20c)
  - homepage: https://awslabs.github.io/aws-sdk-rust/ (fetched 2026-08-29T09:34:22.166711+00:00, sha d392e2fac1f4)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.