ekristen/aws-nuke
Remove all the resources from an AWS account observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
92/100
- Activity 96
- Release rhythm 81
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 3
- age_days: 1748
- days_rel: 48
- days_push: 25
- n_releases_24m: 92
Adoption not part of the score
1391 stars · 142 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
aws-nuke is a Go CLI tool that removes all resources from an AWS account, with configurable filters, presets, and region targeting. It is an actively maintained fork of rebuy-de/aws-nuke, rewritten on top of the libnuke library.
Use cases
- wipe all resources from a dev AWS account
- clean up AWS accounts to avoid billing charges
- delete test resources after CI runs
- reset a sandbox AWS account before teardown
- bulk delete AWS resources across all enabled regions
- filter which AWS resource types to keep or remove
When to choose
- you need to empty an entire AWS account of resources
- you want configurable filters, presets, and wildcard resource-type includes/excludes
- you want an actively maintained alternative to rebuy-de/aws-nuke with signed binaries and Docker images
When to avoid
- you only need to delete a few specific resources (use the AWS CLI or console)
- you cannot tolerate the risk of destructive bulk deletion in production accounts
- you need cloud providers other than AWS
Facets
cli-tool · maturity stable
cli cloud developer-tools cloud-computing developer-tools cli windows go aws resource-deletion account-cleanup cost-cleanup libnuke destructive devops automation linux macos docker
10 sources
- readme: https://github.com/ekristen/aws-nuke · fetched 2026-08-28 · ebd6083773ff
- homepage: https://aws-nuke.ekristen.dev · fetched 2026-08-29 · e7d836f1db6d
- site_page: https://aws-nuke.ekristen.dev/features/overview · fetched 2026-08-29 · 592b8cf32905
- site_page: https://aws-nuke.ekristen.dev/installation · fetched 2026-08-29 · 433fe9b1c875
- site_page: https://aws-nuke.ekristen.dev/features/bypass-alias-check · fetched 2026-08-29 · 3ae3d132057e
- site_page: https://aws-nuke.ekristen.dev/features/global-filters · fetched 2026-08-29 · b2fb19158fed
- site_page: https://aws-nuke.ekristen.dev/features/filter-groups · fetched 2026-08-29 · aad80a66b3d4
- site_page: https://aws-nuke.ekristen.dev/features/enabled-regions · fetched 2026-08-29 · bdaf2ee0ecd3
- site_page: https://aws-nuke.ekristen.dev/features/name-expansion · fetched 2026-08-29 · 10cf3a6bd157
- site_page: https://aws-nuke.ekristen.dev/features/signed-binaries · fetched 2026-08-29 · b30c0f629956
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| ekristen/aws-nuke | main | 92 |
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