# open-guides/og-aws

📙 Amazon Web Services — a practical guide

Repository: https://github.com/open-guides/og-aws
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/og-aws
Language: Shell
License: CC-BY-4.0
License Family: other
Last push: 2024-08-16T02:51:54+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3703, "days_push": 747, "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 36441, forks 3882 (observed 2026-08-28T04:12:01.062340+00:00)

## What it is
The Open Guide to Amazon Web Services is a community-maintained practical guide covering AWS services, basics, tips, and gotchas. It is a curated reference document rather than software, licensed under CC-BY-4.0.

## Use cases
- learn aws fundamentals
- aws best practices reference
- understand ec2 s3 iam gotchas
- prepare for aws cloud architecture decisions
- onboarding engineers to aws
- compare aws services like alb vs clb
- find aws pitfalls and limitations

## When to choose
- you want a free, community-vetted AWS reference
- you need practical tips and gotchas beyond official docs
- you are onboarding a team to AWS

## When to avoid
- you need up-to-the-minute coverage of newly launched AWS services
- you want interactive tutorials or hands-on labs
- you need official certification exam material

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: maintenance
- function: documentation, cloud, developer-tools
- domain: cloud-computing, infrastructure-as-code, tutorials, awesome-lists
- platform: cloud
- tags: aws, guide, best-practices, open-guide, devops

## Member repositories
- open-guides/og-aws (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:12:01.062340+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 2026-08-29T16:26:11.421825+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/open-guides/og-aws (fetched 2026-08-28T04:12:01.062340+00:00, sha c4bf5f59bed5)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.