# donnemartin/saws

A supercharged AWS command line interface (CLI).

Repository: https://github.com/donnemartin/saws
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/saws
Language: Python
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: aws, aws-cli, cloud, python, terminal, shell, utility, utilities, client, cli, development, developer-tools, programming, linux, windows, macos, cloud-management
Last push: 2024-04-02T14:14:38+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4027, "days_push": 883, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 5302, forks 279 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:15.321401+00:00)

## What it is
SAWS is a Python-based wrapper around the official AWS CLI that adds productivity features like auto-completion of commands, options, and AWS resources (S3 buckets, EC2 instances), fish-style auto-suggestions, syntax highlighting, and contextual help. It supports the same command structure as the AWS CLI while improving ease of use.

## Use cases
- autocomplete aws cli commands in the terminal
- remember aws cli subcommands and options
- autocomplete s3 bucket names and ec2 instance ids
- get contextual help for aws cli commands
- highlight aws cli syntax and output
- manage aws resources from the command line faster

## When to choose
- you use the AWS CLI frequently and struggle to remember its many commands and options
- you want fuzzy completion of AWS resources like buckets and instance tags
- you want a friendlier interactive shell experience for AWS management

## When to avoid
- you only occasionally run a few known AWS CLI commands
- you need a GUI or console-based AWS management tool
- you need actively developed features - the project sees infrequent releases

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: maintenance
- function: cli, developer-tools, cloud
- domain: cloud-computing, developer-tools
- platform: cli, python, windows, cross-platform
- tags: aws, aws-cli, autocomplete, terminal, shell, syntax-highlighting, fuzzy-completion, command-line, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- donnemartin/saws (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:15.321401+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 2026-08-29T17:59:01.027758+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/donnemartin/saws (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:15.321401+00:00, sha 80991c2e016e)
  - registry_pypi: https://pypi.org/pypi/saws/json (fetched 2026-08-29T08:53:50.919527+00:00, sha 4773ee26d08c)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.