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24 alternatives to Easily assume AWS roles from the terminal

Easily assume AWS roles in your terminal. Contribute to remind101/assume-role development by creating an account on GitHub.

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Easily assume AWS roles from the terminal launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   SAML.to▲3

   Developer-friendly AWS role assumption and CLI

   2022 · saml.to · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Stop Putting AWS Credentials in GitHub Secrets▲88

   Greetings! I've created a GitHub action that works that allows GitHub Actions to exchange a GitHub token for AWS Access Credentials. I've cultivated a few examples of it in action: https://github.com/saml-to/aws-assume-role-action-examples I've always found management of AWS Credentials has been a pain. So this setting up this Action works like this: 1) A SAML Identity Provider is created in AWS 2) A Role in AWS is set up to trust that Identity Provider 3) A config file is added to the repository indicating which role can be assumed 4) The GitHub Action exchanges the Repo…

   2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Get AWS Credentials in GitHub Codespaces▲25

   hey everyone I've written a devcontainer feature that allows you to get AWS credentials for a role in GitHub Codespaces. No copy paste of AWS tokens needed! Let me know what you think!

   2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Bash-My-AWS – CLI Commands for AWS▲155

   Bash-my-AWS is a simple but powerful set of CLI commands for managing resources on Amazon Web Services.

   2019 · bash-my-aws.org · its alternatives →

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   discharge▲125

   A simple way to deploy static websites to Amazon S3 💻

   2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   AWS credentials management CLI tool▲24

   POC Nathan Accacio. Contribute to iamarkadyt/aws-auth development by creating an account on GitHub.

   2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   A command-line utility for deploying serverless applications to AWS▲68

   A command-line utility for deploying serverless applications to AWS. Complete with custom domains, deploy previews, TypeScript support, and more. - JakePartusch/serverlessui

   2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   A Go CLI to list AWS resources in multi accounts+regions as easy as 123▲9

   A list command for AWS resources. Contribute to jckuester/awsls development by creating an account on GitHub.

   2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   IAM Agent▲17

   Automate AWS IAM role setup with a single click

   2025 · skylineopsai.com · its alternatives →

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    Search Google, GitHub, Stack Overflow, other sites from the terminal▲73

    Open a web search in your terminal. Contribute to zquestz/s development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Saml.to: I've Turned GitHub into a SAML Identity Provider▲23

    Assume AWS roles from the command line, GitHub Actions and Codespaces.

    2022 · saml.to · its alternatives →

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    AWS Should Be Easy▲9

    just ship on aws. Contribute to nathants/libaws development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    CLI for authentication into AWS right from your terminal (supports MFA)▲9

    2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Quickly make reminders in the terminal▲9

    Quickly make reminders in the terminal. Contribute to mkaminsky11/rmdr development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    AWS Lambda Layer for Node.js Example Using Aws-Cli▲5

    aws lambda layer example. Contribute to nsriram/aws-lambda-layer-example development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    A simpler infrastructure as code specification▲5

    just ship on aws. Contribute to nathants/libaws development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    LocalOps App platform for AWS▲26

    Go live on AWS in minutes, without learning curve or DevOps

    2025 · localops.co · its alternatives →

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    Git-remote-AWS: AWS accounts as Git remotes▲7

    2019 · git-remote-aws.autofitcloud.com · its alternatives →

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    AWS Cloudformation dry-drun via Ansible showing full diff▲11

    Custom ansible modules. Contribute to cytopia/ansible-modules development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Ssh2, Easier EC2 ssh'ing▲9

    SSH for EC2. Contribute to soheil-zz/ssh2 development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    CLI that explains the output of your last command▲5

    A terminal assistant for the hopelessly confused. Contribute to shobrook/wut development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Toolkit to Work with Infrastructure on AWS▲5

    InfraHouse Toolkit. Contribute to infrahouse/infrahouse-toolkit development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Aq – Query AWS resources with SQL▲9

    Query AWS resources with SQL. Contribute to lebinh/aq development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Awless, a Powerful CLI for AWS in Go▲6

    A Mighty CLI for AWS. Contribute to wallix/awless development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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