Terminal UI for AWS
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Free open-source terminal UI for browsing and monitoring AWS, praised as a k9s-style tool. Critics warn it can misrepresent AWS state and raise credential security concerns.
Free open-source terminal UI for browsing and monitoring AWS, praised as a k9s-style tool. Critics warn it can misrepresent AWS state and raise credential security concerns.
22 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 10
- criticize it
- 12
- approval share
- 45%
Recommended in 1 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 10 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 0.8 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, not met.
- Recommended in 1 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Polished, promising interface
“looks good. definitely will try”
Comment from 5 Jan 2026 in “Show HN: Terminal UI for AWS” “nearly as polished as this!”
Comment from 4 Jan 2026 in “Show HN: Terminal UI for AWS” Welcome take on AWS tooling
“Nice, I was looking for this type of project”
Comment from 4 Jan 2026 in “Show HN: Terminal UI for AWS” “it's great to see projects like this”
Comment from 4 Jan 2026 in “Show HN: Terminal UI for AWS”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Security risk with AWS credentials
“yea let me just give access to my company AWS account credentials to this program made by some random dude on the internet”
Comment from 5 Jan 2026 in “Show HN: Terminal UI for AWS” “I don't know that I really need another layer, and it feels quite risky.”
Comment from 5 Jan 2026 in “Show HN: Terminal UI for AWS” “That's a no-no from security POV for anything in production”
Comment from 5 Jan 2026 in “Show HN: Terminal UI for AWS” - Comment from 4 Jan 2026 in “Show HN: Terminal UI for AWS”
Fails to run or crashes
“I couldn't get this to run successfully.”
Comment from 5 Jan 2026 in “Show HN: Terminal UI for AWS” “the application crashes on startup”
Comment from 5 Jan 2026 in “Show HN: Terminal UI for AWS” “Stolen idea and non-functional!”
Comment from 4 Jan 2026 in “Show HN: Terminal UI for AWS” Accused of plagiarism or AI slop
“Plagiarized and AI slop, a rare combination!”
Comment from 4 Jan 2026 in “Show HN: Terminal UI for AWS” “Stolen idea and non-functional!”
Comment from 4 Jan 2026 in “Show HN: Terminal UI for AWS”
What people recommend instead
The same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lazydocker | 11 | 0 | 100% | 6 | — | Approved |
| Terminal UI for AWSThis page | 10 | 12 | 45% | 1 | — | — |
What people said
20 of the 24 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“looks good. definitely will try”
“Best use might be to double check on the proper UI before making any big decisions, and just use it as a general monitor”
“The tool misrepresents what is in AWS, and you make a decision based on the bad info.”
“without SSO support this is a no-go for me too”
“That's a no-no from security POV for anything in production”
“wow, that looks like k9s for aws. That's awesome”
“yea let me just give access to my company AWS account credentials to this program made by some random dude on the internet”
“I don't know that I really need another layer, and it feels quite risky.”
“Ideas are cheap. Would be unsurprised to see an open source version of this get quite good faster than your $3.33 / machine version.”
“I couldn't get this to run successfully.”
“the application crashes on startup”
“Stolen idea and non-functional!”
“Plagiarized and AI slop, a rare combination!”
“This dude is hella sketch.”
“it doesn't make coherent sense”
“For something that ingests your AWS creds, I'd pass.”
“Nice, I was looking for this type of project”
“nearly as polished as this!”
“I won't trust a tool that first the commit is 11 hours ago.”
“it's great to see projects like this”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.