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macOS

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brew install aws-console

local Homebrew formula metadata

overview

Package summary

Command-line to use AWS CLI credentials to launch the AWS console in a browser

Project links

Commands and aliases

aws-console

history

Project history and usage

aws-console is the Homebrew-packaged entry point for Rain's `console` command, a small AWS-console launcher built into the AWS CloudFormation Rain CLI. It uses the caller's current AWS credentials to generate an AWS Console sign-in URL and open it in a browser, with options for profile, region, service home page, stack selection, logout, and URL-only output.

Project history

Rain is maintained under the aws-cloudformation GitHub organization as a Go command-line tool for CloudFormation templates and stacks. Its command set covers formatting, packaging, deployment, logging, stack sets, template generation, and a `console` subcommand; the generated Rain documentation identifies `rain console` as the command that logs in to the AWS console.

Adoption history

As a standalone Homebrew formula, aws-console is a narrow convenience package rather than the main Rain distribution. Homebrew analytics showed 64 installs in 30 days, 283 in 90 days, and 1,339 in 365 days at the time of this batch, consistent with a niche operator workflow rather than a broad AWS CLI replacement.

How it is used

The command is for IAM role sessions, not IAM users. Its documentation says it reads a profile from the AWS CLI configuration file, can target CloudFormation or another AWS service home page, and can print the generated sign-in URL instead of opening a browser.

Why package nerds care

Package nerds care because it is a tiny subcommand exposed as its own Homebrew package: a focused wrapper around AWS federation and browser login, riding on Rain's CloudFormation-oriented release stream.

Timeline

2026: Rain's generated documentation lists `rain console` as the AWS console login command.
2026: Homebrew formula metadata packages aws-console from Rain v1.24.4.

Related projects

rain: the parent AWS CloudFormation workflow CLI.
AWS CLI and AWS SDK shared config files: the profile and credential source used by Rain's console workflow.

Sources

security posture

Risk level: green

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

Risk classifier

green risk · low confidence · appliance

Why

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

Signals

metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

Install behavior

No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
Build metadata lists 1 build dependencies.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

local files

Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.

Configuration files

Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.

Unix: ~/.aws/config
Windows: %USERPROFILE%\.aws\config

Credential files

Credential-bearing paths to review before unattended agent runs.

Unix: ~/.aws/credentials
Windows: %USERPROFILE%\.aws\credentials

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`aws-console`	cli	global executable

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-07-08

manager version1.24.4

manager updated2026-04-23

local dataok

upstreamcurrent

latest detectedv1.24.4

https://github.com/aws-cloudformation/rain

okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:aws-console
Version	1.24.4
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/aws-console
Homepage	https://github.com/aws-cloudformation/rain
Repository	https://github.com/aws-cloudformation/rain
Upstream docs	https://aws-cloudformation.github.io/rain
License	Apache-2.0
Source archive	https://github.com/aws-cloudformation/rain/archive/refs/tags/v1.24.4.tar.gz
Last updated	2026-04-23T17:46:32Z
Pulse	updated
Build dependencies	go
Bottle	available (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-install	not defined
Service	none declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	aws-console
Version Scheme	0
Revision	0
Head Version	HEAD
Bottle Stable Root URL	https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecated	no
Disabled	no
Keg Only	no
URL Keys	head stable

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

source trail

Generated from repository data

This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/aws-console.yml

Used sources

Geiger risk classifier
Nucleus package database
av.db category and tag curation
cross-ecosystem install command graph
curated configuration and credential file locations
curated package history
package relationship graph
package version freshness
package-page enrichment

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