# Install aws-console with Homebrew Command-line to use AWS CLI credentials to launch the AWS console in a browser. Version 1.24.4 via Homebrew; verified 2026-04-23. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:aws-console ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install aws-console ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:aws-console - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 1.24.4 - **Source summary:** Command-line to use AWS CLI credentials to launch the AWS console in a browser - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** Apache-2.0 - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-04-23T17:46:32Z - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - aws-console (cli) - aws-console (alias) ## Build dependencies - go ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 1.24.4 - Package-manager updated: 2026-04-23 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/aws-cloudformation/rain - Upstream latest detected: v1.24.4 (current) ## 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 Notes narrow executable package without higher-risk signals. - **Geiger risk:** green / low - narrow executable package without higher-risk signals ## 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 - Unix: ~/.aws/config - Windows: %USERPROFILE%\.aws\config ## Credential files - Unix: ~/.aws/credentials - Windows: %USERPROFILE%\.aws\credentials ## 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:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Related links - [Cloud CLI packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/cloud-clis/) - Belongs to a cloud or infrastructure command family. - [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family. - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [go](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/go/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [cfn-format](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cfn-format/) - Shares the same upstream source repository. - [rain](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/rain/) - Shares the same upstream source repository. - [amazon-ecs-cli](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/amazon-ecs-cli/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: aws, cli, cloud-infrastructure. - [aws-amplify](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/aws-amplify/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: aws, cli, cloud-infrastructure. - [aws-cdk](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/aws-cdk/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: aws, cli, cloud-infrastructure. - [aws-elasticbeanstalk](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/aws-elasticbeanstalk/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: aws, cli, cloud-infrastructure. - [aws-es-proxy](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/aws-es-proxy/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: aws, cli, cloud-infrastructure. - [aws-google-auth](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/aws-google-auth/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: aws, cli, cloud-infrastructure. - [aws-iam-authenticator](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/aws-iam-authenticator/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: aws, cli, cloud-infrastructure. - [aws-keychain](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/aws-keychain/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: aws, cli, cloud-infrastructure. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/aws-console.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/aws-console.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated configuration and credential file locations - curated package history - package version freshness - av.db category and tag curation - package relationship graph - cross-ecosystem install command graph