install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install awsweeper

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Nixverified · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#awsweeper

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/aw/awsweeper/package.nix · source: api.github.com

overview

Package summary

CLI tool for cleaning your AWS account

Project links

Commands and aliases

awsweeper

history

Project history and usage

AWSweeper is a Go command-line tool for deleting selected AWS resources from an account using a YAML filter file. It belongs to the small but important class of cloud cleanup tools that exist because real AWS accounts accumulate test, orphaned, and policy-violating resources faster than humans can remove them by hand.

Project history

The official GitHub repository was created in July 2017, and the first GitHub release listed by the repository is v0.1.0 from November 2017. The README describes AWSweeper as a tool for cleaning AWS accounts and explains that it builds on delete routines from the Terraform AWS provider, list operations from the author's awsls project, and generated code based on AWS API models.

By the documented v0.12.0 release in February 2022, the README described support for more than 290 AWS resource types, with a stated goal of covering every AWS resource supported by Terraform without maintaining large amounts of bespoke deletion code in AWSweeper itself.

Adoption history

AWSweeper's official README documents installation from GitHub releases and from the author's Homebrew tap. The batch input also shows packaging in Homebrew and Nix, which is typical for a niche infrastructure CLI: small enough to remain specialized, but useful enough to be packaged for repeatable workstation and CI installation.

How it is used

Users pass AWSweeper a YAML filter file naming Terraform-style AWS resource type identifiers and optional filters by id, tag, or creation date. The tool lists matching resources before deletion, supports a dry-run mode, and requires explicit confirmation unless the dangerous force flag is used for automation.

Why package nerds care

Package maintainers care about AWSweeper because it is a compact example of a cloud CLI that delegates hard provider-specific behavior to generated AWS and Terraform-adjacent code. It is also exactly the kind of tool package managers make safer to install: operationally powerful, infrequently used, and much better pinned to a known release than fetched from an arbitrary install script.

Timeline

2017: Official GitHub repository created.
2017: v0.1.0 GitHub release published.
2020: Regular v0.5 through v0.11 release series.
2022: v0.12.0 release published.

Related projects

The README explicitly relates AWSweeper to the Terraform AWS provider for delete routines, awsls for list operations, AWS SDK API models for generated code, and awsrm as a later Unix-like AWS resource deletion tool by the same author.

Sources

GitHub releases API lists v0.1.0 on 2017-11-22 and v0.12.0 on 2022-02-08.
GitHub repository metadata: created_at 2017-07-25.
Official README documents resource coverage, Terraform provider relationship, awsls relationship, install methods, and usage.
input.source_facts.package-manager lists Homebrew and Nix packaging.

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 13 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.

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`awsweeper`	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 version0.12.0

manager updated

local dataok

upstreamcurrent

latest detectedv0.12.0

https://github.com/jckuester/awsweeper

infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:awsweeper
Version	0.12.0
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/awsweeper
Homepage	https://github.com/jckuester/awsweeper/
Repository	https://github.com/jckuester/awsweeper
Upstream docs	https://github.com/jckuester/awsweeper#readme
License	MPL-2.0
Source archive	https://github.com/jckuester/awsweeper/archive/refs/tags/v0.12.0.tar.gz
Build dependencies	go
Bottle	available (on arm64_big_sur, arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, big_sur, catalina, monterey, sonoma, ventura, 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	awsweeper
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

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

Nix95%

awsweeper

nix profile install nixpkgs#awsweeper

normalized package name match
Matched by: Awsweeper

nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/aw/awsweeper/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

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/awsweeper.yml

Used sources

Geiger risk classifier
Nucleus package database
av.db category and tag curation
cross-ecosystem install command graph
curated package history
external package-manager database matches
package relationship graph
package version freshness
package-page enrichment

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