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brew install ecs-deploy

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overview

Package summary

CLI tool to simplify Amazon ECS deployments, rollbacks & scaling

Project links

Commands and aliases

ecs

history

Project history and usage

ecs-deploy is a Python CLI for common Amazon ECS service operations: deploy, redeploy, scale, run one-off tasks, update task definitions, and update scheduled tasks. Its history is mostly a pragmatic DevOps story rather than a large ecosystem story.

Project history

The GitHub repository was created in February 2016, during the early period when teams were standardizing Docker deployments on Amazon ECS and needed repeatable command-line workflows around task definitions and services. The README describes the project as a convenience CLI for complex ECS actions that are executed often.

The release history shows steady feature accretion around real deployment needs: Docker Hub images, task-wide CPU and memory limits, environment files, Docker tags, and multi-account usage.

Adoption history

The README documents installation through PyPI with `pip install ecs-deploy`, Homebrew with `brew install ecs-deploy`, and Docker images beginning with version 1.7.1. That multi-channel distribution is the clearest primary evidence of adoption beyond a source checkout.

The project remains active in 2026 according to repository metadata, but official sources do not provide enough evidence to make broad adoption claims beyond its AWS ECS deployment niche.

How it is used

Typical use is operational: `ecs deploy` updates or redeploys a service, `ecs scale` changes desired task count, `ecs run` starts one-off tasks, `ecs update` creates revised task definitions, and `ecs cron` updates scheduled tasks.

Configuration follows boto3 and AWS CLI conventions. The README points users to AWS credential configuration, `aws configure`, explicit access-key options, or named AWS profiles.

Why package nerds care

ecs-deploy is the kind of small package-manager tool that exists because cloud CLIs are too general for one repeated deployment workflow. It wraps AWS ECS primitives into a narrower, scriptable surface for release automation.

It is also a useful packaging example for Python DevOps CLIs: PyPI is the upstream install path, Homebrew serves workstation users, and Docker images serve users who do not want a local Python environment.

Timeline

2016-02: GitHub repository created.
2020-08: Release 1.10.2 used in README Docker examples.
2021-08: Release 1.12.0 adds environment-file, Docker tag, and flag-related features.
2022-04: Release 1.13.0 covers task-wide CPU and memory limits and Docker Hub images.
2022-11: Release 1.14.0 adds multi-account usage.

Related projects

Amazon ECS is the managed container service ecs-deploy automates.
boto3 is the AWS Python library that supplies its credential and configuration behavior.
AWS CLI configuration files are reused for credentials and profiles.

Sources

security posture

No protected-tool coverage found yet

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for ecs-deploy. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.

Install behavior

No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 1 platform targets.
Installs with 2 runtime 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

Credential files

Credential-bearing paths to review before unattended agent runs.

Unix: ~/.aws/credentials

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`ecs`	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 version1.16.3

manager updated2026-06-09

local dataok

upstreamnot checked

latest detectednot detected

https://github.com/fabfuel/ecs-deploy

infoNo cached GitHub release or tag data was available.https://github.com/fabfuel/ecs-deploynone confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:ecs-deploy
Version	1.16.3
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/ecs-deploy
Homepage	https://github.com/fabfuel/ecs-deploy
Repository	https://github.com/fabfuel/ecs-deploy
Upstream docs	https://github.com/fabfuel/ecs-deploy#readme
License	BSD-3-Clause
Source archive	https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/56/1d/c2ab14c5660f45c668ec631cd22af2b1a373e13a9a8c03bcd379ffaf6387/ecs_deploy-1.16.3.tar.gz
Last updated	2026-06-09T13:14:27Z
Pulse	updated
Dependencies	certifi, python@3.14
Bottle	available (on all)
Homebrew post-install	not defined
Service	none declared

registry facts

Source database details

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

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Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/ecs-deploy.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
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