aws/aws-sdk-go-v2
AWS SDK for the Go programming language.
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Where it stands
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Ranks #13 among Cloud repositories tracked this week, and #13 over the last 30 days; #524 of 2,794 repositories GStars tracks this week (top 19%).
5 releases in the last 90 days, the latest today, with 132 contributors on GitHub.
Use Cases & Benefits
- Provides a Go SDK to interact programmatically with AWS services using idiomatic Go APIs.
- Offers modular, up-to-date AWS service clients with improved performance and Go 1.22+ support.
- Use for building cloud-native Go applications that require AWS service integration like DynamoDB or S3.
- Use for automating AWS infrastructure management and operations via Go scripts or CLI tools.
- Use for migrating existing Go projects to a modern, supported AWS SDK with enhanced features and security.
Should you depend on it?
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License
Apache 2.0
Permissive: commercial use, modification and redistribution are allowed with attribution; includes an explicit patent grant from contributors.
Community files
- README: present
- Contributing guide: present
- Code of conduct: present
Watch-outs
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From the README
aws-sdk-go-v2is the v2 AWS SDK for the Go programming language.The v2 SDK requires a minimum version of
Go 1.22.Check out the release notes for information about the latest bug fixes, updates, and features added to the SDK.
The v2 SDK follows the upstream release policy with an additional six months of support for the most recently deprecated language version.
AWS reserves the right to drop support for unsupported Go versions earlier to address critical security issues.
Daily snapshots
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Forks
824+16
Open issues
153+10
Compared with peers in Cloud
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| Repository | Stars | +7d | Health | Last release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| hashicorp/terraform | 50.1K | +186 | 75 | today |
| microsoft/generative-ai-for-beginners | 121.8K | +0 | 75 | — |
| goharbor/harbor | 29.6K | +0 | 75 | 7 days ago |
| GoogleCloudPlatform/generative-ai | 17.8K | +0 | 75 | — |
| crossplane/crossplane | 12.2K | +0 | 75 | 28 days ago |
| aws/aws-sdk-go-v2 | 3.7K | +0 | 75 | today |
| Category median | 29.6K | +0 | 75 | — |
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