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Kira is a native macOS desktop client for AWS — "AWS, without the friction". Built with Wails (Go backend, React + TypeScript frontend), it consolidates AWS operations into a single, keyboard-driven app. Authenticate once via AWS SSO and manage infrastructure across many accounts without ever switching between the console, the CLI, and a pile of database tools.

It started as a personal itch: jumping between browser tabs, aws commands, and a separate SQL client just to ship a change felt slow. Kira pulls those workflows into one fast, native window — sign in, pick an account, and everything you reach for is a keystroke away. See the documentation for more.

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Multi-account overview — production, staging, and development in one place.

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Features

  • Multi-account AWS SSO: Sign in once, then switch between accounts and regions from one place.
  • ECS: Browse clusters, services, and tasks; redeploy, scale, and roll back services; view task definitions; monitor service metrics; and open an interactive shell via ECS Exec.
  • Databases: Run SQL against RDS, query and scan DynamoDB, and connect to PostgreSQL, MySQL, and Redshift — with secure SSH tunneling and credentials stored in the macOS Keychain.
  • S3: Navigate buckets and prefixes; preview, upload, download, copy, rename, and delete objects; and create folders.
  • Secrets Manager: List secrets and retrieve their values for the active account.
  • CloudWatch Logs: Tail and search log streams.
  • Smart Query: Optional AI-assisted SQL generation powered by the claude CLI.
  • Extensions: Install custom .kext bundles that add action buttons backed by small Go scripts.
  • Fast navigation: A global summon hotkey, a Cmd+K command palette, and kira:// deep linking.

A closer look

Watch your ECS services live — task health, CPU and memory, deploy state — and redeploy, scale, or roll back without leaving the list.

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Browse S3 like a file manager. Preview objects, inspect metadata and versions, and upload, download, rename, or delete inline.

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Kira is distributed as a signed, notarized .dmg for macOS from kira.thiennguyen.dev.