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amazon-q-developer-cli
Terminal client for Amazon Q Developer chat, written in Rust, now unmaintained
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- Stars
- 2k
- License
- Apache-2.0
- Last commit
- Apr 2026
- Last release
- Nov 2025
- Language
- Rust
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Overview
Amazon Q Developer CLI is the Rust source for the `q` command, which lets you talk to Amazon Q Developer from the terminal. The repository is no longer actively maintained and gets only critical security fixes, since the product continues as the closed-source Kiro CLI. The README covers installation and a cargo-based contributor setup, but not the agent features themselves.
Who it is for: Engineers studying the Amazon Q CLI source or evaluating its Kiro CLI successor
Strengths
- Open source Rust codebase under Apache-2.0 (dual MIT), buildable with cargo run --bin chat_cli
- Installers for macOS (DMG, Homebrew) and Linux (Ubuntu/Debian, AppImage, alternative builds)
- Includes docs and scripts directories for studying how the CLI is built
Weaknesses
- No longer actively maintained; only critical security fixes are accepted
- Successor Kiro CLI is closed source, so new features will not land here
- Requires an Amazon Q Developer login; README documents no other model backends
- README has no feature list, model details or usage examples
What it needs
- no GPU
- Needs Amazon Q Developer account (login), Rust toolchain (to build)
- Models: unknown
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