I’m a Cloud Architect, and I built aws-doctor because I found myself constantly running the same manual checks across different AWS accounts to find "zombie" resources. While AWS Trusted Advisor exists, the best checks are often locked behind paid Business/Enterprise support plans, and the AWS Console can be slow when you just want a quick "health check."
What it does: It’s a TUI (Terminal User Interface) that acts as a proactive checkup for your account.
Waste Detection: Scans for stopped instances (>30 days), unattached EBS volumes, unassociated Elastic IPs, and expiring Reserved Instances.
Cost Diagnosis: Compares your current month-to-date costs against the exact same period last month (e.g., Jan 1–15 vs. Feb 1–15) to spot spending velocity issues.
Trends: Visualizes cost history over the last 6 months.
The Tech Stack:
Written in Go (1.24).
Uses AWS SDK v2.
UI built with Charm's Bubbletea and Lipgloss (for the tables/styling).
It’s completely open-source and runs locally on your machine (using your standard ~/.aws/credentials).
I’d love to hear your feedback on the code structure or suggestions for other "waste patterns" I should add to the detection logic.
This is true, but be careful about losing the work experience. Companies love cloud computing and somehow are conditioned to want to pay for them and anyone who works on them. I received a devops job application rejection because they didn't see cloud computing providers on my resume. That's because I highlighted running my own dedicated servers.
One day, as you spend vast resources tracking and cutting and worrying about your AWS expenses, you’ll think “hey I could cut 100% of AWS costs by not using it!”.
Thinking about cutting AWS costs is your first step on the journey to never using it.
I’m a Cloud Architect, and I built aws-doctor because I found myself constantly running the same manual checks across different AWS accounts to find "zombie" resources. While AWS Trusted Advisor exists, the best checks are often locked behind paid Business/Enterprise support plans, and the AWS Console can be slow when you just want a quick "health check."
What it does: It’s a TUI (Terminal User Interface) that acts as a proactive checkup for your account.
Waste Detection: Scans for stopped instances (>30 days), unattached EBS volumes, unassociated Elastic IPs, and expiring Reserved Instances.
Cost Diagnosis: Compares your current month-to-date costs against the exact same period last month (e.g., Jan 1–15 vs. Feb 1–15) to spot spending velocity issues.
Trends: Visualizes cost history over the last 6 months.
The Tech Stack:
Written in Go (1.24).
Uses AWS SDK v2.
UI built with Charm's Bubbletea and Lipgloss (for the tables/styling).
It’s completely open-source and runs locally on your machine (using your standard ~/.aws/credentials).
I’d love to hear your feedback on the code structure or suggestions for other "waste patterns" I should add to the detection logic.
Thanks!
One day, as you spend vast resources tracking and cutting and worrying about your AWS expenses, you’ll think “hey I could cut 100% of AWS costs by not using it!”.
Thinking about cutting AWS costs is your first step on the journey to never using it.
I’m not going to pretend AWS is cost effective for every type of problem. But the comments here are overly simplistic.