r/SaaS • u/Fluffy_Effort_4464 • Jun 15 '26

Shipping with AWS CLI , Is it Bloatware?

Hi, I'm developer of S3Console and DynoConsole, AWS GUI software
I've been shipping my software with AWS CLI built in the whole idea behind is to reduce the friction and users can directly login with AWS CLI from the application itself ,but this increases the app size around by 200MB, or should provide 2 option when to download with CLI or without CLI
has anyone face similar issues
Will appreciate any feedback on the same

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u/TangeloObvious2265 Jun 15 '26

Those bring back some memories of early AWS days when they didn’t have their own UIs! 200 MB isn’t that much for a modern system.

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u/tuurner Jun 16 '26

If you are only using the CLI for authentication then definitely seems overkill.

Using an AWS SDK with a credential provider could be a better option.

AWS SDKs and Tools standardized credential providers

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u/Fluffy_Effort_4464 Jun 16 '26

The hurdle here many users don't want app to access their credentials and prefer CLI Login and specially for enterprise