Important
If you are starting a new project, we recommend starting with Amplify Gen 2.
If you are an existing Gen 1 customer, we encourage you to start migrating to Gen 2 using the migration guide and tooling.
Amplify Gen1 is in maintenance mode. Starting May 1, 2026, Gen 1 backends will receive only critical bug fixes and security patches and will reach end of life on May 1, 2027. Migrate your backend to Amplify Gen 2 using the migration guide and tooling to continue receiving new features and support.
The AWS Amplify CLI is a toolchain which includes a robust feature set for simplifying mobile and web application development. The CLI uses AWS CloudFormation and nested stacks to allow you to add or modify configurations locally before you push them for execution in your account.
- Requires Node.js® version 22 or later
Install and configure the Amplify CLI as follows:
$ npm install -g @aws-amplify/cli $ amplify configure
The Amplify CLI supports the commands shown in the following table.
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
| amplify configure | Configures the AWS access credentials, AWS Region and sets up a new AWS User Profile |
| amplify init | Initializes a new project, sets up deployment resources in the cloud and prepares your project for Amplify. |
| amplify configure project | Updates configuration settings used to setup the project during the init step. |
amplify add <category> |
Adds cloud features to your app. |
amplify update <category> |
Updates existing cloud features in your app. |
| amplify push [--no-gql-override] | Provisions cloud resources with the latest local developments. The 'no-gql-override' flag does not automatically compile your annotated GraphQL schema and will override your local AppSync resolvers and templates. |
| amplify pull | Fetch upstream backend environment definition changes from the cloud and updates the local environment to match that definition. |
| amplify publish | Runs amplify push, publishes a static assets to Amazon S3 and Amazon CloudFront (*hosting category is required). |
amplify status [ <category>...] |
Displays the state of local resources that haven't been pushed to the cloud (Create/Update/Delete). |
amplify status -v [ <category>...] |
Verbose mode - Shows the detailed verbose diff between local and deployed resources, including cloudformation-diff |
| amplify serve | Runs amplify push, and then executes the project's start command to test run the client-side application. |
| amplify delete | Deletes resources tied to the project. |
amplify help | amplify <category> help |
Displays help for the core CLI. |
| amplify codegen add | generate | Performs generation of strongly typed objects using a GraphQL schema. |
| amplify env add | list | remove | get | pull | import | checkout | See the multienv docs. |
- auth (Amazon Cognito)
- storage (Amazon S3 & Amazon DynamoDB)
- function (AWS Lambda)
- api (AWS AppSync & Amazon API Gateway)
- analytics (Amazon Pinpoint)
- hosting (Amazon S3 and Amazon CloudFront distribution)
- notifications (Amazon Pinpoint)
- interactions (Amazon Lex)
- predictions (Amazon Rekognition, Amazon Textract, Amazon Translate, Amazon Polly, Amazon Transcribe, Amazon Comprehend, and Amazon SageMaker)
- Getting Started guide
- GraphQL transform tutorial
- Native development with Amplify CLI and AWS AppSync
To set up your local development environment, go to Local Environment Setup.
To test your category, do the following:
cd <your-test-front-end-project> amplify-dev init amplify-dev <your-category> <subcommand>
Before pushing code or sending a pull request, do the following:
- At the command line, run
yarn lintat the top-level directory. This invokes eslint to check for lint errors in all of our packages. - You can use
yarn lintto find some of the lint errors. To attempt fix them, go to the package that has errors and runyarn lint-fix - If there are any remaining lint errors, resolve them manually. Linting your code is a best practice that ensures good code quality so it's important that you don't skip this step.
We are thankful for any contributions from the community. Look at our Contribution Guidelines.