Show HN: AWS-doctor – A terminal-based AWS health check and cost optimizer in Go

[elC0mpa]

Hi HN,

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!

[sandGorgon]

have you considered using https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform-exec to run terraform inside you go process to manage the entire AWS connection piece. Terraform being largely rock solid and frequently updated on this.

could make this considerably more robust.

[LunaSea]

My AWS cost optimiser is to use a hosting provider instead of AWS.

[kitd]

Using AWS may not be your decision. If you're stuck using it by company policy, OP's tool could make you a workplace hero.

[andrewstuart]

Yup.

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.

[elC0mpa]

Sorry, I didn't understand the comment

[x3n0ph3n3]

Cool. Enjoy!

[atmosx]

Will try this one soon, ty!

[elC0mpa]

Thanks!!! If you find something that can be improved, don't doubt opening an issue!

[marinesebastian]

I was thinking of building something like this just a couple of days ago. Looks awesome! Will definitely try it out

[elC0mpa]

Thanks, if you think about something that might be improved, please open an issue!!!

[heyyfurqan]

looks cool, are you using any tui framework for this?

[leetrout]

They are using charm bracelet lip gloss and some others.

https://github.com/charmbracelet/lipgloss