Windows Desktop version of AWS EC2 Console

A Windows Forms desktop application that duplicates the most common functions of the AWS EC2 Console. Fully based on the official AWS .NET SDK using .NET 5.0.

< The project is currently at an early stage of development >

Key Features

1. Faster than the official AWS Console.
2. Dense interface with everything you need on one screen.
3. Additional automation for multi-step changes, for example:
   3.1. Bulk instance type change which includes stopping running instances, changing instance type, and restarting instances.
   3.2. Bulk create and attach EBS volumes to an instance.
   3.3. ...wip...
4. ..

Form Examples

Main form
Metric browser
Bulk instance type change

Security

1. At the moment, AWS security credentials should have at least full read-only access to work more or less stable.
2. Two authentication methods are supported:
   2.1. Credential Profiles with plain text Access and Security Keys - profiles are stored using native NetSDKCredentialsFile format and shared with AWS Toolkit for Visual Studio and PowerShell modules.
   2.2. AWS Single Sign-On. Credentials are not stored locally, they are requested as needed.
   
3. I am tracking application usage by calling the AWS API Gateway endpoint every time the application starts. Please refer to the CheckForTheAppUpdatesAndtrackUsage_Async function in the main form - no data is sent at all.

Your help and feedback is greatly appreciated

1. A fast and nice-looking interface is everything. Please let me know if there are any better free Windows Forms components that you might find useful here.
2. Constructive feedback is appreciated in project issues.

FAQ

1. Should I use this app? Use at your own risk. I don't provide any support, but appreciate your feedback in project issues.
2. Why would you duplicate something that already exists? As an engineer who work with AWS for over a decade, I'm deeply frustrated with the development direction of the Console - aweful, unreadable and slow UI. The purpose of this solution is to address those issues.
3. Why vb.net? I'm a Windows user, I like .NET, I like Visual Basic, I enjoy writing it.
4. Your code is aweful! I'm a database architect, not a software engineer. Also, a big fan of incremental development and improvement.
5. Do you have a release schedule? No, this is a pet project without dedicated resources.
6. It throws exceptions! There are no plans at this time to make it fool-proof.