# Install e1s with Homebrew, Nix

TUI for managing AWS ECS, inspired by k9s. Version 1.0.53 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-25. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#e1s.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:e1s
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install e1s
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#e1s
```

  Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/e1/e1s/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:e1s
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 1.0.53
- **Source summary:** TUI for managing AWS ECS, inspired by k9s
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/keidarcy/e1s>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/keidarcy/e1s>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-25T14:23:18-04:00
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- e1s (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 1.0.53
## Project history and usage

E1S is a Go terminal application for browsing and managing AWS ECS resources, including Fargate and EC2 launch types. The README explicitly frames it as inspired by k9s, carrying the Kubernetes terminal-dashboard idiom into AWS ECS operations.

### Project history

The public repository was created on 2023-06-18. The README describes an ECS-focused TUI that uses existing AWS CLI configuration and credentials rather than storing secrets itself, and offers terminal workflows for profiles, regions, services, tasks, exec, filtering, sorting, and AWS Console jumps.

### Adoption history

E1S has broader adoption than a one-off ECS helper: the README lists GitHub release binaries, Homebrew, Docker images, AWS CloudShell install, `go install`, asdf, and mise. GitHub API metadata showed 903 stars and 40 forks on 2026-06-30.

### How it is used

Common use is `e1s` after AWS CLI credentials are configured, optionally selecting profile, region, cluster, service, read-only mode, refresh rate, and theme from flags or `~/.config/e1s/config.yml`. It reads AWS shared config and credentials files and can use AWS SDK for Go to connect to ECS APIs.

### Why package nerds care

E1S matters in package-manager catalogs because it fills a narrow operational gap: ECS has rich APIs and console screens, but fewer mature terminal dashboards than Kubernetes. Its k9s-inspired model makes it recognizable to cloud operators who prefer keyboard-driven TUIs.

### Timeline

- 2023-06-18: Public GitHub repository created.
- 2026: README documents multi-channel distribution through releases, Homebrew, Docker, CloudShell, go install, asdf, and mise.
- 2026-06-22: GitHub API showed a recent repository push.

### Related projects

- The README names k9s as an inspiration and documents use with AWS CLI configuration, AWS SDK for Go, AWS ECS, Fargate, EC2 launch types, AWS CloudShell, and AWS Systems Manager Session Manager for interactive exec and port forwarding.

### Sources

- <https://github.com/keidarcy/e1s>
- <https://raw.githubusercontent.com/keidarcy/e1s/master/README.md>
- <https://api.github.com/repos/keidarcy/e1s>


## Security Notes

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger risk:** green / low
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals


## Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.


## Configuration files

- Unix: ~/.config/e1s/config.yml, ~/.aws/config

## Credential files

- Unix: ~/.aws/credentials
## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - e1s: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/e1/e1s/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/e1s.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/e1s.yml)


## Sources

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph