Amazon Q Developer

by Amazon Web Services

Freemium

AWS AI-powered coding assistant. Provides code suggestions, security scanning, code transformation (Java upgrades), and AWS-specific assistance. Integrated into VS Code, JetBrains, and AWS Console.

4.1
out of 5.0
Category Coding
Platform macOSWindowsLinuxWeb
Last Updated March 22, 2026

Overview

Amazon Q Developer is AWS's AI-powered coding assistant that provides code suggestions, security scanning, code transformation, and AWS-specific guidance. It's tightly integrated with the AWS ecosystem, making it particularly valuable for teams building on AWS. It can help with code generation, debugging, upgrading Java applications, and navigating AWS services and documentation.

Key Features

  • Code Suggestions — Inline code completions with AWS service awareness

  • Security Scanning — Detect and remediate security vulnerabilities in code

  • Code Transformation — Automated Java version upgrades (e.g., Java 8 to 17)

  • AWS Expertise — Deep knowledge of AWS services, best practices, and troubleshooting

  • Chat Assistant — Ask questions about your code, AWS architecture, and debugging

  • IDE Integration — Works in VS Code, JetBrains IDEs, and AWS Console

  • CLI Completions — AI-powered command-line autocomplete for AWS CLI