AWS Mobile Hub AWS Amplify
Full-stack web and mobile application development platform providing declarative client libraries, TypeScript-first cloud backend provisioning, and Git-based CI/CD hosting.
Naming timeline
- AWS Mobile Hub
Launched as an integrated console for configuring AWS backend services (Cognito, S3, DynamoDB, Pinpoint, Lambda) for mobile apps.
- AWS Amplify Framework & CLI
Introduced declarative JavaScript/mobile libraries and the Amplify CLI toolchain succeeding the legacy AWS Mobile CLI.
- AWS AmplifyCurrent name
AWS Amplify Console launched and superseded AWS Mobile Hub as the unified full-stack web and mobile backend and hosting service.
What replaced AWS Mobile Hub?
AWS Mobile Hub has been superseded by AWS Amplify, with the latest change on 26 November 2018 (AWS re:Invent 2018 (Mobile Hub Migration)). Full-stack web and mobile application development platform providing declarative client libraries, TypeScript-first cloud backend provisioning, and Git-based CI/CD hosting. The underlying legacy API or CLI surface is deprecated, so a technical migration is required.
Also known as
- AWS Amplify Hosting
- AWS Amplify Console
- AWS Mobile CLI
Technical identifiers
Legacy identifiers deprecated. The underlying API or CLI surface for the legacy name is officially deprecated, so this change requires a technical migration rather than a label update.
| AWS Service APIs / SDKs | amplify amplifybackend mobile |
|---|---|
| AWS CLI Commands | aws amplify aws mobile |
| IAM Actions & Policies | amplify:* amplifybackend:* mobilehub:* |
| Terraform Resources (aws_*) | aws_amplify_app aws_amplify_branch aws_amplify_domain_association aws_amplify_backend_environment |
The legacy AWS Mobile Hub API ('mobile'), CLI ('aws mobile'), and IAM prefix ('mobilehub:*') are retired and replaced by 'amplify', 'aws amplify', and 'aws_amplify_*' resources.
Notes & disambiguation
- AWS launched the AWS Amplify library in November 2017, the Amplify CLI in August 2018, and the AWS Amplify Console in November 2018 to supersede AWS Mobile Hub for configuring and managing cloud backends for iOS, Android, and web applications.
- Existing AWS Mobile Hub projects were migrated into AWS Amplify, and the legacy AWS Mobile Hub console, API ('mobile'), and CLI ('aws mobile') were subsequently retired.
- Modern deployments use the 'amplify' API/CLI namespace, 'amplify:*' IAM actions, and 'aws_amplify_app' Terraform resources (alongside AWS Amplify Gen 2 TypeScript backend definitions).
- Existing AWS Mobile Hub projects were migrated into AWS Amplify, and the legacy AWS Mobile Hub console, API ('mobile'), and CLI ('aws mobile') reached official full shutdown on October 31, 2021.
Sources & official documentation
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