AWS role switch

By: Jan

Browser plugin to quickly switch between roles on the AWS console

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Features & Capabilities

Browser plugin to quickly switch between roles on the AWS console. This plugin shows a popup with aws roles you configured via a config ini file. It can be triggered via a keyboard combination, a role can then be selected via up and down arrow keys.

Features

Edit your roles in a ./aws/config style ini format via a code editor
Store ~2k roles
Group roles together
Sync config via sync storage on different devices
Open popup via Ctrl + Shift + l
Navigate through roles with arrow keys, press enter to assume
Neat dark/light theme based on your browser settings

Why

You can store up to 5 roles in the AWS console. If you have a bunch of roles over many accounts this browser plugin might be a good choice to store your roles. It can store roughly 2000 roles and syncs it with browsers on other devices.

You might also checkout tilfinltd/aws-extend-switch-roles which is another browser plugin to switch roles. When i started to write this plugin i learned a lot of how the switching works. Originally i intended to contribute to this repository because i needed some features that aren’t implemented there. However, it’s written in a very oldschool style of Javascript, so i decided to rewrite it and give it a modern paint.

User Growth & Download Statistics

Add-on

By:

Jan

Daily users:

120 3

Rating:

5.00

(1)

Version:

0.11.0 Last updated: 2025-05-26

Version code:

5956587

Creation date:

2022-07-11

Risk:

Permissions:

storage
cookies
https://*.console.aws.amazon.com/*
https://*.console.amazonaws-us-gov.com/*
https://*.console.amazonaws.cn/*
https://lightsail.aws.amazon.com/*
https://health.aws.amazon.com/*
https://phd.amazonaws-us-gov.com/*
https://phd.amazonaws.cn/*

Content scripts matches:

*.console.aws.amazon.com
*.console.amazonaws-us-gov.com
*.console.amazonaws.cn
lightsail.aws.amazon.com
health.aws.amazon.com
phd.amazonaws-us-gov.com
phd.amazonaws.cn
signin.aws.amazon.com

Size:

3.55MB

URLs:

Website

Full description:

Source:

Firefox Add-ons Store

Data ingested on:

2026-06-14

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 10,501 ▲ 45

Other rankings

#242 in console keyword 16 ▼ 2

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Developed by:

Jan

Firefox Add-ons Store

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/aws-role-switch/

Website:

https://janstuemmel.de/aws-role-switch

Permission Change History

2023-06-17: Version 0.8.0 → 0.9.0

Add Permissions: cookies

2022-11-27: Version 0.5.1 → 0.5.2

Add Permissions: https://lightsail.aws.amazon.com/* https://health.aws.amazon.com/* https://phd.amazonaws-us-gov.com/* https://phd.amazonaws.cn/*

Remove Permissions: https://phd.aws.amazon.com/*

2022-11-21: Version 0.5.0 → 0.5.1

Add Permissions: https://*.console.aws.amazon.com/* https://phd.aws.amazon.com/* https://*.console.amazonaws-us-gov.com/* https://*.console.amazonaws.cn/*

2022-11-14: Version 0.1 → 0.4.0

Remove Permissions: management tabs theme activeTab

User Reviews

by 退出*****, 2025-04-09

by 敬念*****, 2025-03-17

Very easy to setup. Customization to group several accounts is real winner here!

by Ni*****, 2023-11-13

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Is AWS role switch Safe?

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AWS role switch requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details

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Risk likelihood analysis details

High This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.
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