Amazon Q Developer
AWS's AI coding assistant with agentic capabilities, security scanning, and infrastructure-as-code generation. Rebranded from Amazon CodeWhisperer on 2024-04-30. IDE plugins and paid coding subscriptions sunset April 30, 2027 with Kiro as the official successor. Console/Docs/Mobile/Slack/Teams surfaces continue.
Overview
Amazon Q Developer is AWS's AI-powered coding assistant, rebranded from Amazon CodeWhisperer on April 30, 2024. It provides intelligent code suggestions, security scanning, and infrastructure-as-code generation with deep AWS service integration. AWS is winding down the IDE plugins and paid coding subscriptions in favor of Kiro by April 30, 2027; Q Developer in the AWS Console, AWS Documentation, the Console Mobile App, and Slack/Teams continues operating.
Lifecycle Timeline
April 30, 2024 — CodeWhisperer rebranded to Amazon Q Developer. May 15, 2026 — new signups for Q Developer IDE plugins and paid coding subscriptions blocked. May 29, 2026 — Claude Opus 4.6 removed from Q Developer Pro. April 30, 2027 — end of support for IDE plugins and paid coding subscriptions. See the AWS DevOps Blog EOL announcement (https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/devops/amazon-q-developer-end-of-support-announcement/) for the primary source.
Migration to Kiro
AWS has designated Kiro as the migration path for Amazon Q Developer IDE plugins and paid coding subscriptions. See /tools/kiro for the spec-driven development platform, steering documents, and Claude Opus 4.7 access.
Key Features
Amazon Q Developer offers code generation, security vulnerability scanning, AWS service integration, and infrastructure-as-code templates. It can generate CloudFormation templates, optimize AWS costs, and provide best practice recommendations.
Use Cases
AWS infrastructure code generation, security-focused development, cloud-native application building, and infrastructure automation. IDE/paid use cases should plan to migrate to Kiro before April 30, 2027.