Catch security issues in your AWS CDK before deployment
CDK Insights scans your AWS CDK stacks for security misconfigurations, cost waste, and best practice violations π Local-first: your code never leaves your machine β‘ Zero friction: no signup, no API keys, just npx cdk-insights scan π Free forever: 100+ rules, 35+ AWS services, JSON/Table/Markdown output π€ AI explains why issues matter, not just what's wrong π CI/CD ready: GitHub Action with PR comments Ship fast without shipping insecure.
Hey Product Hunt! π
I'm Lee, the maker of CDK Insights. I'm an AWS Community Builder, and I've been building with CDK for years.
The problem I kept seeing: infrastructure would be deployed, then days later, it was found that the S3 bucket was public or an IAM role was over-permissive. Existing tools scan CloudFormation but don't really understand CDK.
So I built something CDK-native. The static analysis is completely free β no trial, no limits. There's a paid AI tier for deeper analysis, but the free version is a real, complete product.
Try it: npx cdk-insights scan
I'd love your feedback on what rules you'd want to see!
About CDK Insights on Product Hunt
βCatch security issues in your AWS CDK before deploymentβ
CDK Insights launched on Product Hunt on April 15th, 2026 and earned 77 upvotes and 6 comments, placing #30 on the daily leaderboard. CDK Insights scans your AWS CDK stacks for security misconfigurations, cost waste, and best practice violations π Local-first: your code never leaves your machine β‘ Zero friction: no signup, no API keys, just npx cdk-insights scan π Free forever: 100+ rules, 35+ AWS services, JSON/Table/Markdown output π€ AI explains why issues matter, not just what's wrong π CI/CD ready: GitHub Action with PR comments Ship fast without shipping insecure.
On the analytics side, CDK Insights competes within SaaS, Software Engineering and Developer Tools β topics that collectively have 594.9k followers on Product Hunt. The dashboard above tracks how CDK Insights performed against the three products that launched closest to it on the same day.
Who hunted CDK Insights?
CDK Insights was hunted by Lee Priest. A βhunterβ on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform β uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
For a complete overview of CDK Insights including community comment highlights and product details, visit the product overview.
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