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AWS Repository Unifier (ARU) - Proxy Layer & Policy Engine

A lightweight proxy service that sits between CI/CD pipelines and both ECR + CodeArtifact, presenting a single API endpoint for all artifact pulls/pushes. It handles authentication translation, permission mapping, and audit logging across both systems in real-time. Teams configure once; the proxy routes Docker images to ECR and language packages to CodeArtifact automatically based on artifact type.

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14 weeks • 70% confidence

Value Proposition

Eliminates dual authentication, centralizes audit trails, and reduces permission management from hours/week to minutes/month. No vendor lock-in—works only with AWS services teams already use. Deploys as a single ECS task or Lambda.

Target Audience

Mid-to-large AWS-native engineering teams (50-500 engineers) running multi-language microservices with >3 ECR repos and >2 CodeArtifact domains

Key Features

  • Single credential store (IAM role assumption for both ECR and CodeArtifact)
  • Automatic artifact routing (detects Docker manifests vs npm/Maven/Python packages)
  • Unified audit log export to CloudWatch Logs with searchable metadata
  • And more, with full implementation detail...

Tech Stack

Go (proxy server) AWS SDK (Go) CloudFormation CloudWatch Logs API
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Original Problem

DevOps teams forced to manage Docker images and code dependencies across fragmented repositories

Engineering teams using AWS must maintain separate ECR and CodeArtifact systems to manage Docker images and language-specific packages, creating operational overhead, permission management complexity, and audit inconsistencies. Competitors like JFrog Artifactory and Sonatype Nexus solved this 5+ years ago with unified repository management, leaving AWS users stuck with manual workarounds and duplicate administrative effort.

Score: 27.1% • 3 demand signals