Console Hopper

About

Console Hopper turns the AWS SAML role-picker into a fast, filterable
launcher and makes a tab strip full of AWS consoles instantly readable.

If you have access to dozens — or hundreds — of AWS accounts via SAML
SSO, the default role list is a long, unsorted scroll. Console Hopper
gives every row a star, a service deep-link, and a one-click sign-in,
and gives every open console tab a colour-coded favicon plus an account
name in the title.

WHAT YOU GET

• Filter and search the role list
  Filter by organisation, environment (prod/test/dev), account type
  (Management / Security / Logging / …) or role-name keyword (Admin /
  ReadOnly / PowerUser / …). Full-text search across account name,
  account id, and role name. Every filter group is editable from the
  side menu — rename the labels, change the colours, tweak the match
  patterns to fit your org.

• Favorites and Recent
  Star roles you use often. Recently signed-in roles are tracked
  automatically (configurable limit).

• Deep-link into a service
  Each role row has a service dropdown — EC2, S3, IAM, CloudWatch,
  Lambda, CloudFormation, VPC, RDS, plus anything you add. Pick a
  service before Sign In and you land directly in that service's
  console for that role.

• Colour-coded console tabs
  Every AWS console tab opened through the plugin gets a coloured
  favicon (env colour) and an account-name title prefix, so ten open
  tabs are still distinguishable at a glance.

• Tab groups — visual containers
  Console Hopper drops each new console tab into a Chrome tab group:
  by role, by organisation, or by a per-ticket override tag. Same role
  always gets the same colour. Note: tab groups are a Chrome visual
  feature only — they don't isolate cookies. For real session
  isolation, combine with Chrome profiles.

• Sensitive-sign-in confirmation
  Configure which role-name keywords (default: "admin") and which
  account types are sensitive. Signing into a matching role/account
  pops a "are you sure?" modal so you don't accidentally land in
  production.

• Drag-to-reorder
  Hold and drag any role row to set your preferred order. "Reset Order"
  in the side menu restores AWS's default.

• Light / dark / auto theme, compact mode, keyboard shortcuts
  / focuses search, ↑/↓ moves the selection, Enter signs in, Esc
  closes modals / clears filters.

• Export / import settings as JSON
  Share your configured orgs, envs, account types, role names,
  services, favorites and shortcuts with a teammate.

• Org-agnostic
  Ships with generic placeholders. You rename Org A / Org B / Org C and
  fill the patterns to match your real organisations. No hard-coded
  vendor names anywhere.

PRIVACY

Console Hopper runs entirely in your browser. It does not contact any
remote server, send telemetry, or collect personal data. All settings
(favorites, custom org / env / type / role labels, recent signins,
preferences) are stored in chrome.storage.local — they never leave
your device unless you click "Export Settings" yourself.

PERMISSIONS — WHY

• storage      — persist your preferences and configuration locally
• tabs         — read the current tab so the service worker knows which
                 console tab just opened (needed for tab grouping)
• tabGroups    — create and colour Chrome tab groups for each
                 account+role combination
• host access  — limited to AWS SAML sign-in pages and AWS console
                 pages, so the plugin can enhance the role-picker and
                 decorate console tabs. No other sites are touched.

INSTALL

1. Install from the Chrome Web Store.
2. Open your AWS SAML sign-in URL. The role picker is now the Console
   Hopper UI.
3. On first load, a welcome panel walks you through the highlights.
4. Configure your organisations, environments, account types, role
   names and services from the side menu (hover the right edge).

This extension is community-built and not affiliated with Amazon Web
Services. "AWS" is a trademark of Amazon.com, Inc.