LocalStack for AWS

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Emulate your production AWS application environment, fully locally

LocalStack uses AWS service APIs to emulate a realistic environment for your production application on safe, local infrastructure.

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Cloud Pods for Seamless Collaboration

Save your stack’s entire state (resources and data) then share it as a reusable pod. Skip rework. Share progress. Keep your team in sync.

Isolated Test State

Run clean, conflict-free tests without touching global state. Debug faster with full visibility before, during, and after each test. No manual cleanup needed.

Stack Insights

See how your team uses cloud services in practice. Spot patterns, catch inefficiencies, and surface issues before they become problems.

Chaos Engineering

Inject faults, delays, and errors to simulate real-world failures. Stress-test your system and catch brittle dependencies early, right in your CI.

Ephemeral Environments

Spin up throwaway test environments on demand. Skip the staging bottlenecks and run isolated tests that vanish when you're done.

Custom Extensions

Add your own LocalStack extensions to support specialized tools and workflows. Or install prebuilt ones to get moving faster.

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"Local development for cloud services is not, it turns out, nearly as silly as I once thought. LocalStack can lower costs when it comes to safely training developers, building efficient workloads, and, sure, standing up ridiculous websites. The breadth of AWS API coverage LocalStack has managed to deliver is rather breathtaking."

Corey Quinn, Chief Cloud Economist, The DuckBill Group

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