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aws-emulator

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AWS released AWS Emulator, a free local tool that simulates more than 200 AWS services on a developer's machine, development server or CI pipeline.
The AWS CLI, AWS SDKs and coding agents connect to it over a local HTTPS endpoint using the same AWS APIs.
AWS says its engineers did not write or review any code; autonomous AI agents built the tool, and the project is open source on GitHub.

Why it matters

Developers can run tests against AWS APIs locally without provisioning a paid cloud account or API key. It does not replicate the whole AWS cloud and does not have full fidelity, so tests should still be validated against real AWS.

Who’s affected

Developers testing AWS-dependent applications locally
Teams running AWS integration tests in CI pipelines
Teams currently using LocalStack

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aws-emulator Finally, an official emulator from AWS to run tests against a local clone of their many different services without having to provision a paid API key to do so. It's written in Rust by a huge swarm of agents - 29,684 commits in the first three weeks of the project…

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