Hiraeth: Local AWS Emulator for Integration Testing with SQS Support
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ozarkerD
Slow-proofed and worth the wait. Worth its weight in flour.
Summary
Hiraeth is an open-source local AWS emulator designed for fast integration testing, currently focusing on SQS functionality. It allows AWS SDK requests to go through a local HTTP endpoint, stores state in SQLite, and includes an optional web UI for debugging. The project is in early development and intended for local development and test environments, not as a production AWS replacement. It can be started with Docker Compose and provides AWS-compatible endpoints and admin UI on localhost ports.
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The first release target is SQS: signed AWS SDK requests go through a local HTTP endpoint, state is stored in SQLite, and an optional web UI exposes the local emulator state for debugging.
This project is early. It is intended for local development and test environments, not as a production AWS replacement.
The AWS-compatible endpoint listens on http://localhost:4566. The admin UI listens on http://localhost:4567.
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