Floci: free local AWS emulator hits 30.7k GitHub stars, your code can't tell it's fake
thisguyknowsai · x · 2026-11-06
Floci, an open-source local AWS emulator (30.7k GitHub stars, MIT license), lets you point your code at localhost:4566 and talk to a fake AWS the same way as the real one — upload to S3, fire Lambda functions, no account, no auth token, no bill. Positioned as a free LocalStack alternative covering S3, SQS, EC2, ECS and more, with Docker/testcontainers integration for local dev and testing.
Related event: Open-source Floci emulates the entire AWS stack on a laptop(2 posts)→
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