overcast local AWS emulator

alpha local cloud emulation for developers

Develop against AWS-compatible services on your laptop and in CI.

Overcast is a free, MIT-licensed local emulator for AWS APIs. Run it with Docker, point supported AWS CLI, CDK, or SDK workflows at localhost:4566, and inspect what your app creates in the included web UI.

>_ start overcast
docker run --rm \
  -p 4566:4566 \
  -p 4567:4567 \
  ghcr.io/overcast-sh/overcast:latest
50
services registered
1308
implemented operations
4566
default API port

Use familiar AWS tooling

Keep the CLI, CDK, SDKs, and Terraform workflows where Overcast already supports the services you need. Start by changing the endpoint URL, then check the support matrix for gaps.

No paid feature gates

Use implemented features without an auth token, telemetry, usage limits, or a paid tier. The support matrix shows what works today and what intentionally returns 501.

Inspect local state

Use the web UI to inspect resources, follow the event stream, view metrics, and debug SNS, SQS, Lambda, and email flows while your tests run.

docs from release source

Documentation follows the tracked Overcast release.

This site includes 61 public documentation pages from the configured Overcast source ref v0.0.1-alpha.38. Published docs stay tied to the release they describe, while internal plans and contributor-only notes stay out of the public site.