LocalStack vs troposphere

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LocalStack

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+ 1
33
troposphere

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0
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LocalStack vs troposphere: What are the differences?

LocalStack: A fully functional local AWS cloud stack (by Atlassian). LocalStack provides an easy-to-use test/mocking framework for developing Cloud applications; troposphere: Library to create AWS CloudFormation descriptions. The troposphere library allows for easier creation of the AWS CloudFormation JSON by writing Python code to describe the AWS resources. troposphere also includes some basic support for OpenStack resources via Heat.

LocalStack and troposphere can be categorized as "AWS" tools.

LocalStack and troposphere are both open source tools. troposphere with 3.65K GitHub stars and 1.12K forks on GitHub appears to be more popular than LocalStack with 66 GitHub stars and 22 GitHub forks.

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Pros of LocalStack
Pros of troposphere
  • 4
    Integration with Python/nosetests
  • 4
    Local/offline testing
  • 4
    No dependency on cloud
  • 3
    Available as Docker image
  • 3
    Continuous integration
  • 3
    The correct URL is https://github.com/localstack/locals
  • 3
    Integration with Java/JUnit
  • 3
    Increases dev speed
  • 3
    Easy to use
  • 3
    Cost effective testing
  • 0
    Infrastructure as code

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Cons of LocalStack
Cons of troposphere
  • 2
    Doesn't work well on Windows
  • 1
    No proper admin panel/web UI
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    What is LocalStack?

    LocalStack provides an easy-to-use test/mocking framework for developing Cloud applications.

    What is troposphere?

    The troposphere library allows for easier creation of the AWS CloudFormation JSON by writing Python code to describe the AWS resources. troposphere also includes some basic support for OpenStack resources via Heat.

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