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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.
Pros of LocalStack
- Integration with Python/nosetests4
- Local/offline testing4
- No dependency on cloud4
- Available as Docker image3
- Continuous integration3
- The correct URL is https://github.com/localstack/locals3
- Integration with Java/JUnit3
- Increases dev speed3
- Easy to use3
- Cost effective testing3
Pros of troposphere
- Infrastructure as code0
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Cons of LocalStack
- Doesn't work well on Windows2
- No proper admin panel/web UI1