LocalStack

LocalStack is a cloud service emulator that runs in a single container on your laptop or in your CI environment, providing a local test and mocking framework for developing cloud applications against AWS, Snowflake, and Azure without provisioning real infrastructure. It ships a CLI, a Docker image, IaC integrations (Terraform, CDK, SAM, CloudFormation, Pulumi), an official MCP server and Agent Skills, and a local REST API for diagnostics, health checks, service introspection, and retrospective access to emulated AWS resources (SES, SNS, SQS, Lambda, DynamoDB, EventBridge, CloudWatch). Backed by GGV Capital.

LocalStack publishes 2 APIs on the APIs.io network: Aws API and localstack API. Tagged areas include Company, Developer Tools, Cloud, Emulator, and Testing.

LocalStack’s developer surface includes documentation, API reference, getting-started guide, engineering blog, support, pricing, signup flow, and 23 more developer resources.

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47.5/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 69/100 agent native Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.5

AccessSelf serve

2 APIs 1 MCP Servers

CompanyDeveloper ToolsCloudEmulatorTestingDevOpsServerlessInfrastructure

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Composite quality — 47.5/100 · developing

Contract Quality 9.7 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 16.1 / 20

Commercial Clarity 8.9 / 20

Operational Transparency 4.8 / 13

Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 8.0 / 10

Agent readiness — 69/100 · agent native

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 15 / 15

MCP Server 12 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 8 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 5 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 4 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

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APIs 2

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

LocalStack Aws API

The Aws API from LocalStack — 11 operation(s) for aws.

LocalStack localstack API

The localstack API from LocalStack — 8 operation(s) for localstack.

MCP Servers 1

Model Context Protocol servers that expose these APIs to AI agents.

Get Started 3

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

DeveloperPortal

DeveloperPortal

GettingStarted

GettingStarted

SignUp

SignUp

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

APIReference

APIReference

Agent Surfaces 5

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

MCPServer

AgentSkill

WellKnown

LLMsTxt

AgenticAccess

Design & Contract 5

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Conventions

ErrorCatalog

Conformance

Lifecycle

DataModel

Build 4

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization

Packages

SDKs

CLI

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Authentication

Authentication

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Operate 3

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Support

Support

StatusPage

StatusPage

ChangeLog

ChangeLog

Commercial 3

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Pricing

Pricing

TermsOfService

TermsOfService

PrivacyPolicy

PrivacyPolicy

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Blog

Blog

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

APICatalog

APICatalog

Source (apis.yml)

aid: localstack
name: LocalStack
description: LocalStack is a cloud service emulator that runs in a single container on your laptop or in your CI environment,
  providing a local test and mocking framework for developing cloud applications against AWS, Snowflake, and Azure without
  provisioning real infrastructure. It ships a CLI, a Docker image, IaC integrations (Terraform, CDK, SAM, CloudFormation,
  Pulumi), an official MCP server and Agent Skills, and a local REST API for diagnostics, health checks, service introspection,
  and retrospective access to emulated AWS resources (SES, SNS, SQS, Lambda, DynamoDB, EventBridge, CloudWatch). Backed by
  GGV Capital.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/localstack/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Self-serve signup
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://github.com/localstack.png
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- ggv-capital
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-20'
tags:
- Company
- Developer Tools
- Cloud
- AWS
- Emulator
- Testing
- DevOps
- Serverless
- Infrastructure
apis:
- aid: localstack:localstack-aws-api
  name: LocalStack Aws API
  description: The Aws API from LocalStack — 11 operation(s) for aws.
  humanURL: https://docs.localstack.cloud/references/internal-endpoints/
  baseURL: http://localhost.localstack.cloud:4566
  tags:
  - Aws
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/localstack-aws-api-openapi.yml
- aid: localstack:localstack-localstack-api
  name: LocalStack localstack API
  description: The localstack API from LocalStack — 8 operation(s) for localstack.
  humanURL: https://docs.localstack.cloud/references/internal-endpoints/
  baseURL: http://localhost.localstack.cloud:4566
  tags:
  - localstack
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/localstack-localstack-api-openapi.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://www.localstack.cloud/
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://docs.localstack.cloud/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.localstack.cloud/
- type: APIReference
  url: https://docs.localstack.cloud/references/internal-endpoints/
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://docs.localstack.cloud/aws/getting-started/
- type: Blog
  url: https://blog.localstack.cloud/
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/localstack
- type: Support
  url: https://www.localstack.cloud/contact
- type: Pricing
  url: https://www.localstack.cloud/pricing
- type: SignUp
  url: https://app.localstack.cloud/sign-in
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.localstack.cloud/legal/tos
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.localstack.cloud/legal/privacy-policy
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://status.localstack.cloud
- type: ChangeLog
  url: changelog/localstack-changelog.yml
- type: Packages
  url: packages/localstack-packages.yml
- type: SDKs
  url: packages/localstack-packages.yml
- type: CLI
  url: cli/localstack-cli.yml
- type: MCPServer
  url: mcp/localstack-mcp.yml
- type: AgentSkill
  url: skills/_index.yml
- type: WellKnown
  url: well-known/localstack-well-known.yml
- type: APICatalog
  url: well-known/localstack-api-catalog.json
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/localstack-llms.txt
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/localstack-authentication.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/localstack-conventions.yml
- type: ErrorCatalog
  url: errors/localstack-problem-types.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/localstack-conformance.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/localstack-lifecycle.yml
- type: DataModel
  url: data-model/localstack-data-model.yml
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/localstack-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/localstack-domain-security.yml
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-20'
  status: enriched
  artifacts_added: 20
  pass: local-v1