This Tool Runs Real AWS Services on Your Laptop For Free (Floci)

LocalStack, the go-to free tool for testing AWS projects on your own computer, recently locked its free version behind a required account. So we tested Floci, a completely free alternative that claims to actually run real services instead of just faking them. We benchmarked the speed and memory claims ourselves, then built a real working example (an image upload tool that automatically creates thumbnails) to see if it holds up in practice. If you build anything on AWS and want to test it locally without paying for anything, this is worth five minutes of your time. 🔗 Relevant Links Floci: https://floci.io ❤️ More about us Radically better observability stack: https://betterstack.com/ Written tutorials: https://betterstack.com/community/ Example projects: https://github.com/BetterStackHQ 📱 Socials Twitter: https://twitter.com/betterstackhq Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/betterstackhq/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@betterstack LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/betterstack 📌 Chapters: 0:00 Intro 0:48 What LocalStack (and Floci) Actually Do 1:16 Floci's Bold Benchmark Claims 1:45 Verifying the Benchmarks Ourselves 2:33 Basic AWS CLI Workflow Demo 3:15 The "Real Docker, Not Mocks" Claim 3:31 Building an Image Thumbnail Pipeline 3:56 Running the Full Demo 5:49 Floci's Web UI Walkthrough 6:56 Migrating from LocalStack (One-Line Swap) 7:13 Testcontainers Support 7:31 Final Thoughts & Wrap-Up