TTttymck·Jul 26, 2024
ElasticMQ: https://github.com/softwaremill/elasticmq
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softwaremill / elasticmq
elasticmq
In-memory message queue with an Amazon SQS-compatible interface. Runs stand-alone or embedded.
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In-memory message queue with an Amazon SQS-compatible interface. Runs stand-alone or embedded.
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I've tried localstack once a few months ago to mock SQS and found it really slow to boot, had a pretty high memory footprint, crashed very often (was running inside their…
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| 2017 | 2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2018 | 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| 2024 | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 3 | 0 | 3 |
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7 sourcesWe use ElasticMQ to have an SQS compatible service for local development. We use it with docker-compose locally. In our remote envs we use SQS.
So far I had not problems with ElasticMQ.
I'm much intrigued by the small LOC count of SmoothMQ. When I compare it to ElasticMQ it's much smaller (probably by using sqlite's features).
https://github.com/softwaremill/elasticmq
In Show HN: Drop-in SQS replacement based on SQLiteThe goals are a little different but I think it's worth pointing out ElasticMQ. I use it simulate sqs in a docker environment.
https://github.com/softwaremill/elasticmq
In Show HN: Drop-in SQS replacement based on SQLiteI have a local tool for every AWS service just tell what are you looking for, for example I use https://github.com/softwaremill/elasticmq to emulate SQS locally
In Moving my serverless project to Ruby on RailsI've tried localstack once a few months ago to mock SQS and found it really slow to boot, had a pretty high memory footprint, crashed very often (was running inside their official docker container I recall), and lacked documentation.
If you just need to mock SQS, I recommend using elasticmq. I've used it for a few months now and haven't had any problems at all so far.
https://github.com/adamw/elasticmq/blob/master/README.md
https://hub.docker.com/r/expert360/elasticmq/
In LocalStack – A fully functional local AWS cloud stackLooks interesting, so far we've been using elasticmq[1] (SQS) and s3rver[2] (S3) to do e2e integration testing on local and staging. We spin them up using azk[3].
[1] https://github.com/adamw/elasticmq
[2] https://github.com/jamhall/s3rver
[3] http://www.azk.io/
In LocalStack – A fully functional local AWS cloud stackHere's some third-party implementations of some AWS APIs, with no endorsement of quality:
S3
[A1] https://github.com/jubos/fake-s3
[A2] https://github.com/scality/s3
[A3] http://s3ninja.net/
[A4] https://github.com/basho/riak_cs
[A5] https://www.npmjs.com/package/s3rver
[A6] http://ceph.com/ceph-storage/object-storage/
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SQS / SNS
[B1] https://github.com/iain/fake_sqs
[B2] https://github.com/yourkarma/fake_sns
[B3] https://github.com/adamw/elasticmq
[B4] https://github.com/p4tin/goaws
[B5] http://stratosphere.codeplex.com/
[B6] https://github.com/unbounce/yopa
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DynamoDB
[C1] https://github.com/mhart/dynalite
[C2] https://github.com/ananthakumaran/fake_dynamo
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SimpleDB
[D1] https://github.com/stephenh/fakesdb
In Overview of all Amazon AWS APIs