Getting started
Get started with LocalStack extensions by installing and using the official MailHog extension.
LocalStack Extensions
Use LocalStack Extensions to customize and extend your local development experience.
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LocalStack Extensions allow developers to extend and customize LocalStack. Extensions are a feature of our paid offering. LocalStack Extensions enable you to start custom services with LocalStack in the same container, while leveraging the existing features in the ecosystem.
Developers can add new services, extend existing services, and even add custom functionality. The Extensions API allows developers to easily plug in their own custom logic and services into the LocalStack container.
You can use LocalStack Extensions to:
- Starting custom services together with LocalStack in the same container (see our Cloudflare Workers Extension).
- Instrumenting AWS requests with additional information before they reach your Lambdas.
- Logging AWS API calls to custom data backends.
The officially supported LocalStack Extensions can be discovered on our Extension Library. To install and use extensions, you need an active LocalStack license.
Note
The feature and the API are currently in a preview stage and may be subject to change. Please report any issues or feature requests on LocalStack Extension’s GitHub repository.Managing extensions
How to manage LocalStack extensions in your LocalStack environment
Developing extensions
How to develop your own extensions
Extensions Library
Extend LocalStack by adding new services and features as extensions
Official Extensions
Official extensions for LocalStack