curtis0x/fake-s3

Health v2 · maintenance only

Flags: no_releases archived no_license

Adoption not part of the score

2926 stars · 350 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

Fake S3 is a lightweight Ruby server that mimics the Amazon S3 API, supporting commands like put, get, list, copy, and bucket creation. It is intended as a development and testing tool so developers can exercise S3 calls locally without network access or AWS costs.

Use cases

• test code that calls S3 without hitting real AWS
• run a local S3-compatible server for development
• avoid network and cost overhead when testing S3 integrations
• simulate S3 put, get, list, copy, and bucket operations in CI
• sandbox environment for testing s3cmd and S3 client libraries

When to choose

• you need a minimal-dependency local S3 mock for tests
• you want to test S3 client code offline and for free
• you use Ruby tooling and want a simple gem-installable S3 server

When to avoid

• you need a production-grade S3 replacement with full API fidelity
• you require a license-free solution, since recent versions require a license key
• you need actively maintained software with broad S3 feature coverage

Facets

cli-tool · maturity maintenance

http-server testing mock-api cli developer-tools testing cloud-computing self-hosted cli ruby cross-platform s3-mock fake-s3 object-storage development-tool ruby-gem

Member repositories

For agents

markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="curtis0x/fake-s3")