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motdotla/node-lambda

Command line tool to locally run and deploy your node.js application to Amazon Lambda observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/motdotla/node-lambda · JavaScript · BSD-2-Clause (permissive) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

66/100

  • Activity 97
  • Release rhythm 8
  • Longevity 100
How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: n/a
  • age_days: 4301
  • days_rel: n/a
  • days_push: 22
  • n_releases_24m: 0

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

1354 stars · 185 forks observed · 2026-08-28

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

A command line tool for locally running and deploying Node.js applications to AWS Lambda. It provides setup, run, package, and deploy commands to streamline the Lambda development workflow.

Use cases

  • run aws lambda functions locally
  • deploy node.js app to aws lambda
  • package lambda deployment zip
  • test lambda handlers with mock events
  • bootstrap lambda project scaffolding

When to choose

  • you want a simple CLI to run and deploy Node.js Lambda functions without a full serverless framework
  • you need local execution of Lambda handlers with mocked events and context
  • you prefer minimal tooling over heavier frameworks like SAM or Serverless Framework

When to avoid

  • you need multi-language Lambda support (this is Node.js only)
  • you want infrastructure-as-code features like CloudFormation/SAM templates
  • you need advanced serverless features like layers, step functions, or API Gateway orchestration

Facets

cli-tool · maturity maintenance

deployment cli developer-tools cloud-computing developer-tools backend cli cloud aws-lambda serverless deployment-tool local-development devops nodejs

2 sources

Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
motdotla/node-lambdamain66

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