# motdotla/node-lambda

Command line tool to locally run and deploy your node.js application to Amazon Lambda

Repository: https://github.com/motdotla/node-lambda
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/node-lambda
Language: JavaScript
License: BSD-2-Clause
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2026-08-11T14:53:03+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 66/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 97, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4301, "days_push": 22, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1354, forks 185 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:29.121016+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: maintenance
- function: deployment, cli, developer-tools
- domain: cloud-computing, developer-tools, backend
- platform: cli, cloud
- tags: aws-lambda, serverless, deployment-tool, local-development, devops, nodejs

## Member repositories
- motdotla/node-lambda (main) score 66

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:29.121016+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T04:42:03.239668+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/motdotla/node-lambda (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:29.121016+00:00, sha 2f37d47edc07)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/node-lambda (fetched 2026-08-29T12:00:45.069486+00:00, sha dffb210be081)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.