Shade

The product is a desktop GUI for LocalStack and Docker that lets developers build and test serverless AWS applications locally without deploying to the cloud. It addresses slow feedback loops by providing hot reloading for Lambda, visual browsing of DynamoDB, SQS, S3 and other services, and import of CloudFormation/CDK/SAM templates. It sells to developers and engineering teams in businesses building serverless applications on AWS. It is positioned as a local alternative to remote cloud deployment that runs offline on the local machine.

Key features

• Build and test serverless apps locally
• Hot reloading for Lambda handlers
• Browse DynamoDB items visually
• Manage SQS messages and purge queues
• Browse S3 bucket objects
• Manage SNS topics and subscriptions
• Manage API Gateway and invocations
• View Step Functions executions
• View EventBridge buses and rule matching
• View CloudWatch Logs with JSON formatting
• Import CloudFormation/CDK/SAM templates
• Export/import DynamoDB items to JSON
• Save and reuse service collections
• Share collections via JSON export
• Save payloads for invocations
• Create and execute reusable CLI commands
• Manage Lambda environment variables
• Manage LocalStack settings and logs
• Debuggable Lambdas