A lightweight AWS service emulator written in Go.
Works as both a CI/CD testing tool and a local development server with optional data persistence.

Features

• No authentication required - Perfect for CI environments
• Single binary - Easy to distribute and deploy
• Docker support - Run as a container
• Lightweight - Fast startup, minimal resource usage
• AWS SDK v2 compatible - Works seamlessly with Go AWS SDK v2
• Optional data persistence - Survive restarts with KUMO_DATA_DIR

Supported Services (82 services)

Storage

Compute

Container

Database

Messaging & Integration

Security & Identity

Monitoring & Logging

Networking & Content Delivery

Application Integration

Management & Configuration

Analytics & ML

Developer Tools

Other Services

Quick Start

Docker

docker run -p 4566:4566 ghcr.io/sivchari/kumo:latest

With data persistence:

docker run -p 4566:4566 \
  -e KUMO_DATA_DIR=/data \
  -v kumo-data:/data \
  ghcr.io/sivchari/kumo:latest

Binary

# Build
make build

# Run
./bin/kumo

# Run with data persistence
KUMO_DATA_DIR=./data ./bin/kumo

Docker Compose

services:
  kumo:
    image: ghcr.io/sivchari/kumo:latest
    ports:
      - "4566:4566"

With data persistence:

services:
  kumo:
    image: ghcr.io/sivchari/kumo:latest
    ports:
      - "4566:4566"
    environment:
      - KUMO_DATA_DIR=/data
    volumes:
      - kumo-data:/data

volumes:
  kumo-data:

Usage Examples

S3

package main

import (
    "context"
    "strings"

    "github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/aws"
    "github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/config"
    "github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/credentials"
    "github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/s3"
)

func main() {
    cfg, _ := config.LoadDefaultConfig(context.TODO(),
        config.WithRegion("us-east-1"),
        config.WithCredentialsProvider(credentials.NewStaticCredentialsProvider("test", "test", "")),
    )

    client := s3.NewFromConfig(cfg, func(o *s3.Options) {
        o.BaseEndpoint = aws.String("http://localhost:4566")
        o.UsePathStyle = true
    })

    // Create bucket
    client.CreateBucket(context.TODO(), &s3.CreateBucketInput{
        Bucket: aws.String("my-bucket"),
    })

    // Put object
    client.PutObject(context.TODO(), &s3.PutObjectInput{
        Bucket: aws.String("my-bucket"),
        Key:    aws.String("hello.txt"),
        Body:   strings.NewReader("Hello, World!"),
    })
}

SQS

package main

import (
    "context"
    "fmt"

    "github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/aws"
    "github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/config"
    "github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/credentials"
    "github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/sqs"
)

func main() {
    cfg, _ := config.LoadDefaultConfig(context.TODO(),
        config.WithRegion("us-east-1"),
        config.WithCredentialsProvider(credentials.NewStaticCredentialsProvider("test", "test", "")),
    )

    client := sqs.NewFromConfig(cfg, func(o *sqs.Options) {
        o.BaseEndpoint = aws.String("http://localhost:4566")
    })

    // Create queue
    result, _ := client.CreateQueue(context.TODO(), &sqs.CreateQueueInput{
        QueueName: aws.String("my-queue"),
    })

    // Send message
    client.SendMessage(context.TODO(), &sqs.SendMessageInput{
        QueueUrl:    result.QueueUrl,
        MessageBody: aws.String("Hello from SQS!"),
    })

    // Receive message
    messages, _ := client.ReceiveMessage(context.TODO(), &sqs.ReceiveMessageInput{
        QueueUrl: result.QueueUrl,
    })

    for _, msg := range messages.Messages {
        fmt.Println(*msg.Body)
    }
}

DynamoDB

package main

import (
    "context"

    "github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/aws"
    "github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/config"
    "github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/credentials"
    "github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/dynamodb"
    "github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/dynamodb/types"
)

func main() {
    cfg, _ := config.LoadDefaultConfig(context.TODO(),
        config.WithRegion("us-east-1"),
        config.WithCredentialsProvider(credentials.NewStaticCredentialsProvider("test", "test", "")),
    )

    client := dynamodb.NewFromConfig(cfg, func(o *dynamodb.Options) {
        o.BaseEndpoint = aws.String("http://localhost:4566")
    })

    // Create table
    client.CreateTable(context.TODO(), &dynamodb.CreateTableInput{
        TableName: aws.String("users"),
        KeySchema: []types.KeySchemaElement{
            {AttributeName: aws.String("id"), KeyType: types.KeyTypeHash},
        },
        AttributeDefinitions: []types.AttributeDefinition{
            {AttributeName: aws.String("id"), AttributeType: types.ScalarAttributeTypeS},
        },
        BillingMode: types.BillingModePayPerRequest,
    })

    // Put item
    client.PutItem(context.TODO(), &dynamodb.PutItemInput{
        TableName: aws.String("users"),
        Item: map[string]types.AttributeValue{
            "id":   &types.AttributeValueMemberS{Value: "user-1"},
            "name": &types.AttributeValueMemberS{Value: "Alice"},
        },
    })
}

Secrets Manager

package main

import (
    "context"
    "fmt"

    "github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/aws"
    "github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/config"
    "github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/credentials"
    "github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/secretsmanager"
)

func main() {
    cfg, _ := config.LoadDefaultConfig(context.TODO(),
        config.WithRegion("us-east-1"),
        config.WithCredentialsProvider(credentials.NewStaticCredentialsProvider("test", "test", "")),
    )

    client := secretsmanager.NewFromConfig(cfg, func(o *secretsmanager.Options) {
        o.BaseEndpoint = aws.String("http://localhost:4566")
    })

    // Create secret
    client.CreateSecret(context.TODO(), &secretsmanager.CreateSecretInput{
        Name:         aws.String("my-secret"),
        SecretString: aws.String(`{"username":"admin","password":"secret123"}`),
    })

    // Get secret
    result, _ := client.GetSecretValue(context.TODO(), &secretsmanager.GetSecretValueInput{
        SecretId: aws.String("my-secret"),
    })

    fmt.Println(*result.SecretString)
}

Configuration

Environment variables:

Logging

kumo logs all requests with structured fields. The log level controls the amount of detail:

INFO (default)

Each request is logged with method, path, status, duration, and API action name:

level=INFO msg=request method=POST path=/ status=200 duration=61µs request_id=... target=secretsmanager.CreateSecret
level=INFO msg=request method=PUT path=/my-bucket pattern=/{bucket} status=200 duration=30µs request_id=...

• target -- appears for JSON/Query protocol services (Secrets Manager, DynamoDB, SQS, etc.)
• action -- appears for Query protocol services (EC2, SNS, etc.) when Action is in the URL query string

DEBUG

In addition to INFO output, the full request body is logged:

level=DEBUG msg="request body" request_id=... body={"Name":"my-secret","SecretString":"..."}

Enable with:

KUMO_LOG_LEVEL=debug ./bin/kumo

Data Persistence

By default kumo runs as a pure in-memory emulator -- all data is lost when the process stops. This is ideal for CI/CD pipelines where each test run starts from a clean state.

For local development, set KUMO_DATA_DIR to enable persistent storage:

KUMO_DATA_DIR=./data ./bin/kumo

When enabled:

• On startup, each service loads its previous state from $KUMO_DATA_DIR/{service}.json.
• On graceful shutdown (SIGTERM/SIGINT), each service saves its current state.
• The data directory is created automatically if it does not exist.
• Writes are atomic (tmp file + rename) to prevent corruption on crash.
• Ephemeral state (SQS in-flight messages, S3 multipart uploads) is not persisted.

$KUMO_DATA_DIR/
  s3.json
  sqs.json
  dynamodb.json
  iam.json
  ...

kumo-specific Endpoints

kumo provides additional endpoints under the /kumo/ prefix for testing purposes. These are not part of any AWS API but are useful for verifying application behavior in tests.

Example: Retrieving sent emails

curl http://localhost:4566/kumo/ses/v2/sent-emails

Response:

{
  "SentEmails": [
    {
      "MessageId": "xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx",
      "FromEmailAddress": "sender@example.com",
      "Destination": {
        "ToAddresses": ["recipient@example.com"]
      },
      "Subject": "Hello",
      "Body": "Hello, World!",
      "SentAt": "2025-01-01T00:00:00Z"
    }
  ]
}

Example: Retrieving sent SMS messages

curl http://localhost:4566/kumo/pinpointsmsvoicev2/sent-messages

Response:

{
  "SentTextMessages": [
    {
      "MessageId": "xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx",
      "DestinationPhoneNumber": "+1234567890",
      "OriginationIdentity": "+0987654321",
      "MessageBody": "Hello!",
      "SentAt": "2025-01-01T00:00:00Z"
    }
  ]
}

Development

# Run tests
make test

# Run integration tests
make test-integration

# Lint
make lint

# Build
make build

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please see the issues for planned features and improvements.

License

MIT License