AWS announces ExtendDB, an open source DynamoDB-compatible adapter
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This article announces ExtendDB, an open source project that provides a DynamoDB-compatible adapter with pluggable storage backends.
- Implements DynamoDB API for environments without managed DynamoDB service access
- Enables DynamoDB programming model on laptops, on-premises, and edge sites
- Supports control plane, data plane APIs, tables, items, and streams
- PostgreSQL is the reference storage backend at launch
- Pluggable architecture allows community to add new storage backends
- Useful for local development, CI/CD testing, and on-premises workloads
- Open source under Apache 2.0 license, maintained by AWS on GitHub
ExtendDB allows developers to use DynamoDB's programming model without rewriting code in non-managed environments.
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