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Serverless Framework — deploy AWS serverless applications and infrastructure from serverless.yml

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46,921
Primary language
JavaScript
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Repository last updated
Sep 17, 2026

Overview

Serverless Framework is a CLI that defines functions, events, IAM, databases, and related infrastructure in `serverless.yml` and deploys application code together with cloud resources. Version 4 focuses heavily on AWS Lambda and adds dev mode, Compose, MCP, AgentCore, and more.

Features and best fit

Based on official documentation; not hands-on tested · Content checked:

Define functions and infrastructure together in serverless.yml

Lambda functions, API Gateway, DynamoDB, S3, IAM, and other resources can be declared as a service and managed from the CLI.

Sources: [2][3]

Extend workflows with dev mode, Compose, MCP, and AWS AI support

Version 4 adds live-cloud/local-code development, multi-service Compose, Serverless MCP, and Bedrock AgentCore-oriented capabilities.

Sources: [2][3]

For teams standardizing AWS serverless deployment around YAML and a CLI

It fits multi-runtime Lambda applications where application code and AWS resource lifecycle should be managed together.

Sources: [2]

Account for v4's AWS focus, login requirements, and mixed licensing

Non-AWS providers are deprecated, CLI authentication is required, and MIT licensing applies to the framework core rather than the entire repository/npm distribution.

Sources: [2][5][4]

Official sources

  1. [1]serverless/serverless repository(2026-09-21)
  2. [2]Serverless Framework README(2026-09-21)
  3. [3]Serverless Framework documentation(2026-09-21)
  4. [4]Serverless Framework core MIT license(2026-09-21)
  5. [5]Serverless repository root license notice(2026-09-21)
Supplemental curator note

Version 4 is now strongly AWS-focused and deprecates non-AWS providers. The repository is also not entirely MIT: the README says original framework code under `packages/serverless` remains MIT, while the root LICENSE covers proprietary components and the npm module includes proprietary software. It is therefore recorded as `NOASSERTION`.

Try it in 3 steps

  1. 1

    Get the source

    git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/serverless/serverless.git
  2. 2

    Enter the repository

    cd serverless
  3. 3

    Check the official steps

    Continue with the commands in the README Installation, Quick Start, or Getting Started section.

    find . -maxdepth 1 -iname 'README*' -exec sed -n '1,220p' {} \; -quit
Check the official README

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GitHub Topics

  • serverless
  • serverless-framework
  • serverless-architectures
  • aws-lambda
  • google-cloud-functions
  • azure-functions
  • aws
  • microservice
  • aws-dynamodb
Stars
46,921
Forks
5,720
Watchers
918
Open issues
1,104
Contributors
351
Primary language
JavaScript
License
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Repository last updated
Sep 17, 2026
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