Bucket Buddy
Bucket Buddy is a local, S3-compatible sandbox built for real-world development. It lets you test file uploads, signed URLs, and storage workflows entirely on your machine - without AWS credentials, internet access, or cloud setup. Designed to behave like production S3, Bucket Buddy supports real bucket structures, object permissions, and signed URL testing, while giving you a fast, intuitive desktop file manager to inspect and manipulate files visually. With a seamless Laravel Herd integration, automatic local key generation, and zero configuration required, you can point your app at S3 and start building immediately. Whether you’re prototyping, developing offline, or validating production storage behavior, Bucket Buddy gives you a private, secure, and lightning-fast local S3 environment - so you can focus on building, not infrastructure.
