# Run Serverless Python locally

**URL:** <https://forum.serverless.com/t/run-serverless-python-locally/1010>\
**Category:** Serverless Framework\
**Created:** [December 27, 2016, 7:25am UTC](https://forum.serverless.com/t/run-serverless-python-locally/1010 "2016-12-27T07:25:01Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![anandkarwa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@anandkarwa](https://forum.serverless.com/u/anandkarwa)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2016, 7:25am UTC](https://forum.serverless.com/t/run-serverless-python-locally/1010/1 "2016-12-27T07:25:02Z")

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Can anyone help me how to test serverless locally in python runtime?

Thanks.

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**Author:** ![rowanu](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/forum.serverless.com/rowanu/32/75_2.png) [@rowanu](https://forum.serverless.com/u/rowanu)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2016, 7:59am UTC](https://forum.serverless.com/t/run-serverless-python-locally/1010/2 "2016-12-27T07:59:06Z")

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It’s coming, watch this [issue](https://github.com/serverless/serverless/issues/2862) - looks like it should be in the next release, v1.5.0.

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**Author:** ![anandkarwa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@anandkarwa](https://forum.serverless.com/u/anandkarwa)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2016, 8:03am UTC](https://forum.serverless.com/t/run-serverless-python-locally/1010/3 "2016-12-27T08:03:14Z")

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Thanks for the update 🙂 Any other workaround until then ?

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**Author:** ![rowanu](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/forum.serverless.com/rowanu/32/75_2.png) [@rowanu](https://forum.serverless.com/u/rowanu)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2016, 9:49pm UTC](https://forum.serverless.com/t/run-serverless-python-locally/1010/4 "2016-12-27T21:49:39Z")

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You could checkout the branch and run that as your version of Serverless locally.