A curated list of awesome AWS Lambda Layers

Lambda Layers are a new type of artifact that can contain arbitrary code and data, and may be referenced by zero, one, or more functions at the same time. Lambda functions in a serverless application typically share common dependencies such as SDKs, frameworks, and now runtimes. With layers, you can centrally manage common components across multiple functions enabling better code reuse.

— https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/11/aws-lambda-now-supports-custom-runtimes-and-layers/

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4. Security

Name	ARN / Link	Compatible Runtimes	Latest Version
C++ (official)	Link: awslabs/aws-lambda-cpp	provided	Self publish
Rust (official)	Link: awslabs/aws-lambda-rust-runtime	provided	Self publish
Bash	ARN: arn:aws:lambda:<region>:744348701589:layer:bash:<version> Link: gkrizek/bash-lambda-layer	provided
Ballerina	Link: ballerina-platform/module-ballerinax-aws.lambda	provided
Crystal	Link: lambci/crambda	provided	Self publish
Nim	Link: lambci/awslambda.nim	provided	Self publish
Node.js v8 - N|Solid	ARN: arn:aws:lambda:<region>:800406105498:layer:nsolid-node-8:<version> Link: accounts.nodesource.com/downloads/nsolid-lambda	provided	N/A
Node.js v10	ARN: arn:aws:lambda:<region>:553035198032:layer:nodejs10:<version> Link: lambci/node-custom-lambda	provided
Node.js v10 - N|Solid	ARN: arn:aws:lambda:<region>:800406105498:layer:nsolid-node-10:<version> Link: accounts.nodesource.com/downloads/nsolid-lambda	provided	N/A
Node.js v12	ARN: arn:aws:lambda:<region>:553035198032:layer:nodejs12:<version> Link: lambci/node-custom-lambda	provided
Perl 5.30.1	ARN: arn:aws:lambda:<region>:445285296882:layer:perl-5-30-runtime:5 Link:shogo82148/p5-aws-lambda - see links to other version and Paws builds in repo	provided
PHP 7.1 & 7.3	ARN: arn:aws:lambda:<region>:887080169480:layer:php71:3 Link:stackery/php-lambda-layer	provided	N/A
PHP 7.2 & 7.3 cli & fpm	ARN: arn:aws:lambda:<region>:209497400698:layer:php-73:<version> Link:brefphp/bref	provided
Pypy 3.5	ARN: arn:aws:lambda:<region>:146318645305:layer:pypy35:<version> Link: IOpipe Pypy Layer	pypy3.5
Brainfuck	ARN: arn:aws:lambda:<region>:444134189787:layer:brainfuck:1 Built for fun, will not process events!	provided	N/A
LOLCODE	ARN: arn:aws:lambda:<region>:444134189787:layer:lolcode:1 Built for fun, will not process events!	provided	N/A
Java 11	Link: andthearchitect/aws-lambda-java-runtime	provided	Self publish
Haskell	ARN: arn:aws:lambda:<YOUR REGION>:785355572843:layer:aws-haskell-runtime:2 Link: Getting Started with the Haskell AWS Lambda Runtime	provided
Swift	Link: swift-server/swift-aws-lambda-runtime	provided	Self publish
C	Link: PauloMigAlmeida/aws-lambda-c-runtime	provided	Self publish

Name	ARN / Link	Compatible Runtimes	Latest Version
Apache Tika	ARN: arn:aws:lambda:us-east-1:764866452798:layer:apache-tika:1 Link: shelfio/apache-tika-lambda-layer	all
AWS CLI	Link: aws-samples/aws-lambda-layer-awscli	all	Self publish
AWS Data Wrangler	Link:awslabs/aws-data-wrangler (Releases)	python3.6 python3.7 python3.8
better-sqlite3	ARN: arn:aws:lambda:us-east-1:284387765956:layer:BetterSqlite3:8 Link: seanfisher/better-sqlite3-lambda-layer	nodejs12.x
Calibre	Link: gipsh/aws-calibre-layer	all	Self publish
chrome-aws-lambda	ARN: arn:aws:lambda:us-east-1:764866452798:layer:chrome-aws-lambda:4 Link: shelfio/chrome-aws-lambda-layer	all
ClamAV	Link: kindlyops/lambda-clamav-layer	all	Self publish
FFmpeg/FFprobe	ARN: arn:aws:lambda:us-east-1:145266761615:layer:ffmpeg:4 Link: serverlesspub/ffmpeg-aws-lambda-layer	all	Self publish
Flyway	ARN: arn:aws:lambda:us-east-2:044220569105:layer:flyway:4 Link: gitlab.com/ourstreets/flyway-lambda	java8	N/A
GDAL + PDAL	Link: arn:aws:lambda:us-east-1:163178234892:layer:pdal:15	all	Self publish
GeoIP	Link: dschep/geoip-lambda-layer	all	Self publish
Ghostscript	ARN: arn:aws:lambda:us-east-1:764866452798:layer:ghostscript:1 Link: shelfio/ghostscript-lambda-layer	all
Git + SSH	ARN: arn:aws:lambda:<region>:553035198032:layer:git:<version> Link: lambci/git-lambda-layer	all
GraphicsMagick	ARN: arn:aws:lambda:<region>:175033217214:layer:graphicsmagick:<version> Link: rpidanny/gm-lambda-layer	all
headless chromium with CJK fonts	Link: pahud/lambda-layer-headless-chromium	all	N/A
Headless PhantomJS	ARN: arn:aws:lambda:us-west-2:699054759624:layer:phantom-js:1 Link: shivtej1505/phantom-js-lambda-layer	all
Hugo	Link: jason-dour/hugo-aws-lambda-layer	all	Self publish
kubectl for Amazon EKS	Link: aws-samples/aws-lambda-layer-kubectl	all	Self publish
LibreOffice	ARN: arn:aws:lambda:us-east-1:764866452798:layer:libreoffice:7 Link: shelfio/libreoffice-lambda-layer	all
libvips	Link: customink/ruby-vips-lambda Built for Ruby FFI but should work for all.	all	Self publish
ModSecurity	Link: Zeerg/modsecurity-layer	python3.6 python3.7	Self publish
MySQL PHP 7.1	Link: aiir/php71-mysql-aws-lambda-layer	stackery/php-lambda-layer	N/A
Net-SNMP Tools	Link: jason-dour/net-snmp-aws-lambda-layer	all	Self publish
OpenAI	Link: erenyasarkurt/OpenAI-AWS-Lambda-Layer OpenAI Python packages and the required dependencies	python3.7 python3.8 python3.9	Self publish
OpenSSL	ARN: arn:aws:lambda:us-east-1:034541671702:layer:openssl-lambda:1 Link: alexandredavi/openssl-lambda-layer	all
OR-Tools	Link: matheusmessora/or-tools-layer	python3.6	Self publish
pandas-gbq	ARN: arn:aws:lambda:us-east-1:251566558623:layer:python37-layer-pandas-gbq:1 Link: vbalasu/pandas-gbq-layer Includes pandas, a versatile data exploration tool that builds on numpy. Also includes pandas-gbq for reading and writing from/to Google BigQuery	python3.7
Pandoc	ARN: arn:aws:lambda:us-east-1:145266761615:layer:pandoc:1 Link: serverlesspub/pandoc-aws-lambda-binary	all
paramiko	Link: jetbridge/paramiko-lambda-layer	python3.7
Poppler	Link:jeylabs/aws-lambda-poppler-layer	all	Self publish
PostgreSQL libpq	https://github.com/DrLuke/postgres-libpq-aws-lambda-layer	all	Self publish
Puppeteer	ARN: arn:aws:lambda:us-east-1:085108115628:layer:chrome:6 Link: RafalWilinski/serverless-puppeteer-layers	all	Self publish
psycopg2	Link: jetbridge/psycopg2-lambda-layer	python3.6 python3.7 python3.8
pyodbc	Link: kuharan/Lambda-Layers	python3.7 python3.8	Self publish
PySNMP	Link: jason-dour/pysnmp-aws-lambda-layer	python3.6 python3.7 python3.8	Self publish
Python Toolkit	Link: keithrozario/Klayers Python packages incl. requests, aiohttp, pyOpenSSL etc.	python3.8	...
Rclone	Link: badouralix/rclone-lambda-layer	all	Self publish
rsvg-convert	ARN: arn:aws:lambda:us-east-1:145266761615:layer:rsvg-convert:2 Link: serverlesspub/rsvg-convert-aws-lambda-binary	all
scikit-learn	ARN: arn:aws:lambda:us-east-1:446751924810:layer:python-3-7-scikit-learn-0-23-1:2 Link: model-zoo/scikit-learn-lambda	python3.6 python3.7 python3.8
Selenium & Chromium for Python	Link: vittorio-nardone/selenium-chromium-lambda Includes lambda optimized Chromium ver. 86.0.4240.0 and Selenium ver. 3.14	python3.6 python3.7	Self publish
SoX	ARN: arn:aws:lambda:us-east-1:145266761615:layer:sox:1 Link: serverlesspub/sox-aws-lambda-binary	all
SQLite Python	Link: dschep/sqlite-lambda-layer	python3.6	Self publish
Tesseract	Link: bweigel/aws-lambda-tesseract-layer	all	Self publish
Tex Live (LaTeX)	Link: https://github.com/serverlesspub/latex-aws-lambda-layer	nodejs12.x, nodejs10.x, python3.8, java11	Self publish
Unzip	Link: vpayette/unzip-aws-lambda-layer	all	Self publish
Zip	Link: morugu/zip-aws-lambda-layer	all	Self publish

Name	ARN / Link	Compatible Runtimes	Latest Version
Datadog	ARN: arn:aws:lambda:<region>:464622532012:layer:Datadog-Python37:1 Link: Datadog's Lambda Layer	python2.7, python3.6, python3.7,
Epsagon Node	ARN: arn:aws:lambda:<region>:066549572091:layer:epsagon-node-layer:1 Link: Epsagon Node Layer	nodejs6.10, nodejs8.10
Epsagon Python	ARN: arn:aws:lambda:<region>:066549572091:layer:epsagon-python-layer:1 Link: Epsagon Python Layer	python2.7, python3.6, python3.7
Instana Node.js	ARN: arn:aws:lambda:<region>:410797082306:layer:instana-nodejs:<version> Link: Instana Node.js Layer	nodejs8.10, nodejs10.x, nodejs12.x
Instana Python	ARN: arn:aws:lambda:<region>:410797082306:layer:instana-python:<version> Link: Instana Python Layer	python2.7, python3.6, python3.7, python3.8
IOpipe Node	ARN: arn:aws:lambda:<region>:146318645305:layer:IOpipeNodeJS810:<version> Link: IOpipe Node Layer	nodejs6.10, nodejs8.10
IOpipe Python	ARN: arn:aws:lambda:<region>:146318645305:layer:IOpipePython:<version> Link: IOpipe Python Layer	python2.7, python3.6, python3.7
IOpipe Java	ARN: arn:aws:lambda:<region>:146318645305:layer:IOpipeJava8:<version> Link: IOpipe Java Layer	java8
Lumigo Node	ARN: arn:aws:lambda:YOUR-REGION:724777057400:layer:lumigo-node-tracer:<version> Link: Lumigo Node Layer	nodejs8.10, nodejs10.X
Lumigo Python	ARN: arn:aws:lambda:YOUR-REGION:724777057400:layer:lumigo-python-tracer:<version> Link: Lumigo Python Layer	python3.6, python3.7
New Relic Node	ARN: arn:aws:lambda:YOUR-REGION:451483290750:layer:NewRelicNodeJS810:<version> Link: New Relic Node Layer	nodejs8.10
New Relic Node	ARN: arn:aws:lambda:YOUR-REGION:451483290750:layer:NewRelicNodeJS10X:<version> Link: New Relic Node Layer	nodejs10.x
New Relic Python	ARN: arn:aws:lambda:YOUR-REGION:451483290750:layer:NewRelicPython27:<version> Link: New Relic Python Layer	python2.7
New Relic Python	ARN: arn:aws:lambda:YOUR-REGION:451483290750:layer:NewRelicPython36:<version> Link: New Relic Python Layer	python3.6
New Relic Python	ARN: arn:aws:lambda:YOUR-REGION:451483290750:layer:NewRelicPython37:<version> Link: New Relic Python Layer	python3.7
Thundra Node	ARN: arn:aws:lambda:<region>:269863060030:layer:thundra-lambda-node-layer:<version> Link: Thundra Node Layer	nodejs8.10, nodejs10.x, nodejs12.x, nodejs14.x
Thundra Python	ARN: arn:aws:lambda:<region>:269863060030:layer:thundra-lambda-python-layer:<version> Link: Thundra Python Layer	python2.7, python3.6, python3.7, python3.8, python3.9
Thundra Java	ARN: arn:aws:lambda:<region>:269863060030:layer:thundra-lambda-java-layer:<version> Link: Thundra Java Layer	java8, java11