# terraform-local mit Homebrew, Nix installieren

Prüfe Installationswege, Executables, Metadaten und Sicherheitshinweise für terraform-local in AI-Agent-Workflows.

## Installation

```sh
sudo av install brew:terraform-local
```

Weitere Installationsbefehle:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install terraform-local
```

  Evidenz: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#terraform-local
```

  Evidenz: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/te/terraform-local/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

## Paketfakten

- **Paketschlüssel:** brew:terraform-local
- **Paketmanager:** Homebrew
- **Paketmanager-Seite:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/terraform-local>
- **Version:** 0.26.0
- **Quellzusammenfassung:** CLI wrapper to deploy your Terraform applications directly to LocalStack
- **Homepage:** <https://localstack.cloud/>
- **Upstream-Dokumentation:** <https://localstack.cloud/>
- **Lizenz:** Apache-2.0
- **Quellarchiv:** <https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/b9/f7/7d128b483dfd03d178c37eedc8c9329d7ee0abc4781bcfe5a0069ee63d79/terraform_local-0.26.0.tar.gz>
- **Zuletzt aktualisiert:** 2026-05-15T11:14:19Z
- **Generiert:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+00:00

## Executables

- tflocal (cli)
- tflocal.bat (cli)
- tflocal (Alias)
- tflocal.bat (Alias)

## Abhängigkeiten

- python@3.14

## Installationsverhalten

- Post-install-Hook: nicht definiert
- Bottle: verfügbar auf arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux

## Version und Aktualität

- Seite generiert: 2026-08-04
- Manager-Version: 0.26.0
- Manager aktualisiert: 2026-05-15
- lokale Daten: OK
- Upstream-Repository: https://localstack.cloud/
- Info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.
## Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

terraform-local provides `tflocal`, a wrapper that runs Terraform against LocalStack by temporarily configuring AWS provider endpoints to point at the local LocalStack API.

### Projektgeschichte

The localstack/terraform-local repository was created on GitHub in March 2022. Its README describes a small wrapper script that uses Terraform's override mechanism to create a temporary `localstack_providers_override.tf` file, causing AWS provider endpoints to point to LocalStack, usually at `http://localhost:4566`.

The README's changelog starts at v0.1 and records a steady series of practical compatibility fixes: custom endpoints, `-chdir` support, provider aliases, local S3 backend handling, AWS provider version compatibility, multi-account support, semantic versioning, `AWS_ENDPOINT_URL`, dry-run behavior, additional override locations, and Terraform AWS provider 6 beta support.

### Adoptionsgeschichte

terraform-local's adoption is tied to LocalStack's broader use as a local AWS emulator. Developers install `tflocal` when they want Terraform plans and applies to provision local AWS-like resources without rewriting normal Terraform modules for a test environment.

The input package facts list Homebrew and Nix packaging, while the official README recommends pipx and also documents virtualenv installation. That split is typical for Python CLIs that are useful both to Python package users and to infrastructure engineers who prefer system package managers.

### Wie es verwendet wird

The main usage model is intentionally simple: run `tflocal` with the same arguments one would pass to `terraform`. The wrapper writes temporary provider override files, sets LocalStack service endpoints, and then invokes the configured Terraform command.

The README exposes most behavior through environment variables such as `DRY_RUN`, `TF_CMD`, `AWS_ENDPOINT_URL`, `S3_HOSTNAME`, `USE_EXEC`, service-specific endpoint variables, `AWS_DEFAULT_REGION`, `AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID`, `SKIP_ALIASES`, and `ADDITIONAL_TF_OVERRIDE_LOCATIONS`.

### Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

terraform-local is package-nerd significant because it is deliberately a wrapper rather than a fork or provider. It preserves the user's Terraform CLI muscle memory while interposing just enough endpoint configuration to make LocalStack work as a local target.

For users curating developer machines, CI images, or reproducible test environments, `tflocal` is the installable bridge between Terraform's upstream binary and LocalStack's AWS emulation.

### Zeitleiste

- 2022: GitHub repository created.
- 2022: README changelog records v0.1 as the initial release.
- 2023: Changelog entries added provider aliases, S3 backend support, and multi-account support.
- 2024: Changelog records semantic versioning and `AWS_ENDPOINT_URL` support in v0.16.0.
- 2025: Changelog records Terraform AWS provider 6.0.0-beta2 compatibility in v0.23.1.
- 2026: Repository remained active during research.

### Related projects

- The official documentation and README tie terraform-local to LocalStack, Terraform, the Terraform AWS provider, Terraform override files, and local S3 backend workflows.

### Quellen

- <https://api.github.com/repos/localstack/terraform-local>
- <https://docs.localstack.cloud/aws/integrations/infrastructure-as-code/terraform>
- <https://github.com/localstack/terraform-local#readme>
- source_facts.package-manager


## Sicherheitshinweise

Für terraform-local wurde kein passendes lokales Secret-Handling-Manifest gefunden. Paketmetadaten bleiben hier veröffentlicht, damit künftige Abdeckung eine stabile Paket-URL hat.


## Details aus der Quelldatenbank

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** terraform-local
- **Version Scheme:** 0
- **Revision:** 1
- **Bottle Stable Root URL:** <https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core>
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no
- **Keg Only:** no
- **URL Keys:** stable

## Andere Paketmanager-Einträge

- Nix - terraform-local: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/te/terraform-local/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Verwandte Links

- [Cloud CLI packages](https://pkg.so/de/cloud-clis/) - Belongs to a cloud or infrastructure command family.
- [Terminal utility packages](https://pkg.so/de/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata.
- [Networking and protocol packages](https://pkg.so/de/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata.
- [Homebrew utility packages](https://pkg.so/de/brew-utility-packages/) - Matched Homebrew package provider.
- [python@3.14](https://pkg.so/de/brew/python-3-14/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [localstack](https://pkg.so/de/brew/localstack/) - Shares the same upstream homepage.
- [cf2tf](https://pkg.so/de/brew/cf2tf/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: aws, cli, cloud-infrastructure, infrastructure-as-code, terraform.
- [terracognita](https://pkg.so/de/brew/terracognita/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: aws, cli, cloud-infrastructure, infrastructure-as-code, terraform.
- [cfn-lint](https://pkg.so/de/brew/cfn-lint/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: aws, cli, cloud-infrastructure, infrastructure-as-code.
- [aws-cdk](https://pkg.so/de/brew/aws-cdk/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: aws, cli, cloud-infrastructure, infrastructure-as-code.
- [rain](https://pkg.so/de/brew/rain/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: aws, cli, cloud-infrastructure, infrastructure-as-code.
- [awscli-local](https://pkg.so/de/brew/awscli-local/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: aws, cli, cloud-infrastructure, localstack.
- [terraformer](https://pkg.so/de/brew/terraformer/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, infrastructure-as-code, terraform.
- [cdktf](https://pkg.so/de/brew/cdktf/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, infrastructure-as-code, terraform.
- [terraform-cleaner](https://pkg.so/de/brew/terraform-cleaner/) - Package names and metadata indicate a similar tool family. Shared terms: cli, cloud, cloud-infrastructure, code, infrastructure.

## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/terraform-local.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/terraform-local.yml)


## Quellen

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- package-page enrichment
- curated package history
- package version freshness
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- package relationship graph
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
