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Cloud Development Kit for Terraform. Version 0.21.0 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

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overview

Package summary

Cloud Development Kit for Terraform

Commands and aliases

  • cdktf

history

Project history and usage

CDK for Terraform, commonly packaged as cdktf, lets users define Terraform infrastructure with familiar programming languages and then synthesize Terraform configuration.

Project history

HashiCorp introduced CDK for Terraform as an experimental bridge between Terraform and the construct-based CDK programming model. The official docs now present it as a Terraform workflow with its own CLI, project configuration file, generated provider bindings, and language support.

The official repository is hashicorp/terraform-cdk, while the packaged CLI command is cdktf. The 2026 Homebrew formula packages cdktf 0.21.0.

Adoption history

CDKTF appealed to Terraform users who wanted loops, classes, libraries, testing patterns, and IDE type support from languages such as TypeScript, Python, Java, C#, and Go, while still targeting Terraform providers and state-oriented workflows.

Its adoption is clearest in the Terraform ecosystem rather than as a replacement for Terraform language itself: teams use it when generated bindings and programming-language abstractions justify the additional build step.

How it is used

A CDKTF project uses cdktf.json to declare the language, app command, providers, modules, and CLI behavior. Developers run commands such as cdktf get, synth, diff, and deploy around generated Terraform artifacts.

Why package nerds care

CDKTF is a package-manager crossroads: a Homebrew CLI formula wraps a Node-distributed tool that generates bindings for Terraform providers, so versioning touches npm packaging, Terraform provider constraints, generated code, and HashiCorp's Terraform release cadence.

Timeline

  • 2020: HashiCorp announces CDK for Terraform 0.1.
  • 2020s: CDKTF grows language guides, provider/module generation, and a dedicated Terraform docs section.
  • 2026: Homebrew formula packages cdktf 0.21.0.

Related projects

  • CDKTF is related to Terraform CLI, Terraform providers and modules, AWS CDK, constructs, and cdk8s through the shared CDK/construct programming model.

security posture

Risk level: orange

infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal.

Risk classifier

orange risk · medium confidence · infrastructure

Why

  • infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal

Signals

  • text:cloud

Install behavior

  • No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

local files

Configuration and credential file locations

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Configuration files

Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.

Unix
./cdktf.json

executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
cdktfexecutableindexed executableDiscovered from the local executable index.

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-08-03
manager version0.21.0
manager updated
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
  • okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:cdktf
Version0.21.0
Package managerHomebrew
Homepagehttps://github.com/hashicorp/terraform-cdk
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