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Install inframap with Homebrew, Nix
Read your tfstate or HCL to generate a graph. Version 0.8.1 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-26. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#inframap.
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overview
Package summary
Read your tfstate or HCL to generate a graph
Project links
Commands and aliases
- inframap
history
Project history and usage
InfraMap is Cycloid's CLI for reading Terraform state or HCL and producing a provider-aware infrastructure graph.
Project history
Cycloid introduced InfraMap as a more human-readable alternative to raw `terraform graph` output. Its README says the tool reads `.tfstate` or HCL, applies provider-specific logic, and emits graphs that emphasize important resources and relationships rather than every dependency node.
The changelog records the first implementation as version 0.1.0 on July 16, 2020. Early releases quickly added a README comparison with Terraform Graph, graph icons, Google Cloud support, Azure support, Terraform version updates, and support for older Terraform state formats.
Adoption history
InfraMap's adoption footprint is narrower than Terraform itself, but it reached package-manager and container distribution through Homebrew, AUR, Docker images, and Go packaging. That makes it useful as a quick visualization utility on developer machines and CI systems.
The project is also part of Cycloid's small open source infrastructure-tool family alongside TerraCognita and TerraCost, giving it a clear niche in Terraform estate understanding rather than deployment.
How it is used
Users pipe `inframap generate` output into Graphviz `dot` or terminal graph renderers such as `graph-easy`. It can read state files, HCL files, modules, or pulled remote state, then simplify the graph with provider-specific connection rules.
The package has no credentials file of its own. When users visualize remote Terraform state, credentials belong to the backend access command, such as `aws s3 cp` or `terraform state pull`, rather than to InfraMap.
Why package nerds care
InfraMap is a tidy example of a package that exists because a platform-native command is technically correct but hard for humans to read. It wraps Terraform graph data in provider-specific visual judgment and ships as a small CLI.
For package nerds, its appeal is the Unix shape: read structured infrastructure input, transform it, and pipe the result to a renderer.
Timeline
- 2020: Version 0.1.0 was recorded as the first implementation.
- 2020: Version 0.2.0 added graph icons and Google graph generation from state and HCL.
- 2020: Version 0.3.0 added Azure support.
- 2021: Version 0.6.0 added support for Terraform state v3.
- 2024: Version 0.7.0 added a graph-node description file option and included Graphviz in the Docker image.
Related projects
- Related projects include Terraform, Terraform Graph, Graphviz, graph-easy, TerraCognita, TerraCost, Cycloid's DevOps platform, and cloud providers such as AWS, Google Cloud, Azure, OpenStack, and Flexible Engine.
Sources
security posture
Risk level: green
narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.
Risk classifier
green risk · low confidence · appliance
Why
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals
Signals
- metadata:no-higher-risk-signals
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.
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
inframap | executable | indexed executable | Discovered 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 version0.8.1
manager updated2026-07-26
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
- okNo freshness warnings were generated.
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:inframap |
|---|---|
| Version | 0.8.1 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Homepage | https://github.com/cycloidio/inframap |
| Repository | https://github.com/cycloidio/inframap |
| Last updated | 2026-07-26T04:07:49+02:00 |
| Pulse | updated |
| Bottle | not recorded |
| Service | none declared |
source database matches
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source trail
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Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub.
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