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brew install tfproviderlint

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overview

Package summary

Terraform Provider Lint Tool

Project links

Homepage

Commands and aliases

tfproviderlint

history

Project history and usage

tfproviderlint is a Go static-analysis toolkit and CLI for Terraform provider source code. It targets provider maintainers rather than Terraform module consumers, checking acceptance tests, resources, schemas, validation code, and other Plugin SDK patterns.

Project history

The project packages Terraform-provider-specific checks as Go analysis passes and command-line tools. Its README distinguishes `tfproviderlint`, which includes standard checks, from `tfproviderlintx`, which includes extra opt-in checks.

The documented check catalog shows the project evolving with the Terraform Plugin SDK: some checks were removed in later versions after upstream APIs changed or deprecated patterns became obsolete, while new checks cover resource, schema, validation, and acceptance-test conventions.

Adoption history

tfproviderlint has a longer provider-authoring niche than most tools in this batch. The README documents release binaries, Go installation, Docker usage, Homebrew installation from the maintainer tap, and a GitHub Action, which indicates use in local development and CI for Terraform provider repositories.

How it is used

Users run `tfproviderlint ./...` inside Terraform provider source trees, pass check flags to enable or disable analyzers, use `-fix` for checks with automated fixes, or invoke it through `go vet -vettool`. Docker and GitHub Action usage support CI workflows.

Why package nerds care

For package nerds, tfproviderlint is significant because it encodes project-specific provider-maintainer knowledge as installable tooling. It is both a command-line package and a Go library of analyzers, making it useful for custom lint tools and automated provider quality gates.

Timeline

2024: GitHub tags list v0.30.0 in May.
2025: GitHub releases list v0.31.0 in February.
2026: Homebrew formula metadata lists stable version 0.31.0 with bottled builds.

Related projects

Terraform Plugin SDK
Go analysis framework
go vet
tfproviderlint-github-action

Sources

security posture

Risk level: green

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

Risk classifier

green risk · low confidence · appliance

Why

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Signals

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Install behavior

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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
`tfproviderlint`	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 version0.31.0

manager updated2026-07-26

local dataunknown

upstreamnot available

latest detectednot detected

okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:tfproviderlint
Version	0.31.0
Package manager	Homebrew
Homepage	https://github.com/bflad/tfproviderlint
Repository	https://github.com/bflad/tfproviderlint
Last updated	2026-07-26T00:50:39+02:00
Pulse	updated
Bottle	not recorded
Service	none declared

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Combined YAML source

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combined/tfproviderlint.yml

Used sources

Geiger risk classifier
cross-ecosystem install command graph
curated package history
pkg.so package database
pkgdb category and tag curation

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