Terminal Tools for Infrastructure as Code
Infrastructure as code declares servers, networks and managed services in files that are kept in version control and applied by a tool, so an environment can be rebuilt from the repository instead of from memory. Terraform, OpenTofu, Pulumi, NixOS and Crossplane all work this way.
The terminal is where those files are applied, so the tools here read a plan before it runs, follow a long apply as resources are created, inspect and edit state, browse provider registries and module documentation, and keep a record of what ran and when. DevOps and platform engineers use them from a workstation or inside a CI job.
Below is a list of terminal tools that work with infrastructure as code.
labcoat
NixOS system deployment TUI.
NixOS system deployment TUI.
panix
A universal NixOS deployment tool.
A universal NixOS deployment tool.
pipeform
A TUI for Terraform runtime progress.
A TUI for Terraform runtime progress.
pug
Drive terraform at terminal velocity.
Drive terraform at terminal velocity.
terraform-tui
A powerful terraform textual TUI.
A powerful terraform textual TUI.
tfjournal
Record Terraform runs with git context, timing, and resource events.
Record Terraform runs with git context, timing, and resource events.
tofuref
A TUI for the OpenTofu provider registry.
A TUI for the OpenTofu provider registry.
xpdig
A TUI to explore crossplane traces.
A TUI to explore crossplane traces.
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