install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install aiac

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Nixverified · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#aiac

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/ai/aiac/package.nix · source: api.github.com

overview

Package summary

Artificial Intelligence Infrastructure-as-Code Generator

Project links

Commands and aliases

aiac

history

Project history and usage

AIaC is Firefly's Artificial Intelligence Infrastructure-as-Code Generator, a Go CLI and library that asks LLM providers to generate Terraform, Pulumi, CloudFormation, Kubernetes manifests, CI/CD pipelines, policy-as-code, shell utilities, and related infrastructure snippets.

Project history

The GitHub repository was created in December 2022 and the first listed release, v1.0.0, was published that month. The project appeared during the first wave of developer CLIs built around general-purpose LLM APIs, but narrowed the prompt domain to infrastructure and cloud operations.

The README documents both CLI and library usage, and later versions added a backend-oriented configuration model. By the v5 README, AIaC could define multiple named backends for OpenAI, Amazon Bedrock, Ollama, Azure OpenAI-style endpoints, and related provider settings.

Adoption history

AIaC's official install instructions include a Homebrew tap, Docker image, go install command, source build, and Arch Linux AUR packages. The supplied package facts list Homebrew and Nix packaging, which fits an infrastructure engineer audience comfortable installing CLIs through multiple channels.

The repository's GitHub metadata shows several thousand stars by the time of this enrichment run, suggesting wider interest than a one-off demo. The release history shows continued releases through v5.3.0 in October 2024.

How it is used

Users configure one or more LLM backends in ${XDG_CONFIG_HOME}/aiac/aiac.toml, including API keys or profile settings, then run natural-language prompts such as requests for Terraform, Kubernetes manifests, GitHub Actions, OPA policies, AWS CLI commands, or SQL queries.

By default, the CLI prints extracted code and can run interactively, save generated code to output files, write Markdown readmes, run quietly for scripts, or copy results to the clipboard.

Why package nerds care

AIaC is a useful package-culture artifact from the LLM CLI boom: not a general chat frontend, but a prompt-shaped code generator focused on infrastructure formats that package managers already serve to DevOps users.

Its configuration model also shows the rapid shift from a single OpenAI-key CLI toward pluggable LLM backends, local model support, and provider-specific settings.

Timeline

2022: GitHub repository created and v1.0.0 released.
2023: v2 releases shipped in the first half of the year.
2024: v4 releases shipped, followed by v5.0.0 in June.
2024: v5.3.0 released in October.

Related projects

AIaC is related to Terraform, Pulumi, CloudFormation, Kubernetes, CI/CD systems, OPA, and cloud-provider CLIs as output targets rather than replacements.
The README names OpenAI, Amazon Bedrock, and Ollama as supported LLM provider backends.

Sources

https://api.github.com/repos/gofireflyio/aiac
https://api.github.com/repos/gofireflyio/aiac/releases?per_page=100
https://github.com/gofireflyio/aiac#readme
source_facts.package-manager

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:infrastructure

Install behavior

No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 8 platform targets.
Build metadata lists 1 build dependencies.

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

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.

Configuration files

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

Unix: ${XDG_CONFIG_HOME}/aiac/aiac.toml~/.config/aiac/aiac.toml

Credential files

Credential-bearing paths to review before unattended agent runs.

Unix: ${XDG_CONFIG_HOME}/aiac/aiac.toml~/.config/aiac/aiac.toml

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`aiac`	cli	global executable

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 generated2026-07-08

manager version5.3.0

manager updated

local dataok

upstreamcurrent

latest detectedv5.3.0

https://github.com/gofireflyio/aiac

infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:aiac
Version	5.3.0
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/aiac
Homepage	https://github.com/gofireflyio/aiac
Repository	https://github.com/gofireflyio/aiac
Upstream docs	https://github.com/gofireflyio/aiac#readme
License	Apache-2.0
Source archive	https://github.com/gofireflyio/aiac/archive/refs/tags/v5.3.0.tar.gz
Build dependencies	go
Bottle	available (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-install	not defined
Service	none declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	aiac
Version Scheme	0
Revision	0
Head Version	HEAD
Bottle Stable Root URL	https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecated	no
Disabled	no
Keg Only	no
URL Keys	head stable

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

Nix95%

aiac

nix profile install nixpkgs#aiac

normalized package name match
Matched by: Aiac

nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ai/aiac/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

source trail

Generated from repository data

This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/aiac.yml

Used sources

Geiger risk classifier
Nucleus package database
av.db category and tag curation
cross-ecosystem install command graph
curated configuration and credential file locations
curated package history
external package-manager database matches
package relationship graph
package version freshness
package-page enrichment

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