# Install cdktf with Homebrew Cloud Development Kit for Terraform. Version 0.21.0 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:cdktf ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install cdktf ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:cdktf - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 0.21.0 - **Source summary:** Cloud Development Kit for Terraform - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** MPL-2.0 - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-07-09T07:20:21+00:00 ## Executables - cdktf (cli) - cdktf (alias) ## Dependencies - node ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-09 - Package-manager version: 0.21.0 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform-cdk - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. - info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available. ## 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. ### Sources - - - - - ## Security Notes infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal. - **Geiger risk:** orange / medium - infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal ## 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 - Unix: ./cdktf.json ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** cdktf - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 1 - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** yes - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Related links - [Cloud CLI packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/cloud-clis/) - Belongs to a cloud or infrastructure command family. - [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family. - [Secret-risk packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/secret-risk-packages/) - Has protected-tool coverage, approval-gate, or non-low Geiger security signals. - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [node](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/node/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [pug](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/pug/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, infrastructure-as-code, terraform. - [terracognita](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/terracognita/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, infrastructure-as-code, terraform. - [aiac](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/aiac/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, infrastructure-as-code, terraform. - [cf-terraforming](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cf-terraforming/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, infrastructure-as-code, terraform. - [cf2tf](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cf2tf/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, infrastructure-as-code, terraform. - [kuzco](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/kuzco/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, infrastructure-as-code, terraform. - [sceptre](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/sceptre/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, infrastructure-as-code, python. - [terraform-cleaner](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/terraform-cleaner/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, infrastructure-as-code, terraform. - [cdktf-cli](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/cdktf-cli/) - Executable or command metadata overlaps with this package. Shared terms: cdktf, cli, cloud, cloud-infrastructure, infrastructure. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/cdktf.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/cdktf.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated configuration and credential file locations - curated package history - package version freshness - av.db category and tag curation - package relationship graph - cross-ecosystem install command graph