# Install cf2tf with Homebrew Cloudformation templates to Terraform HCL converter. Version 0.9.2 via Homebrew; verified 2026-05-20. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:cf2tf ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install cf2tf ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:cf2tf - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 0.9.2 - **Source summary:** Cloudformation templates to Terraform HCL converter - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** GPL-3.0-only - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-05-20T11:35:01Z - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - cf2tf (cli) - cf2tf (alias) ## Dependencies - certifi - libyaml - python@3.14 ## Build dependencies - cmake ## 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: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 0.9.2 - Package-manager updated: 2026-05-20 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/DontShaveTheYak/cf2tf - info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available. ## Project history and usage cf2tf is a Python command-line converter for moving AWS CloudFormation templates toward Terraform HCL. Its own README frames the tool as an attempt rather than a perfect translator, because some CloudFormation data shapes do not map cleanly to HCL. ### Project history The public GitHub repository was created in 2022 and the README documents the project as Cloudformation 2 Terraform, a CLI that reads a CloudFormation template and emits Terraform resources. The README also notes that cfn-flip is used to parse YAML into a Python dictionary, placing cf2tf in the small ecosystem of CloudFormation template tooling. ### Adoption history The project is distributed as a PyPI package and is packaged by Homebrew as `cf2tf`. That makes it visible to both Python users and macOS/Linux package-manager users who need one-off CloudFormation-to-Terraform conversion during migration work. ### How it is used The documented CLI usage is `cf2tf my_template.yaml`, optionally redirecting stdout to `main.tf` or using `-o` to split output into files by resource type. ### Why package nerds care Package nerds care about cf2tf because it is a narrow migration helper: not a Terraform provider, not an AWS deployment tool, just a packaged converter for an awkward infrastructure-as-code boundary. ### Timeline - 2022: GitHub repository created. - 2022: First GitHub release metadata published for tag 0.0.0. - 2026: GitHub release metadata shows tag 0.9.2. ### Related projects - AWS CloudFormation Template Flip is acknowledged by cf2tf as the parser used to convert templates from YAML to Python dictionaries. - Terraform and HashiCorp HCL are the target ecosystem for generated output. ### Sources - - - - ## Security Notes infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal. - **Geiger risk:** orange / medium - infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** cf2tf - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 4 - **Head Version:** HEAD - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, 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. - [python@3.14](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/python-3-14/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [cmake](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cmake/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [terracognita](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/terracognita/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: aws, cli, cloud-infrastructure, infrastructure-as-code, terraform. - [cdktf](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cdktf/) - 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. - [pug](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/pug/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, infrastructure-as-code, terraform. - [terraform-cleaner](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/terraform-cleaner/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, infrastructure-as-code, terraform. - [terraform-graph-beautifier](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/terraform-graph-beautifier/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, infrastructure-as-code, terraform. - [cfn-format](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cfn-format/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: aws, cli, cloud-infrastructure, cloudformation, infrastructure-as-code. - [cfnctl](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cfnctl/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: aws, cli, cloud-infrastructure, cloudformation, infrastructure-as-code. - [cloudformation-cli](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cloudformation-cli/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: aws, certifi, cli, cloud, cloud-infrastructure. - [cfv](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cfv/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: aws, cli, cloud, cloud-infrastructure, cloudformation. - [cfn-flip](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cfn-flip/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: aws, cli, cloud, cloud-infrastructure, cloudformation. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/cf2tf.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/cf2tf.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated package history - package version freshness - av.db category and tag curation - package relationship graph - cross-ecosystem install command graph