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macOS

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brew install tfplugingen-openapi

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overview

Package summary

OpenAPI to Terraform Provider Code Generation Specification

Project links

Commands and aliases

tfplugingen-openapi

history

Project history and usage

tfplugingen-openapi is HashiCorp's OpenAPI Provider Spec Generator, a CLI that transforms OpenAPI 3.x specifications into Terraform Provider Code Specification files. It belongs to Terraform's provider code-generation toolchain rather than to ordinary Terraform runtime usage.

Project history

The project was published under the HashiCorp organization as terraform-plugin-codegen-openapi. Its README describes the generator as part of Terraform Provider Code Generation and points to the HashiCorp Developer documentation for full usage, examples, and generator configuration.

HashiCorp documents the generator as a tech-preview code-generation component. The official design document explains how OpenAPI operations, schemas, request bodies, responses, and parameters map into Terraform provider resources, data sources, and schema attributes.

Adoption history

Adoption is concentrated among Terraform provider authors experimenting with code generation from existing API descriptions. GitHub tags show 0.1.0 through 0.3.0 releases from October 2023 to January 2024, and Homebrew later packaged the tfplugingen-openapi binary for local installation.

How it is used

The primary command is `tfplugingen-openapi generate`, usually run with a generator_config.yml file, an output path for provider_code_spec.json, and an OpenAPI specification file. The generated provider code specification can then feed the Terraform Plugin Framework code generator.

Why package nerds care

For package-manager and Terraform-provider specialists, tfplugingen-openapi is significant because it turns API descriptions into provider scaffolding inputs. It packages a slice of HashiCorp's provider-authoring workflow as a standalone Homebrew-installable CLI.

Timeline

2023: GitHub tags list v0.1.0 in October.
2024: GitHub tags list v0.3.0 in January.
2025: HashiCorp Developer page metadata lists the OpenAPI generator documentation publication/modification date as May 27.
2026: Homebrew formula metadata lists stable version 0.3.0 with bottled builds.

Related projects

Terraform Plugin Framework
Terraform Provider Code Specification
Terraform Plugin Framework Code Generator
OpenAPI 3.x

Sources

security posture

Risk level: green

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

Risk classifier

green risk · low confidence · appliance

Why

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

Signals

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Install behavior

No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
Build metadata lists 1 build dependencies.

Recommended review

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Configuration and credential file locations

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Configuration files

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

Unix: ./generator_config.yml

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`tfplugingen-openapi`	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 version0.3.0

manager updated

local dataok

upstreamcurrent

latest detectedv0.3.0

https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-codegen-openapi

infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:tfplugingen-openapi
Version	0.3.0
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/tfplugingen-openapi
Homepage	https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-codegen-openapi
Repository	https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-codegen-openapi
Upstream docs	https://developer.hashicorp.com/terraform/plugin/code-generation/openapi-generator
License	MPL-2.0
Source archive	https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-codegen-openapi/archive/refs/tags/v0.3.0.tar.gz
Build dependencies	go
Bottle	available (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-install	not defined
Service	none declared

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Source database details

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	tfplugingen-openapi
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

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combined/tfplugingen-openapi.yml

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