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Expand Up @@ -4,8 +4,6 @@ A curated list of resources and projects for working with [AWS CloudFormation](h

## Contents

- [Awesome CloudFormation <img src="https://awesome.re/badge.svg" alt="Awesome">](#awesome-cloudformation-img-src%22httpsawesomerebadgesvg%22-alt%22awesome%22)
- [Contents](#contents)
- [CloudFormation Samples](#cloudformation-samples)
- [Templates](#templates)
- [Modules](#modules)
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### Templates
- [aws-cf-templates](https://github.com/widdix/aws-cf-templates): Free Templates for AWS CloudFormation
- [aws-cloudformation-templates](https://github.com/awslabs/aws-cloudformation-templates): Sample AWS CloudFormation templates which are intended to support learning how to declare specific AWS resources or solve particular use cases.
- [aws-quickstart](https://github.com/aws-quickstart): Automated gold-standard deployments on AWS
- [asecure.cloud](https://asecure.cloud/): A free repository of customizable AWS security configurations and best practices
- [aws-cloudformation-templates](https://github.com/aws-cloudformation/aws-cloudformation-templates): Sample AWS CloudFormation templates maintained by AWS
- [aws-quickstart](https://github.com/aws-quickstart): Automated gold-standard deployments on AWS, with many partner product integrations

### Modules
- [aws-cloudformation-samples](https://github.com/aws-cloudformation/aws-cloudformation-samples/tree/main/modules): Reusable CloudFormation modules to jump start your collection.
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These tools are designed to assist in the authoring and testing process for AWS CloudFormation. Tools include template generation, linting and testing applications.

- [cfn-lint](https://github.com/aws-cloudformation/cfn-python-lint): Validate CloudFormation yaml/json templates against the CloudFormation spec and additional checks. Includes checking valid values for resource properties and best practices. This is an indispensable tool and should be a part of every CloudFormation developer's workflow.
- [CloudFormation Rain](https://github.com/aws-cloudformation/rain): A CLI for CloudFormation that makes it much easier to develop and deploy CloudFormation templates.
- [AWSConsoleRecorder](https://github.com/iann0036/AWSConsoleRecorder): Records actions made in the AWS Management Console and outputs the equivalent CLI/SDK commands and CloudFormation/Terraform templates.
- [Former2](https://github.com/iann0036/former2): Generate CloudFormation / Terraform / Troposphere templates from your existing AWS resource
- [cfn-python-lint](https://github.com/aws-cloudformation/cfn-python-lint): Validate CloudFormation yaml/json templates against the CloudFormation spec and additional checks. Includes checking valid values for resource properties and best practices.
- [cfn-guard](https://github.com/aws-cloudformation/cloudformation-guard): A set of tools to check AWS CloudFormation templates for policy compliance using a simple, policy-as-code, declarative syntax
- [Visual Studio Code extension](https://github.com/aws-cloudformation/aws-cfn-lint-visual-studio-code): CloudFormation Linter integration, autocompletion, reference documentation links on hover
- [cfn_nag](https://github.com/stelligent/cfn_nag): The cfn-nag tool looks for patterns in CloudFormation templates that may indicate insecure infrastructure.
- [taskcat](https://github.com/aws-quickstart/taskcat): taskcat is a tool that tests AWS CloudFormation templates. It deploys your AWS CloudFormation template in multiple AWS Regions and generates a report with a pass/fail grade for each region.
- [org-formation](https://github.com/OlafConijn/AwsOrganizationFormation): a tool that helps you write CloudFormation for your AWS Organization resources and create links between regular cloudformation resources across your accounts and regions.
- [cfn flip](https://cfnflip.com/): a tool that converts AWS CloudFormation templates between JSON and YAML formats.
- [cfn-diagram](https://github.com/ljacobsson/cfn-diagram): CLI tool to visualise CloudFormation/SAM/CDK templates as diagrams.
- [cfsec](https://cfsec.dev): CloudFormation static analysis to identify potential misconfigurations before they reach production.

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If you prefer imperative coding, or just using your favourite programming language, the following projects are intended to abstract the creation of AWS CloudFormation templates.

- [aws-cdk](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk): The AWS Cloud Development Kit (AWS CDK) is an open-source software development framework to define cloud infrastructure in code and provision it through AWS CloudFormation.
- [CloudFormation Rain](https://github.com/aws-cloudformation/rain): The `rain build` command can be used in a variety of ways to generate templates. It has built-in recommended, vetted templates, and it also integrates with Amazon Bedrock for GenAI support.
- [CloudFormation Snippets for VS Code](https://github.com/dannysteenman/cloudformation-yaml-snippets): This VS Code extension adds autocompletion for all the resources that AWS CloudFormation supports.
- [serverless-application-model](https://github.com/awslabs/serverless-application-model): The AWS Serverless Application Model (SAM) is an open-source framework for building serverless applications. It provides shorthand syntax to express functions, APIs, databases, and event source mappings. With just a few lines of configuration, you can define the application you want and model it.
- [eksctl](https://github.com/weaveworks/eksctl): A CLI tool that uses CloudFormation to create clusters on EKS.
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## Custom Resource Development

When you need to extend AWS CloudFormation to support your own personal or organizational use-cases, the following tools are intended to support the development experience with the [original Custom Resources](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/template-custom-resources.html) functionality and the new [CloudFormation Registry](https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/11/now-extend-aws-cloudformation-to-model-provision-and-manage-third-party-resources/) experience.
When you need to extend AWS CloudFormation to support your own personal or organizational use-cases, the following tools are intended to support the development experience with [Custom Resources](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/template-custom-resources.html) functionality and the [CloudFormation Registry](https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/11/now-extend-aws-cloudformation-to-model-provision-and-manage-third-party-resources/).

- [cloudformation-cli](https://github.com/aws-cloudformation/cloudformation-cli): The CloudFormation Provider Development Toolkit allows you to author your own resource providers that can be used by CloudFormation.
- [cloudformation-cli-go-plugin](https://github.com/aws-cloudformation/cloudformation-cli-go-plugin): The CloudFormation Provider Development Toolkit Go Plugin allows you to autogenerate Go code based on an input schema.
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