# aws/aws-cdk

The AWS Cloud Development Kit is a framework for defining cloud infrastructure in code

Repository: https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/aws-cdk
Homepage: https://aws.amazon.com/cdk
Language: TypeScript
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: aws, infrastructure-as-code, typescript, cloud-infrastructure, hacktoberfest
Last push: 2026-08-26T22:22:12+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 95/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:39:23.370411+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 86, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3255, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 14, "gap_med": 4, "n_releases_24m": 148}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 12876, forks 4607 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:59.978952+00:00)

## What it is
The AWS Cloud Development Kit (CDK) is an open-source framework for defining cloud infrastructure in code using familiar programming languages like TypeScript, Python, Java, .NET, and Go. It provides high-level object-oriented constructs that compile to AWS CloudFormation templates for provisioning AWS resources.

## Use cases
- define AWS infrastructure as code in TypeScript or Python
- provision cloud resources through CloudFormation
- share reusable infrastructure components across teams
- integrate infrastructure provisioning into CI/CD pipelines
- encapsulate AWS best practices in reusable constructs
- migrate backend infrastructure to automated provisioning

## When to choose
- you are building on AWS and prefer programming languages over YAML/JSON templates
- you want reusable, testable infrastructure abstractions with best-practice defaults
- you need to integrate infrastructure definition with application code and CI/CD

## When to avoid
- you target multi-cloud or non-AWS providers
- your team prefers declarative tools like Terraform or raw CloudFormation
- you work outside the supported language runtimes

## Facets
- artifact type: framework
- maturity: stable
- function: infrastructure-as-code, deployment, developer-tools, ci-cd
- domain: cloud-computing, infrastructure-as-code
- platform: python, jvm, dotnet, go, cloud
- tags: aws, cloudformation, cdk, constructs, typescript, multi-language, devops, automation, nodejs

## Member repositories
- aws/aws-cdk (main) score 95

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:59.978952+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T17:13:43.102596+00:00, confidence not recorded.
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- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.