# Azure/bicep

Bicep is a declarative language for describing and deploying Azure resources

Repository: https://github.com/Azure/bicep
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/bicep
Language: Bicep
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: arm-templates, arm-json, bicep
Last push: 2026-08-26T22:30:01+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 94/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 83, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2304, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 34, "gap_med": 31, "n_releases_24m": 26}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3634, forks 824 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:12.618990+00:00)

## What it is
Bicep is a declarative infrastructure-as-code language and toolchain for describing and deploying Azure resources, compiling down to ARM templates. It includes a CLI, VS Code tooling, and decompilation support for migrating existing ARM JSON templates.

## Use cases
- deploy azure resources as code
- convert arm json templates to bicep
- define reusable azure infrastructure modules
- provision azure environments repeatedly and consistently
- replace hand-written arm templates with cleaner syntax

## When to choose
- you deploy to Azure and want simpler syntax than ARM JSON
- you want type checking, modularity, and tooling for Azure IaC
- you need to migrate existing ARM templates to a maintainable format

## When to avoid
- your infrastructure targets AWS, GCP, or multi-cloud (use Terraform/Pulumi)
- you need a general-purpose programming language rather than a declarative DSL

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: infrastructure-as-code, compiler, cli, configuration-management, deployment
- domain: infrastructure-as-code, cloud-computing, developer-tools
- platform: cross-platform, cli, cloud
- tags: azure, arm-templates, declarative-language, bicep, iac, devops

## Member repositories
- Azure/bicep (main) score 94

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:12.618990+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 2026-08-29T18:31:50.935775+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/Azure/bicep (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:12.618990+00:00, sha c4bc6d3eb872)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.