# iann0036/former2

Generate CloudFormation / Terraform / Troposphere templates from your existing AWS resources.

Repository: https://github.com/iann0036/former2
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/former2
Homepage: https://former2.com
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: cloudformation, terraform, aws, iac, troposphere, cdk, pulumi, cdktf
Last push: 2026-07-07T22:53:58+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 73/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 91, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2742, "days_push": 57, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2411, forks 297 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:44.419169+00:00)

## What it is
Former2 scans your existing AWS account resources and generates Infrastructure-as-Code outputs such as CloudFormation, Terraform, Troposphere, CDK, CDKTF, and Pulumi templates, plus architecture diagrams. It is available as a web app, a browser-extension-assisted tool, and a limited CLI.

## Use cases
- generate terraform from existing aws resources
- convert my aws account into cloudformation templates
- import existing aws infrastructure into iac
- reverse engineer cloudformation template from running resources
- generate pulumi or cdk code from aws account
- create architecture diagram of my aws infrastructure
- adopt infrastructure as code for legacy aws resources

## When to choose
- you have existing AWS resources with no IaC and want to bootstrap templates
- you need to migrate resources into CloudFormation stacks via import
- you want multi-format output (Terraform, CDK, Pulumi, Troposphere) from one scan
- you want a quick architecture diagram of your AWS setup

## When to avoid
- you use a cloud other than AWS (it is AWS-only)
- you need full resource coverage - Terraform output covers only ~49% of resources
- you cannot grant IAM credentials to a browser tool due to security policy
- you want a fully automated CI pipeline tool rather than an interactive scanner

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: infrastructure-as-code, developer-tools, cli
- domain: cloud-computing, infrastructure-as-code, developer-tools
- platform: browser, browser-extension, cli
- tags: aws, cloudformation, terraform, cdk, pulumi, cdktf, troposphere, iac-generation, reverse-iac, devops, web-server, nodejs

## Member repositories
- iann0036/former2 (main) score 73

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:44.419169+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 2026-08-30T02:33:58.132005+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/iann0036/former2 (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:44.419169+00:00, sha d002f9a6a4c9)
  - homepage: https://former2.com (fetched 2026-08-29T10:14:21.875034+00:00, sha f1ca79273ba9)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/former2 (fetched 2026-08-29T10:14:21.898904+00:00, sha f98584e44fea)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.