cloudtools/troposphere
troposphere - Python library to create AWS CloudFormation descriptions observed · 2026-10-10
Health v2 · maintenance only
94/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 84
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-10-21. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 70.5
- age_days: 5060
- days_rel: 31
- days_push: 11
- n_releases_24m: 11
Adoption not part of the score
4942 stars · 1406 forks observed · 2026-10-10
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
A Python library for programmatically generating AWS CloudFormation templates as JSON or YAML. It provides typed classes for AWS resources with built-in property and type checking to catch template errors early.
Use cases
- generate cloudformation templates with python
- define aws infrastructure as code
- create cloudformation programmatically
- validate cloudformation resource properties at build time
- generate cloudformation yaml from python code
- manage aws resource stacks with reusable python code
When to choose
- you want to write CloudFormation templates in Python with type checking
- you need programmatic generation of AWS resource definitions
- you prefer code-based IaC over hand-written JSON/YAML templates
When to avoid
- you use Terraform, Pulumi, or CDK instead of CloudFormation
- you only need to deploy existing templates without generating them
- you need multi-cloud provisioning beyond AWS and basic OpenStack Heat support
Facets
library · maturity stable
infrastructure-as-code developer-tools serialization cloud-computing infrastructure-as-code developer-tools python cross-platform aws cloudformation iac yaml openstack-heat devops
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/cloudtools/troposphere · fetched 2026-10-10 · b8ba453b0d12
- registry_pypi: https://pypi.org/pypi/troposphere/json · fetched 2026-08-29 · fc6e16cb55d3
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| cloudtools/troposphere | main | 94 |
For agents
markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="cloudtools/troposphere")
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