inframate 0.2.23

An all-in-one local interface for navigating, operating, and understanding your Terraform infrastructure

inframate

A CLI tool for managing Terraform infrastructure. Browse resources, apply changes, detect drift, view costs, and fix errors with AI — all from your terminal.

Install

# uv (recommended)
uv tool install inframate

# Homebrew (prebuilt macOS binary, no Python dependency install)
brew install inframate

# pip / pipx
pip install inframate

Usage

cd my-terraform-project
inframate                # interactive resource browser (TUI)
inframate --no-cloud     # skip AWS cloud scan (faster)
inframate --service s3   # filter by service
inframate --json         # output as JSON
inframate serve             # start web UI at http://localhost:8000

Running inframate in a Terraform project directory will:

1. Read the Terraform graph and plan
2. Scan AWS resources for drift and unmanaged resources
3. Open an interactive TUI for browsing, applying, and destroying resources
4. If the plan fails and AI is configured, offer AI-assisted diagnosis and fixes

Resource statuses

Status	Meaning
Managed	In Terraform state and code, no pending changes
Pending	In code but not yet applied (create/update/destroy/replace planned)
Drift	Applied but actual cloud state differs from Terraform state
Unmanaged	Exists in AWS but not in any Terraform configuration
Orphaned	In Terraform state but the resource no longer exists in cloud

Each resource also shows three indicators: S (in state), C (in code), W (in cloud).

TUI keybindings

Navigation & search

Key	Action
Up/Down	Navigate resources
Left/Right	Collapse/expand tree node
/	Search resources by name, type, or service
Escape	Clear search
e	Expand all tree nodes
c	Collapse all tree nodes

Filters

Key	Action
a	Show all resources
m	Filter: managed
p	Filter: pending
d	Filter: drift
u	Filter: unmanaged
o	Filter: orphaned
1	Filter action: create
2	Filter action: update
3	Filter action: destroy
4	Filter action: replace
0	Clear action filter

Actions

Key	Action
Enter	Show resource detail (attributes, changes, tags)
Space	Toggle resource selection
r	Force re-plan (invalidate cache, re-run terraform plan)
R	Apply (all planned changes, or selected only)
X	Destroy selected resources
s	AI plan summary (prioritized change overview)
$	Load and display AWS costs
F5	Refresh (re-read terraform + cloud data, may use cached plan)
q	Quit

When apply or destroy fails, inframate streams AI diagnosis, suggests file changes and commands (e.g. terraform import, terraform state rm), and offers to apply fixes — in a loop until the issue is resolved.

AI plan summary

Press s in the TUI (or click Summarize in the web UI) to get an AI-generated summary of all planned changes, ranked from most critical (destroys, replacements) to least (creates, minor updates). Requires AI to be configured.

Configuration

Project config lives in .inframate/config.yml inside your Terraform project. Global defaults in ~/.inframate/config.yml are merged underneath (project wins).

# .inframate/config.yml
ai:
  provider: openai   # openai | anthropic | ollama | groq | deepseek
  api_token: sk-...
  # model: gpt-4o   # optional, defaults per provider

# Or use a custom endpoint:
# ai:
#   endpoint: http://localhost:11434/v1
#   api_token: ollama
#   model: llama3

# Custom var-file, backend config, and data dir (applied automatically)
terraform:
  var_file: env/dev/terraform.tfvars         # used in plan, apply, destroy, import
  backend_config: env/dev/backend.hcl        # used in init
  data_dir: ./terraform-data/dev/.terraform  # sets TF_DATA_DIR for all commands

The .inframate/ directory also stores plan cache and temporary plan files. You may want to add .inframate/ to your .gitignore.

Provider defaults:

Provider	Endpoint	Default model
openai	api.openai.com/v1	gpt-4o
anthropic	api.anthropic.com/v1	claude-sonnet-4-20250514
ollama	localhost:11434/v1	llama3
groq	api.groq.com/openai/v1	llama-3.3-70b-versatile
deepseek	api.deepseek.com/v1	deepseek-chat

Environment variables (OPENAI_API_KEY, OPENAI_API_BASE, OPENAI_MODEL) also work and take precedence over the config file.

Web UI

inframate serve
inframate serve --port 9000
inframate serve --no-browser

The web UI provides a browser-based interface with file editing, AI chat sidebar, and interactive resource management.

Development

Prerequisites

• go-task
• Python 3.13+
• uv
• Node.js 22+
• Terraform

Setup

task install       # install all dependencies
task api:dev       # start API server (terminal 1)
task ui:dev        # start UI dev server (terminal 2)

Build

task build         # build UI + Python package
task run           # run the built CLI

Project structure

services/
  api/    Python 3.13 / FastAPI backend
  ui/     Svelte 5 / TailwindCSS frontend