terraform-provider-aws VS terraform-provider-scaffolding

Compare terraform-provider-aws vs terraform-provider-scaffolding and see what are their differences.

terraform-provider-aws

Terraform AWS provider [Moved to: https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform-provider-aws] (by terraform-providers)

terraform-provider-scaffolding

Quick start repository for creating a Terraform provider (by hashicorp)
Our great sponsors
  • InfluxDB - Power Real-Time Data Analytics at Scale
  • WorkOS - The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS
  • SaaSHub - Software Alternatives and Reviews
terraform-provider-aws terraform-provider-scaffolding
1 3
5,297 404
- -
10.0 7.4
about 3 years ago about 1 year ago
Go Go
Mozilla Public License 2.0 Mozilla Public License 2.0
The number of mentions indicates the total number of mentions that we've tracked plus the number of user suggested alternatives.
Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.

terraform-provider-aws

Posts with mentions or reviews of terraform-provider-aws. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2020-09-09.

terraform-provider-scaffolding

Posts with mentions or reviews of terraform-provider-scaffolding. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-10-02.
  • Extending Terraform functionality with a custom data source - part 1
    2 projects | dev.to | 2 Oct 2022
    That's the list of files we will start with. Typically you would follow folder structure as in the scaffolding repo,, placing Go files inside the internal/provider folder and Terraform files inside the examples folder. But let us first understand how it all works together before imposing this structure.
  • Best way to learn go
    2 projects | /r/Terraform | 21 Aug 2021
    Go through the language tutorials for a bit to get the hang of it. Especially take a look at examples for the HTTP library. And then move on to the Terraform provider tutorials :) Hashicorp has a great starter template for Providers available here: https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform-provider-scaffolding
  • Custom Provider - here goes nothing
    4 projects | /r/Terraform | 17 May 2021
    Take a look at hashicorp/terraform-provider-scaffolding: Quick start repository for creating a Terraform provider it can really help you get started.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing terraform-provider-aws and terraform-provider-scaffolding you can also consider the following projects:

opentelemetry-collector - OpenTelemetry Collector

go-prtg-sensor-api - API for writing PRTG custom sensors in Go.

terraform-provider-argocd - Terraform provider for ArgoCD

terraform-provider-hashicups - Terraform Provider HashiCups - Provider Plugin Framework example

Gitea - Git with a cup of tea! Painless self-hosted all-in-one software development service, including Git hosting, code review, team collaboration, package registry and CI/CD

terraform-provider-azurerm - Terraform provider for Azure Resource Manager

terraform-provider-oci - Terraform Oracle Cloud Infrastructure provider

terraform-provider-panos - Terraform Panos provider

terraform-provider-stripe - A Terraform Provider for Stripe

terraform-provider-megaport - Terraform Provider for Megaport Network

msfs2020-go - connect to microsoft flight simulator 2020 using golang

terraform-provider-vra - Terraform VMware vRealize Automation provider