terratest VS aws-cdk-local

Compare terratest vs aws-cdk-local and see what are their differences.

terratest

Terratest is a Go library that makes it easier to write automated tests for your infrastructure code. (by gruntwork-io)

aws-cdk-local

Thin wrapper script for using the AWS CDK CLI with LocalStack (by localstack)
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terratest aws-cdk-local
46 3
7,306 243
0.7% 2.1%
8.7 1.4
8 days ago 12 months ago
Go JavaScript
Apache License 2.0 Apache License 2.0
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terratest

Posts with mentions or reviews of terratest. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-03-26.

aws-cdk-local

Posts with mentions or reviews of aws-cdk-local. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-10-10.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing terratest and aws-cdk-local you can also consider the following projects:

inspec - InSpec: Auditing and Testing Framework

checkov - Prevent cloud misconfigurations and find vulnerabilities during build-time in infrastructure as code, container images and open source packages with Checkov by Bridgecrew.

driftctl - Detect, track and alert on infrastructure drift

terragrunt - Terragrunt is a thin wrapper for Terraform that provides extra tools for working with multiple Terraform modules.

tflint - A Pluggable Terraform Linter

atlantis - Terraform Pull Request Automation

conftest - Write tests against structured configuration data using the Open Policy Agent Rego query language

Moto - A library that allows you to easily mock out tests based on AWS infrastructure.

terraform-cdk - Define infrastructure resources using programming constructs and provision them using HashiCorp Terraform

terrascan - Detect compliance and security violations across Infrastructure as Code to mitigate risk before provisioning cloud native infrastructure. [Moved to: https://github.com/accurics/terrascan]

CDK-with-Localstack - Example for local development with CDK and Localstack and API Gateway

aws-cdk - The AWS Cloud Development Kit is a framework for defining cloud infrastructure in code