cloudformation-guard

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What is cloudformation-guard?

A domain-specific language for writing policy-as-code rules to validate structured data like JSON and YAML. It provides a lightweight Rust-based CLI to enforce compliance across CloudFormation, Terraform, and Kubernetes manifests.

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RustInfrastructure & Cloud

Why cloudformation-guard?

  • Blazing fast execution
  • Generic data validation
  • Lightweight binary

Limitations

  • New DSL to learn
  • Limited pre-built rules
  • No native GUI
3/5/2026
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