# formae

> formae is an Infrastructure As Code platform: it discovers what is really running, keeps code as the source of truth, and applies changes at any granularity with minimal blast radius. Built by Platform Engineering Labs.

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## Start here

- [formae - Infrastructure on autopilot](https://formae.ai): Infrastructure on autopilot: full control, no effort. Start from nothing or bring in what you already run. formae from Platform Engineering Labs.
- [What is formae: live infrastructure as the source of truth](https://formae.ai/what-is-formae): Infrastructure has more than one author, so formae treats what is actually running as the source of truth and derives everything else from it. Work through code, or just describe what you need. Self-hosted and free, or fully managed.

## formae Cloud

- [formae Cloud - fully managed infrastructure on autopilot](https://formae.ai/formae-cloud): formae Cloud is formae hosted and fully managed. Point your AI coding agent at your cloud account; it discovers, manages and keeps everything in sync.

## formae IaC

- [formae IaC - open-source Infrastructure As Code](https://formae.ai/formae-iac): Open-source Infrastructure As Code that starts from what already runs. formae IaC discovers your estate, versions drift and hands back current code.
- [Why formae IaC: Infrastructure As Code that matches reality](https://formae.ai/why-formae-iac): formae IaC discovers what is running, versions every out of band change, and derives Infrastructure As Code from live state instead of a state file. Open source, self-hosted, no migration, and it reads your existing .tfvars.
- [formae vs. Terraform](https://formae.ai/formae-vs-terraform): formae is a Terraform alternative built for day 2 and beyond. Terraform works well for day 1 provisioning; formae continuously discovers what is actually…
- [formae vs. Pulumi](https://formae.ai/formae-vs-pulumi): formae is a Pulumi alternative built for day 2 and beyond. Pulumi defines infrastructure in application programming languages; formae defines it in Pkl, a…
- [Build on formae IaC - an AI-native Infrastructure As Code platform](https://formae.ai/build-on-formae): Modern infrastructure environments include internal platforms, custom systems, APIs, appliances, and services that evolve continuously. No single…

## Pricing, for both

- [formae pricing: free and self-hosted, fully managed per installation, or custom](https://formae.ai/pricing): Unlimited resources in all plans. formae IaC is open source, self-hosted and free, formae Cloud is billed monthly per installation and managed by us, and formae Enterprise is priced for what you need.

## Running it

- Runs on Linux and macOS, and in containers.
- Manages infrastructure in AWS, GCP, Azure, and Kubernetes clusters with the self-hosted edition.
- formae provides an MCP server, so any MCP-capable assistant or agent can drive it directly: Claude Code, Codex, Copilot, and other AI coding assistants and agentic tooling. See the documentation for how to connect it.

## Product resources

- [Documentation](https://docs.formae.ai): Reference, guides and release notes for formae
- [Source code](https://github.com/platform-engineering-labs/formae): The formae repository, written in Go
- [Public Hub](https://hub.platform.engineering): Community and official formae plugins
- [Platform Engineering Labs](https://platform.engineering): The company behind formae: who we are, the newsroom, how to reach us