Pulumi

Pulumi is an open-source Infrastructure as Code (IaC) platform that allows developers to define, deploy, and manage cloud infrastructure using general-purpose programming languages. It extends familiar software engineering practices like testing, debugging, and version control to cloud…

Key facts

First appeared: 2017
Category: cloud_infrastructure
Problem solved: Pulumi was created to address the limitations of domain-specific languages (DSLs) for Infrastructure as Code, which often lacked the expressiveness, tooling, and testability of general-purpose programming languages. It aimed to enable developers to manage infrastructure with the same rigor and capabilities as application code, fostering better collaboration between development and operations teams.
Platforms: linux, cloud_providers, macos, kubernetes, windows

Related technologies

Google Cloud Platform
Docker
AWS
Azure
C#
Go
Java
TypeScript
Python
CI/CD systems (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps)
Kubernetes

Notable users

Clearcover
Segment
Cockroach Labs
AWS (for specific projects)
MongoDB
GitLab
Atlassian