HCL

python-hcl2

• GitHub
• AUR package: python-hcl2
• Python lib only, no cli tool

hcl2json

• GitHub
• Recent releases
• No arch/AUR package
• Not able to get final values like from join() function

Install:

eget tmccombs/hcl2json

hcl2json < ~/projects/data-serialization/hcl/longlines.hcl | jq '.test'

hcledit

• GitHub
• AUR package: hcledit
• Not able to get final values like from join() function

Usage:

hcledit block list -f main.tofu
hcledit block get terraform -f main.tofu
hcledit attribute get terraform.required_version -f main.tofu

hcldec

• GitHub
• Converts HCL to JSON
• Needs a .hclspec spec file

Install:

go install github.com/hashicorp/hcl/v2/cmd/hcldec@latest

Other tools

• dasel
  • HCL support was added in v3, which is still unreleased
• hcl
• terraform-config-inspect

Stale

• pyhcl
  • Does not support HCL2 (which Terraform or Opentofu use)
  • Last commit 2023
  • AUR package: python-pyhcl