What are the best open-source alternatives to Pyhcl?

Question 1

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5 open-source projects similar to virtuald/pyhcl, ranked by shared features. Top picks: amplify-education/python-hcl2, martinohmann/hcl-rs, tree-sitter-grammars/tree-sitter-hcl, winebarrel/rhcl, wondrify/hcl4j.

Question 2

Is amplify-education/python-hcl2 a good alternative to Pyhcl?

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A parser for HCL2 written in Python using Lark. It can be used as a Python library or through its CLI tools: hcl2tojson, jsontohcl2, and hq — a jq-like query tool for HCL files. Supports HCL2 only (not backwards compatible with HCL v1) and works with any HCL2 config file such as Terraform.

Question 3

Is martinohmann/hcl-rs a good alternative to Pyhcl?

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HCL parsing and encoding libraries for rust with serde support

Question 4

Is tree-sitter-grammars/tree-sitter-hcl a good alternative to Pyhcl?

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HCL grammar for tree-sitter

Question 5

Is winebarrel/rhcl a good alternative to Pyhcl?

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Pure Ruby HCL parser

Question 6

Is wondrify/hcl4j a good alternative to Pyhcl?

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HCL is the Hashicorp Configuration Language used in Terraform. This is a java Parser for parsing HCL and converting to Map objects.

Open-source alternatives to Pyhcl

amplify-education/python-hcl2

martinohmann/hcl-rs

tree-sitter-grammars/tree-sitter-hcl

winebarrel/rhcl

wondrify/hcl4j