Revolutionizing Infrastructure Management with formae: A Multi-Cloud IaC Platform
Platform Engineering Labs today announced a major update to its open source Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) platform, formae, adding beta support for Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Microsoft Azure, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), and OVHcloud. The release also introduces what the company calls a "Platform for Infrastructure Builders" a toolkit designed to make infrastructure tooling easier to extend, customize, and accelerate using AI-assisted development.
Expanding Multi-Cloud Capabilities
The update expands formae’s multi-cloud capabilities and addresses long-standing friction faced by infrastructure operations and platform teams when integrating proprietary APIs or supporting diverse cloud environments. Traditionally, extending IaC tools to accommodate new or legacy technologies requires weeks, or even months, of specialized engineering work. With this release, Platform Engineering Labs aims to reduce that timeline to hours by combining schema-safe architecture with a simplified plugin interface optimized for both human engineers and AI coding agents.
Automatic Infrastructure Discovery and Codification
Unlike traditional IaC tools that depend on fragile state files and complex migration processes, formae automatically discovers infrastructure resources and codifies them into a continuously updated source of truth. This approach removes the operational risk often associated with state drift, manual reconciliation, and brittle configurations, while simplifying adoption across multiple providers.
Redesigned Plugin SDK and Plugin Interface
In addition to cloud expansion, Platform Engineering Labs unveiled a redesigned Plugin SDK and plugin interface as part of its new "Platform for Infrastructure Builders." The toolkit is designed to overcome one of the most persistent challenges in IaC ecosystems: the difficulty of extending platforms to support emerging technologies, proprietary systems, or legacy APIs.
AI-Assisted Coding and Customization
"This release is for and about infrastructure builders," said Pavlo Baron, co-founder and CEO of Platform Engineering Labs. "We’re expanding support across the major cloud platforms, many of you have been asking for. From here forward, you don’t need to wait on us or anyone else. Build for your own infrastructure. Launch fast. Iterate fast. Extend fast. Do it hands-on or with help from your AI agents. We’ll continue evolving the platform for builders like you."
Schema-Safe Architecture and Plugin Development
According to the company, formae’s architecture explicitly models relationships and behavior across infrastructure resources, making it particularly well-suited for AI-assisted coding. Engineers can use AI agents to generate and modify plugins while relying on the platform’s schema constraints to ensure safe and predictable outcomes.
Eliminating Operational Toil and Human Error
The release reinforces Platform Engineering Labs’ mission to eliminate unnecessary operational toil and reduce human error in cloud management. By keeping infrastructure state invisible yet continuously synchronized, and by enforcing schema-safe change management, formae provides a stable and extensible foundation for modern cloud operations.
Competitive Landscape and Differentiation
As organizations evaluate Infrastructure-as-Code solutions, formae enters a market shaped by established platforms such as Terraform, Pulumi, and OpenTofu. While these tools are widely adopted and supported by large ecosystems, they typically rely on external state files, client-side execution models, and provider frameworks that can require significant expertise to extend. formae differentiates itself through automatic infrastructure discovery, continuous codification into a unified source of truth, and an architecture that avoids fragile state management.
Conclusion
Platform Engineering Labs’ formae platform is poised to revolutionize infrastructure management with its multi-cloud capabilities, automatic infrastructure discovery, and AI-assisted coding features. By providing a schema-safe architecture and simplified plugin interface, formae aims to eliminate operational toil and human error in cloud management. As the IaC market continues to evolve, formae is well-positioned to become a leading solution for infrastructure builders and operations teams.
FAQs
Q: What is formae and what does it offer?
A: formae is an open-source Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) platform that provides automatic infrastructure discovery, continuous codification, and a schema-safe architecture for multi-cloud management.
Q: What are the benefits of using formae?
A: formae eliminates operational toil and human error in cloud management by keeping infrastructure state invisible yet continuously synchronized, and by enforcing schema-safe change management.
Q: How does formae differ from other IaC platforms?
A: formae differentiates itself through automatic infrastructure discovery, continuous codification into a unified source of truth, and an architecture that avoids fragile state management.
Q: What is the future of formae and its roadmap?
A: Platform Engineering Labs will continue to evolve the formae platform, adding new features and capabilities to support the growing demand for multi-cloud strategies and digital sovereignty.
