What is a .TF file?
TF is a Terraform configuration describing cloud infrastructure as code. Created by HashiCorp.
- Did you know
- Terraform, released by HashiCorp in 2014, popularised managing servers as version-controlled code.
- TF files are written in HCL, the HashiCorp Configuration Language, and describe infrastructure declaratively rather than step by step.
- HashiCorp’s 2023 switch to the source-available Business Source Licence prompted the community fork OpenTofu.
- What Analyser reads
- Identify and read metadata from developer and data files: JWT tokens (header + claims + expiry), WebAssembly, Java class files, NumPy/Safetensors/GGUF model files, source maps, SQL dumps, Visual Studio/.NET projects, Terraform, Protobuf, GraphQL, SARIF, Python bytecode, and Apple property lists (XML + binary). Jupyter notebooks (IPYNB) and HAR captures now open in a full viewer - see Notebooks & data above.
- Depth of analysis
- .TF is an identification-grade format: Analyser recognises it from its bytes and decodes the header metadata it carries, rather than opening it in a full viewer. Formats that do get a full viewer are marked "Full" on the formats page.
- Open a .TF file
- Drag a .TF file onto the Analyser home page (or tap to pick one). It is identified entirely in your browser - nothing is uploaded, there is no account, and it works offline once installed.