Platform Engineering Labs Expands formae with Kubernetes Support, Native Helm Integration

Platform Engineering Labs released a major update to formae, an open-source Infrastructure-as-Code platform. The update adds full Kubernetes support, native Helm integration, and direct .tfvars compatibility. A new public plugin hub is introduced to simplify cloud-native infrastructure management. formae is positioned as a unified system of record for infrastructure operations, enabling platform teams to manage Kubernetes environments and multi-cloud ecosystems with automated change codification and reduced operational overhead. The platform supports standard Kubernetes resources and managed variants such as Amazon EKS and Microsoft AKS. Existing Helm charts can be integrated directly into formae workflows without re-architecting deployments. formae continuously discovers, versions, and codifies infrastructure changes, including changes made by external tools, by deriving the source of truth from live infrastructure rather than fragile state files.

"Platform Engineering Labs has announced a major update to its open-source Infrastructure-as-Code platform, formae, introducing full Kubernetes support, native Helm integration, direct .tfvars compatibility, and a new public plugin hub aimed at simplifying cloud-native infrastructure management. The release significantly expands formae's capabilities as a unified "system of record" for infrastructure operations, enabling platform teams to manage Kubernetes environments and multi-cloud ecosystems with automated change codification and reduced operational overhead."

"The update positions formae more directly against established Infrastructure-as-Code platforms by adding support for standard Kubernetes resources as well as managed cloud variants such as Amazon EKS and Microsoft AKS. Teams can now integrate existing Helm charts directly into formae workflows without re-architecting deployments, while the platform continuously discovers, versions, and codifies infrastructure changes, even when those changes are made by external tools. According to Platform Engineering Labs, this removes much of the operational friction traditionally associated with managing large Kubernetes estates across multiple tooling ecosystems."

"Kubernetes has become foundational to modern platform engineering, but maintaining consistent visibility and governance across rapidly changing clusters remains a persistent challenge. formae's new Kubernetes support extends the platform's core model, automatically codifying infrastructure state without relying on fragile state files, into the cloud-native ecosystem. Unlike traditional Infrastructure-as-Code tools that tightly couple resource definitions and execution state, formae continuously derives its source of truth directly from live infrastructure."

"This enables organizations to continue using existing Kubernetes tooling while formae independently tracks and versions every infrastructure change. The approach is de"

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