aws-cloudformation-yaml installs statistics
By Daniel Thielking · VS Code Marketplace · Snippets
Adds YAML and JSON snippets for AWS CloudFormation to VS Code
aws-cloudformation-yaml has 120,774 recorded installs on VS Code Marketplace.
It ranks #2131 of 2,500 tracked VS Code Marketplace listings by installs.
It is rated 3.5 out of 5 from 2 ratings.
PluginStats has 3 daily observations since Oct 16, 2026; the latest is from Oct 18, 2026.
Rating: 3.50 / 5 from 2 ratings
About aws-cloudformation-yaml
YAML snippets for AWS CloudFormation in VS Code
This extension adds some snippets to YAML based files for AWS CloudFormation.
Project located on Github
Overview
• Adds YAML base snippets to your VS Code to get CloudFormation resources • Adds Json parameter config snippets for CloudFormation
Extension usage
Following Snippets do provide this extension for YAML files:
• AWSTemplate (Adds a complete template structure) • Sections • Parameter section • Parameter (Adds new parameter to parameter section of your template) • Metadata section • MetadataParameterGroup (Adds new ParameterGroup into Metadata section) • ConditionsSection (Adds new Conditions Section into template) • Resource section • Resource (Adds a new resource) • ResourceWithTemplateUR (Adds a resource with TemplateURL) • Output section • Output (Adds structure of Output) • Export (Adds structure of Export for Output) • Miscellaneous • Tags (Add Tag: Key, Value) • Intrinsic Functions • !FindInMap • !GetAtt • !GetAZs • !Cidr • !ImportValue • !Join • !Select • !Split • !Sub • !Ref • Condition Functions • !And • !Equals • !If • !Not • !Or
Following snippets do provide this extenstion for JSON files:
• AWSConfig (Adds a complete parameter configuration) • ParamKey (Adds new parameters to configuration file)
Release Notes
You will find all release notes under following link: Release Notes
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Listing: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=DanielThielking.aws-cloudformation-yaml. First seen Oct 16, 2026; last successful collection Oct 18, 2026. See the methodology.