DevOps & Infra IaC stable
OpenTofu
Open-source Terraform fork for infrastructure as code
24.0K stars
400 contributors
Since 2020
Open-source Terraform fork for infrastructure as code
License
MPL-2.0
Min RAM
256 MB
Min CPUs
1 core
Scaling
single_node
Complexity
intermediate
Performance
medium
Self-hostable
✓
K8s native
✕
Offline
✕
Pricing
fully free
Docs quality
good
Vendor lock-in
none
Use cases
- ✓ Primary: infrastructure-provisioning
- ✓ Primary: multi-cloud-management
- ✓ Primary: gitops
Anti-patterns / when NOT to use
- ✕ State management complexity
- ✕ Provider compatibility lag behind Terraform
- ✕ Learning HCL required
Compare with alternatives
Replaces / alternatives to
Technical specs
Language
Go
API type
REST
Protocols
HTTP
Deployment
dockerbinary
Community
GitHub stars 24.0K
Contributors 400
Commit frequency weekly
Plugin ecosystem none
Backing Linux Foundation
Funding foundation
Release
Latest version
— Last release —
Since 2020
Best fit
Team size
smallmediumenterprise
Industries
general