opentofu/opentofu
OpenTofu lets you declaratively manage your cloud infrastructure. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
95/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 98
- Longevity 79
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 4.5
- age_days: 1113
- days_rel: 14
- days_push: 7
- n_releases_24m: 55
Adoption not part of the score
29937 stars · 1341 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
OpenTofu is an open-source infrastructure-as-code CLI tool for declaratively building, changing, and versioning cloud infrastructure, forked from Terraform in response to HashiCorp's BUSL license change. It is a drop-in Terraform replacement under Linux Foundation stewardship with a large provider and module ecosystem.
Use cases
- provision cloud infrastructure as code
- migrate from Terraform to an open-source alternative
- plan and preview infrastructure changes before applying
- manage AWS, Cloudflare, and GitHub resources declaratively
- version and share infrastructure configurations in git
- automate complex multi-resource infrastructure changes
When to choose
- you need a permissively licensed, community-driven Terraform replacement
- you want features Terraform lacks, like state encryption and provider mocking in tests
- you want to avoid BUSL licensing uncertainty for commercial use
- you rely on the existing Terraform provider and module ecosystem
When to avoid
- you are locked into HashiCorp commercial support or HCP Terraform workflows
- you need tooling for Kubernetes manifests rather than cloud resource provisioning
- you prefer imperative configuration management tools like Ansible
Facets
cli-tool · maturity stable
infrastructure-as-code cli deployment configuration-management infrastructure-as-code cloud-computing self-hosted windows cli go cross-platform terraform-fork iac cloud-provisioning state-management cncf open-source-license devops automation linux macos
10 sources
- readme: https://github.com/opentofu/opentofu · fetched 2026-08-28 · 6d7c9dc5b598
- homepage: https://opentofu.org · fetched 2026-08-29 · f1786bab7e70
- site_page: https://opentofu.org/docs · fetched 2026-08-29 · 5ac42d9d0a41
- site_page: https://opentofu.org/docs/v1.12 · fetched 2026-08-29 · c0e7872e368b
- site_page: https://opentofu.org/docs/v1.11 · fetched 2026-08-29 · 6e34b222abd5
- site_page: https://opentofu.org/docs/v1.10 · fetched 2026-08-29 · 803e4b86deec
- site_page: https://opentofu.org/docs/v1.9 · fetched 2026-08-29 · 2bbee1f58e1a
- site_page: https://opentofu.org/docs/v1.8 · fetched 2026-08-29 · 85da09273f79
- site_page: https://opentofu.org/docs/v1.7 · fetched 2026-08-29 · a25d09127f0d
- site_page: https://opentofu.org/faq · fetched 2026-08-29 · e066e5a94f12
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| opentofu/opentofu | main | 95 |
For agents
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