# hashicorp/terraform

Terraform enables you to safely and predictably create, change, and improve infrastructure. It is a source-available tool that codifies APIs into declarative configuration files that can be shared amongst team members, treated as code, edited, reviewed, and versioned.

Repository: https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/terraform
Homepage: http://developer.hashicorp.com/terraform
Language: Go
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: graph, infrastructure-as-code, terraform, cloud, cloud-management
Last push: 2026-08-26T21:50:08+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 99/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 99, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4556, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 7, "gap_med": 13, "n_releases_24m": 44}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 49543, forks 10618 (observed 2026-08-28T04:12:11.634315+00:00)

## What it is
Terraform is HashiCorp's infrastructure-as-code tool that codifies cloud and on-prem resources into declarative configuration files which can be versioned, reviewed, and shared. It builds a resource graph, generates execution plans, and safely automates creating, changing, and destroying infrastructure across many providers.

## Use cases
- provision aws, azure, or gcp infrastructure from code
- manage kubernetes clusters across multiple clouds
- version and review infrastructure changes like application code
- create and destroy ephemeral preview environments automatically
- codify dns entries, storage, and networking as reusable modules
- plan infrastructure changes before applying them

## When to choose
- you want declarative, version-controlled provisioning across multiple cloud providers
- you need execution plans and dependency graphs to avoid destructive surprises
- your team wants reusable infrastructure modules and a large provider ecosystem

## When to avoid
- you only need configuration management inside existing servers rather than provisioning resources
- you require a fully open-source license, since Terraform moved to a source-available BUSL
- you prefer imperative or immutable-image-first workflows like Packer plus direct SDK scripts

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: stable
- function: infrastructure-as-code, deployment, configuration-management, cli, cloud
- domain: infrastructure-as-code, cloud-computing, self-hosted
- platform: windows, go, cli, cross-platform
- tags: terraform, provisioning, declarative-configuration, hashicorp, multi-cloud, state-management, resource-graph, devops, automation, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- hashicorp/terraform (main) score 99

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:12:11.634315+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T16:20:11.919295+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform (fetched 2026-08-28T04:12:11.634315+00:00, sha 964e0fde2ab1)
  - homepage: http://developer.hashicorp.com/terraform (fetched 2026-08-28T18:13:29.198859+00:00, sha e199b2cac7a8)
  - site_page: https://developer.hashicorp.com/terraform/install (fetched 2026-08-28T18:13:29.208960+00:00, sha 2e6ce87f11c9)
  - site_page: https://developer.hashicorp.com/hcp/docs/vault-radar (fetched 2026-08-28T18:13:29.207268+00:00, sha 558d122b761a)
  - site_page: https://developer.hashicorp.com/terraform/docs (fetched 2026-08-28T18:13:29.210364+00:00, sha a0492af58be8)
  - site_page: https://developer.hashicorp.com/terraform/cloud-docs (fetched 2026-08-28T18:13:29.211810+00:00, sha c59a9bc4e2d7)
  - site_page: https://developer.hashicorp.com/terraform/docs/partnerships (fetched 2026-08-28T18:13:29.213358+00:00, sha 4853be8a2afc)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.