OpenTofu lets you declaratively manage your cloud infrastructure.
Fork of Terraform 1.5, reads the same configuration and state.
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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.
OpenTofu, Pulumi, AWS CDK and more. 5 alternatives to Terraform, in Go, TypeScript, Bicep. Compare fit, licence, stars and the latest signed release. Drop-in: OpenTofu.
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| Tool | Fit | Stars | Licence | Terms | Self-hosted | Language | Latest | Last push |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenTofu | Drop-in | 31k | MPL-2.0 | Open source | No | Go | v1.13.9 | 2026-11-12 |
| Pulumi | Full replacement | 26k | Apache-2.0 | Open source | No | Go | v3.274.1 | 2026-11-11 |
| AWS CDK | Partial | 13k | Apache-2.0 | Open source | No | TypeScript | v2.276.0 | 2026-11-11 |
| Crossplane | Partial | 12k | Apache-2.0 | Open source | No | Go | v2.4.3 | 2026-11-11 |
| Bicep | Partial | 3.7k | MIT | Open source | No | Bicep | v0.49.2 | 2026-11-12 |
Every alternative
5 alternatives
Pulumi - Infrastructure as Code in any programming language 🚀
Infrastructure in general-purpose languages instead of HCL.
Migration notes → Official migration guide ↗
- Language
- Go
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
- Stars
- 26k
- Latest
- v3.274.1
- Last push
- 2026-11-11
The AWS Cloud Development Kit is a framework for defining cloud infrastructure in code
Infrastructure in general-purpose languages, for AWS only.
- Language
- TypeScript
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
- Stars
- 13k
- Latest
- v2.276.0
- Last push
- 2026-11-11
The Cloud Native Control Plane
Cloud resources declared as Kubernetes objects and reconciled continuously by controllers.
- Language
- Go
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
- Stars
- 12k
- Latest
- v2.4.3
- Last push
- 2026-11-11
Bicep is a declarative language for describing and deploying Azure resources
Declarative infrastructure for Azure only.
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About Terraform
- Language
- Go
- Licence
- Other
- Stars
- 50k
- Last push
- 2026-11-11