Infrastructure as code

Declare cloud infrastructure in files and apply the difference.

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Infrastructure as code
Tool	Stars	Licence	Terms	Self-hosted	Language	Latest	Last push
Terraform	50k	Other	Source available	No	Go	v1.17.2	2026-11-11
OpenTofu	31k	MPL-2.0	Open source	No	Go	v1.13.9	2026-11-12
SST	26k	MIT	Open source	No	TypeScript	v4.17.2	2026-11-10
Pulumi	26k	Apache-2.0	Open source	No	Go	v3.274.1	2026-11-11
Packer	16k	Other	Source available	No	Go	v1.16.2	2026-11-12
AWS CDK	13k	Apache-2.0	Open source	No	TypeScript	v2.276.0	2026-11-11
Crossplane	12k	Apache-2.0	Open source	No	Go	v2.4.3	2026-11-11
Terragrunt	9.9k	MIT	Open source	No	Go	v1.2.2	2026-11-12
Atlantis	9.4k	Apache-2.0	Open source	No	Go	v0.49.0	2026-11-11
Digger	5.1k	MIT	Open source	No	Go	v0.6.155	2026-10-30
DNSControl	4k	MIT	Open source	No	Go	v5.8.1	2026-11-11
octoDNS	3.8k	MIT	Open source	No	Python	v1.22.0	2026-11-06
Bicep	3.7k	MIT	Open source	No	Bicep	v0.49.2	2026-11-12
Terramate	3.6k	MPL-2.0	Open source	No	Go	v0.17.4	2026-11-09
Tofu Controller	1.7k	Apache-2.0	Open source	No	Go	v0.16.6	2026-11-11
Terrakube	998	Apache-2.0	Open source	No	Java	2.34.1	2026-11-11
Burrito	768	Apache-2.0	Open source	No	Go	v0.15.0	2026-11-11
OTF	707	MPL-2.0	Open source	No	Go	v0.6.3	2026-07-16

18 tools

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.

Language: Go
Licence: Other
Stars: 50k
Latest: v1.17.2
Last push: 2026-11-11

OpenTofu

OpenTofu lets you declaratively manage your cloud infrastructure.

Language: Go
Licence: MPL-2.0
Stars: 31k
Latest: v1.13.9
Last push: 2026-11-12

SST

Build full-stack apps on your own infrastructure.

Language: TypeScript
Licence: MIT
Stars: 26k
Latest: v4.17.2
Last push: 2026-11-10

Pulumi

Pulumi - Infrastructure as Code in any programming language 🚀

Language: Go
Licence: Apache-2.0
Stars: 26k
Latest: v3.274.1
Last push: 2026-11-11

Packer

Packer is a tool for creating identical machine images for multiple platforms from a single source configuration.

Language: Go
Licence: Other
Stars: 16k
Latest: v1.16.2
Last push: 2026-11-12

AWS CDK

The AWS Cloud Development Kit is a framework for defining cloud infrastructure in code

Language: TypeScript
Licence: Apache-2.0
Stars: 13k
Latest: v2.276.0
Last push: 2026-11-11

Crossplane

The Cloud Native Control Plane

Language: Go
Licence: Apache-2.0
Stars: 12k
Latest: v2.4.3
Last push: 2026-11-11

Terragrunt

Terragrunt is a flexible orchestration tool that allows Infrastructure as Code written in OpenTofu/Terraform to scale.

Language: Go
Licence: MIT
Stars: 9.9k
Latest: v1.2.2
Last push: 2026-11-12

Atlantis

Terraform Pull Request Automation

Language: Go
Licence: Apache-2.0
Stars: 9.4k
Latest: v0.49.0
Last push: 2026-11-11

Digger

Digger is an open source IaC orchestration tool. Digger allows you to run IaC in your existing CI pipeline ⚡️

Language: Go
Licence: MIT
Stars: 5.1k
Latest: v0.6.155
Last push: 2026-10-30

DNSControl

Infrastructure as code for DNS!

Language: Go
Licence: MIT
Stars: 4k
Latest: v5.8.1
Last push: 2026-11-11

octoDNS

Tools for managing DNS across multiple providers

Language: Python
Licence: MIT
Stars: 3.8k
Latest: v1.22.0
Last push: 2026-11-06

Bicep

Bicep is a declarative language for describing and deploying Azure resources

Language: Bicep
Licence: MIT
Stars: 3.7k
Latest: v0.49.2
Last push: 2026-11-12

Terramate

Open-source Infrastructure as Code (IaC) orchestration platform: GitOps workflows, orchestration, code generation, observability, drift detection, asset management, policies, Slack notifications, and more. Integrates with Terraform, OpenTofu, Terragrunt, Kubernetes, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, BitBucket Pipelines, and any other CI/CD platform.

Language: Go
Licence: MPL-2.0
Stars: 3.6k
Latest: v0.17.4
Last push: 2026-11-09