compare
Bicep vs OpenTofu
The same facts for both, read from GitHub every night, and the relation a person reviewed.
| Fact | Bicep | OpenTofu |
|---|---|---|
| Language | Bicep | Go |
| Licence | MIT | MPL-2.0 |
| Stars | 3.7k | 31k |
| Latest | v0.49.2 | v1.13.9 |
| Last push | 2026-11-12 | 2026-11-12 |
| Release cadence | about 30 days between releases | about 3 days between releases |
| Active contributors | 25 commit authors on the default branch in the last 90 days | 14 commit authors on the default branch in the last 90 days |
| Flags | none | none |
How they relate
Both replace Terraform. Alternatives to Terraform →
PartialBicepDeclarative infrastructure for Azure only.
Drop-inOpenTofuFork of Terraform 1.5, reads the same configuration and state.
Bicep
- v0.49.22026-11-06Add --config <path> to the Bicep CLI (#20412)
- v0.48.12026-10-05Features and Bug fixes
- v0.47.162026-09-08Adds the experimental bicep docs generate command, which renders module documentation to a Markdown file. Formatting ca…
- v0.46.12026-07-30New no-unused-types linter rule to warn on unused type declarations (#20035)
- v0.45.152026-07-13Fix Bicep exports regression - Reverted a change to block exporting variables or functions that reference deployment-co…
OpenTofu
- v1.13.92026-11-05BUG FIXES:
- v1.12.122026-11-05BUG FIXES:
- v1.13.82026-11-04The -v short option now again works as an alias for the version command and --version option, fixing an unintended regr…
- v1.12.112026-10-29BUG FIXES:
- v1.13.22026-10-21Previous versions of OpenTofu could potentially experience excessive CPU usage if connecting to an attacker-controlled…
Bicep
✓ signed The latest release, v0.49.2, carries a signature GitHub verified.
Loading the security report
OpenTofu
unsigned The latest release, v1.13.9, carries no signature GitHub could verify.
Loading the security report