Bicep vs Pulumi

Bicep vs Pulumi
Fact	Bicep	Pulumi
Language	Bicep	Go
Licence	MIT	Apache-2.0
Stars	3.7k	26k
Latest	v0.49.2	v3.274.1
Last push	2026-11-12	2026-11-11
Release cadence	about 30 days between releases	about 4 days between releases
Active contributors	25 commit authors on the default branch in the last 90 days	43+ 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.
Full replacementPulumiInfrastructure in general-purpose languages instead of HCL.

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…

v3.274.12026-11-05[cli/policy] Add experimental pulumi policy exception new, list, get and remove commands to manage policy exceptions in…
v3.274.02026-11-04[cli/policy] Add pulumi policy get to show a policy pack's policies #25297
v3.273.02026-10-28[auto] Add up to the generated automation APIs for NodeJS, Python and Go #25055
v3.272.02026-10-22[cli/display] Collapse policy violations that an exception exempts under Policies: into one line per policy, and add --…
v3.271.02026-10-21[engine] Add an id field to ReadResourceResponse so providers can return a resolved id that differs from the one suppli…

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