HowToBuild- License
- MPL-2.0
- Cost
- Open Source
- Self-host
- Yes
Overview
OpenTofu is a community-governed Terraform-compatible workflow for declarative infrastructure management.
Why it is interesting
Why pay attention
It gives infrastructure teams a vendor-neutral path with a familiar configuration model.
Editorial status
Recommended for active evaluation.
Best for
- Teams standardizing declarative cloud infrastructure
- Organizations prioritizing open governance
Not ideal for
- Infrastructure that is better expressed through an imperative SDK
Open source & pricing
Open Source
The CLI is free and self-hostable.
GitHub momentum
★ 30,198
- Last 7 days
- +56
- Last 30 days
- Window incomplete
- Evidence
- 9/10/2026–9/17/2026 · weekly window
Sources checked
Canonical project facts and open-source licensemaintainer · Sep 4, 2026