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
★ 30,695
- Last 7 days
- +68
- Last 30 days
- +332
- Evidence
- 10/3/2026–11/2/2026 · complete window
Sources checked
Canonical project facts and open-source licensemaintainer · Sep 4, 2026