# OpenTofu vs Terraform

| Attribute | OpenTofu | Terraform |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 68.6 (45% (low)) | 64.2 (54% (medium)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 95 | 100 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | 0 | 1,108 |
| adoption.github_stars | 29,933 | 49,541 |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"self_hosted":true}` | `{"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | A community-driven infrastructure-as-code platform maintained under the Linux Foundation that enables declarative management of cloud resources. It serves as a compatible alternative to Terraform, preserving existing configurations and workflows while providing access to thousands of providers and reusable infrastructure modules. | Terraform is an infrastructure as code tool that lets you build, change, and version infrastructure safely and efficiently. It manages low-level components like compute, storage, and networking as well as high-level components like DNS entries and SaaS features. |
| features.capabilities | `{"hosting":"self","language":"HCL","paradigm":"declarative_dsl","multicloud":true,"drift_detection":true,"import_existing":true,"state_management":"self_managed","open_source_engine":true,"provider_ecosystem":true,"gitops_reconciliation":true}` | `{"language":"HCL","paradigm":"declarative_dsl","multicloud":true,"policy_as_code":true,"import_existing":true,"state_management":"vendor_managed","open_source_engine":true,"provider_ecosystem":true}` |
| integrations.count | 3,900 | 10 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"AWS"},{"name":"Cloudflare"},{"name":"GitHub"},{"name":"Terraform Cloud"},{"name":"Terraform Enterprise"},{"name":"Scalr"},{"name":"Spacelift"},{"name":"env0"},{"name":"Digger"},{"name":"Terrateam"},{"name":"Qovery"},{"name":"Argonaut"},{"name":"Finisterra"},{"name":"AutoCloud"}]` | `[{"name":"AWS"},{"name":"Azure"},{"name":"Google Cloud Platform"},{"name":"Oracle Cloud"},{"name":"Docker"},{"name":"Consul"},{"name":"Packer"},{"name":"Vault"},{"name":"Boundary"},{"name":"GitHub"}]` |
| language.primary | Go | Go |
| license.spdx | MPL-2.0 | - |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | - |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true}` | `{"cli":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"open_source","summary":"Free and open source (MPL-2.0 license)","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://opentofu.org/docs/v1.10/cli/commands/plan/","retrievedAt":"2026-08-14T21:32:43.822Z"}` | `{"type":"open_source","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.terraform.io","retrievedAt":"2026-08-13T09:37:57.093Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | commercial | commercial |
| pricing.price_level | free | free |
| pricing.transparent | yes | - |
| release.cadence_days | 4 | 6 |
| release.history | `[{"url":"https://github.com/opentofu/opentofu/releases/tag/v1.12.6","date":"2026-08-19T11:40:07Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.12.6"},{"url":"https://github.com/opentofu/opentofu/releases/tag/v1.11.14","date":"2026-08-19T11:39:12Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.11.14"},{"url":"https://github.com/opentofu/opentofu/releases/tag/v1.12.5","date":"2026-07-21T11:39:19Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.12.5"},{"url":"https://github.com/opentofu/opentofu/releases/tag/v1.11.13","date":"2026-07-21T11:39:02Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.11.13"},{"url":"https://github.com/opentofu/opentofu/releases/tag/v1.12.4","date":"2026-07-13T16:07:42Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.12.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/opentofu/opentofu/releases/tag/v1.11.12","date":"2026-07-13T16:07:11Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.11.12"},{"url":"https://github.com/opentofu/opentofu/releases/tag/v1.11.11","date":"2026-06-23T13:24:06Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.11.11"},{"url":"https://github.com/opentofu/opentofu/releases/tag/v1.12.3","date":"2026-06-18T15:03:59Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.12.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/opentofu/opentofu/releases/tag/v1.11.10","date":"2026-06-18T15:03:51Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.11.10"},{"url":"https://github.com/opentofu/opentofu/releases/tag/v1.12.2","date":"2026-06-12T15:26:49Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.12.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/opentofu/opentofu/releases/tag/v1.11.9","date":"2026-06-12T16:11:30Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.11.9"},{"url":"https://github.com/opentofu/opentofu/releases/tag/v1.12.1","date":"2026-05-27T10:44:28Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.12.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/opentofu/opentofu/releases/tag/v1.12.0","date":"2026-05-14T11:57:20Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.12.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/opentofu/opentofu/releases/tag/v1.11.8","date":"2026-05-14T09:47:13Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.11.8"},{"url":"https://github.com/opentofu/opentofu/releases/tag/v1.11.7","date":"2026-05-11T12:16:08Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.11.7"},{"url":"https://github.com/opentofu/opentofu/releases/tag/v1.10.10","date":"2026-05-11T11:29:11Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.10.10"},{"url":"https://github.com/opentofu/opentofu/releases/tag/v1.12.0-rc1","date":"2026-04-29T19:56:42Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v1.12.0-rc1"},{"url":"https://github.com/opentofu/opentofu/releases/tag/v1.12.0-beta1","date":"2026-04-08T14:54:54Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v1.12.0-beta1"},{"url":"https://github.com/opentofu/opentofu/releases/tag/v1.11.6","date":"2026-04-08T11:48:19Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.11.6"},{"url":"https://github.com/opentofu/opentofu/releases/tag/v1.11.5","date":"2026-02-12T15:43:04Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.11.5"}]` | `[{"url":"https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform/releases/tag/v1.16.0","date":"2026-08-26T13:05:28Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.16.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform/releases/tag/v1.16.0-rc2","date":"2026-08-19T12:08:45Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v1.16.0-rc2"},{"url":"https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform/releases/tag/v1.15.9","date":"2026-08-19T14:29:32Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.15.9"},{"url":"https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform/releases/tag/v1.17.0-alpha20260812","date":"2026-08-12T12:01:24Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v1.17.0-alpha20260812"},{"url":"https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform/releases/tag/v1.16.0-rc1","date":"2026-08-12T15:22:32Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v1.16.0-rc1"},{"url":"https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform/releases/tag/v1.16.0-beta2","date":"2026-08-05T18:07:50Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v1.16.0-beta2"},{"url":"https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform/releases/tag/v1.17.0-alpha20260729","date":"2026-07-29T19:38:27Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v1.17.0-alpha20260729"},{"url":"https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform/releases/tag/v1.16.0-beta1","date":"2026-07-23T16:51:01Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v1.16.0-beta1"},{"url":"https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform/releases/tag/v1.16.0-alpha20260715","date":"2026-07-15T12:44:36Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v1.16.0-alpha20260715"},{"url":"https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform/releases/tag/v1.16.0-alpha20260708","date":"2026-07-08T09:19:38Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v1.16.0-alpha20260708"},{"url":"https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform/releases/tag/v1.15.8","date":"2026-07-08T17:45:09Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.15.8"},{"url":"https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform/releases/tag/v1.16.0-alpha20260706","date":"2026-07-06T14:49:07Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v1.16.0-alpha20260706"},{"url":"https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform/releases/tag/v1.16.0-alpha20260701","date":"2026-07-01T19:49:44Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v1.16.0-alpha20260701"},{"url":"https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform/releases/tag/v1.16.0-alpha20260626","date":"2026-06-26T09:03:31Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v1.16.0-alpha20260626"},{"url":"https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform/releases/tag/v1.16.0-alpha20260624","date":"2026-06-24T14:07:22Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v1.16.0-alpha20260624"},{"url":"https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform/releases/tag/v1.15.7","date":"2026-06-24T16:47:12Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.15.7"},{"url":"https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform/releases/tag/v1.16.0-alpha20260617","date":"2026-06-17T14:07:50Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v1.16.0-alpha20260617"},{"url":"https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform/releases/tag/v1.15.6","date":"2026-06-10T11:52:20Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.15.6"},{"url":"https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform/releases/tag/v1.16.0-alpha20260603","date":"2026-06-03T13:24:07Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v1.16.0-alpha20260603"},{"url":"https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform/releases/tag/v1.15.5","date":"2026-05-27T14:52:52Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.15.5"}]` |
| reliability.status_page | yes | yes |
| security.disclosure_policy | - | yes |
| security.gdpr | yes | - |
| security.iso27001 | - | yes |
| security.scorecard | - | 6.2 |
| security.soc2 | - | yes |
| security.vulnerabilities | `{"count":9,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fopentofu%2Fopentofu&per_page=100","last_12m":8,"max_severity":"HIGH"}` | `{"count":2,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fhashicorp%2Fterraform&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":"HIGH"}` |

## Capabilities (Infrastructure as Code Tools)

| Capability | OpenTofu | Terraform |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Core** |  |  |
| Paradigm | Declarative DSL | Declarative DSL |
| Language | HCL | HCL |
| **Portability** |  |  |
| Multicloud / cloud-agnostic | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Architecture** |  |  |
| State management | Self-managed | Vendor-managed |
| **Extensibility** |  |  |
| Pluggable provider ecosystem | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Governance** |  |  |
| Policy as code | - | ✓ |
| **Ops** |  |  |
| Drift detection | ✓ | - |
| GitOps continuous reconciliation | ✓ | - |
| **Deployment** |  |  |
| Managed SaaS offering | - | - |
| Hosting | Self-hosted only | - |
| **Adoption** |  |  |
| Import existing resources | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Licensing** |  |  |
| Open-source engine | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Ecosystem** |  |  |
| CNCF maturity | - | - |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T15:20:00.523Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*