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OpenTofu: Open-Source Alternative to Terraform

What's this blog post about?

OpenTofu, a fork of Terraform, has been created by the initiative of OpenTF supported by various companies in response to HashiCorp's switch from an open-source license to BSL. OpenTofu is an open-source version of Terraform and offers improvements and enhancements while retaining all features that made Terraform popular among developers. It has been forked from Terraform version 1.5.6 and is now a part of the Linux Foundation, with the ultimate goal of joining the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF). OpenTofu's manifesto presents HashiCorp with two options: switching Terraform back to an open-source license or creating a fork of Terraform that will be placed in a foundation. The community behind OpenTofu initiative includes almost 144 companies, over 10 projects, and over 718 individuals.

Company
Spacelift

Date published
Sept. 21, 2023

Author(s)
Flavius Dinu

Word count
1856

Hacker News points
None found.

Language
English


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