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OpenTofu — The Open-Source Fork of Terraform

Everything about OpenTofu: installation, state encryption, provider registry, early evaluation, migration from Terraform, and how the two compare in 2026.

  • State encryption
  • Migration
  • Provider registry

OpenTofu is the open-source, MPL-2.0-licensed fork of Terraform, maintained under the Linux Foundation. Created in 2023 after HashiCorp moved Terraform to the Business Source License, it is now a mature, production-ready alternative used by AWS, Oracle, GitHub, Harness, and thousands of organisations.

This hub collects every OpenTofu article on Terraform Pilot.

Getting started

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Compare with Terraform

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OpenTofu-only features

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Why OpenTofu?

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  • Permissive licence — MPL 2.0, no BSL clauses, no vendor capture risk.
  • Drop-in compatibility — same HCL, same state format (for non-1.6+ features), same provider ecosystem.
  • Encrypted state — built-in AES-GCM with KMS-backed key providers (guide).
  • Early evaluation — variables in backend config, module sources, and provider versions (guide).
  • Open registryregistry.opentofu.org, mirrorable for air-gapped deployments (guide).
  • Community governance — public RFC process, no single-vendor veto.

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