Terraform vs OpenTofu
Terraform has 49,409 GitHub stars vs 29,685 for OpenTofu.
GitHub API · captured 2026-08-05
Frequently asked questions
Which ships more often, Terraform or OpenTofu?
In the 90 days before 2026-08-05, Terraform published 17 releases and OpenTofu published 14.
| Terraform | OpenTofu | |
|---|---|---|
| License | — | MPL-2.0 |
| Latest version | — | — |
| GitHub stars | 49,409 | 29,685 |
| GitHub forks | 10,595 | 1,326 |
| Open issues | 1,912 | 338 |
| Releases (90d) | 17 | 14 |
| npm downloads (week) | — | — |
| PyPI downloads (week) | — | — |
Sources: official APIs (GitHub, npm, PyPI, crates.io). Capture dates shown on each tool page. Missing value = the source does not publish it ("—", never estimated).