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OpenTofu at Scale: 4 Strategies & Scaling Best Practices

Explore four proven approaches to managing OpenTofu workflows at enterprise scale with strengths, limitations, and the problems they solve.

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OpenTofu Registry: Providers, Modules & Contributing

Explore the OpenTofu registry for providers and modules. Learn how it works and how to contribute to the growing OpenTofu ecosystem.

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OpenTofu 1.10: Major Updates for Modern IaC

Discover how OpenTofu 1.10 delivers powerful new features like OCI registry support, native S3 locking, and global provider cache locking—solidifying its role as the modern, open-source standard for Infrastructure as Code.

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Celebrating the 1 Year Anniversary of OpenTofu Releases

A year has passed since OpenTofu’s first stable release! With the celebration of the first anniversary, we’re also marking a new milestone - the release of version 1.9.0!

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OpenTofu Day at KubeCon NA Salt Lake City: The Recap

A near-overflow crowd of almost 200 people converged on the Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake City on Tuesday for the second-ever OpenTofu Day.

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Two Million—and Three—Things to Celebrate in the OpenTofu Community

In addition to the approaching two-million-downloads milestone, I want to share three happenings within the OpenTofu community that are well worth celebrating.

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OpenTofu – Registry UI

OpenTofu recently announced the release of its beta Registry UI. The OpenTofu registry portal will be a central part of the OpenTofu community.

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OpenTofu vs Terraform : Key Differences and Comparison

OpenTofu vs Terraform: what is the difference between the tools and which one to choose? See the full comparison.

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OpenTofu 1.8 Is Now Available!

OpenTofu 1.8 comes packed with features that engineers expected from Terraform for many years. It works natively in Spacelift and you can easily take advantage of all Spacelift features in it.

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Using OpenTofu with Spacelift

In this tutorial we explore how you can enhance your OpenTofu workflow with Spacelift.

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OpenTofu State File Encryption Overview

Learn why state encryption is important, how does OpenTofu's state encryption mechanism work and how you can implement it.

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OpenTofu 1.7 is Now Available!

The latest release of OpenTofu (version 1.7) is now available! It comes packed with new features, enhancements, and bug fixes.

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OpenTofu Tutorial – Getting Started, How to Install & Examples

In this step by step tutorial, you will learn how to use OpenTofu. Follow the installation guide and see the key features and components.

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OpenTofu Stable GA Release: Get Ready to Install!

OpenTofu’s first stable release is here, and it is production-ready. See the recap the milestones and the benefits of switching to OpenTofu.

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OpenTofu Alpha Release: No Code Changes Required!

The first alpha release of OpenTofu is out! See what's new and how you can start testing it out on your projects.

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Why Should You Switch to OpenTofu?

The emergence of the OpenTofu initiative raises a couple of very important questions: should I move to OpenTofu and why. You’ll find the answers in this post.

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Why OpenTofu is a Good Choice for IaC Adopters

In this article we'll go over the reasons why the OpenTofu initiative is worth exploring for organizations about to adopt infrastructure as code (IaC)

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Terraform License Change (BSL) – Impact on Users & Providers

On August 10, 2023, HashiCorp changed licensing for all its products, including Terraform. See what does it mean and how to mitigate its impact.

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OpenTofu: The Open-Source Alternative to Terraform

What is OpenTofu? How is it used? Why was it created? What is the difference between OpenTofu and Terraform? We are answering the most important questions.

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