Skip to main contentManifestoSupportersFAQsDocsIntroductionCLILanguageInternalsStarFollow us on TwitterJoin us on SlackManifestoSupportersFAQsDocsIntroductionCLILanguageInternalsStarFollow us on TwitterJoin us on SlackSeptember 5, 2023The OpenTofu fork is now available!Four weeks ago, HashiCorp switched Terraform from an open source license to the Business Source License (BSL); three weeks ago, we released the OpenTofu manifesto, asking HashiCorp to switch back to an open source license; two weeks ago, with no response from HashiCorp, we created a private fork of Terraform and said wed make it public in 1-2 weeks; and today, as promised, were happy to announce that the OpenTofu repository is now publicly available at github.com/opentofu/opentofu!Working in the open​Our goal with OpenTofu is to create a project that is truly open source, community-driven, and impartial. To that end, going forward, well be developing OpenTofu in the open. We had to do some work on the repo and the OpenTofu foundation in private to get everything ready for public consumption, but now that thats done, and the OpenTofu repo is publicly available, youll be able to see everything were working on—and start to participate yourself!What OpenTofu currently does and doesnt support​Currently, OpenTofu supports local testing and development: you can build the code, run the tests, build tofu binaries, and so on. That means you can now start experimenting with OpenTofu and contributing back via Issues, PRs, and RFCs.However, a few items are not done yet, and as a result, official OpenTofu releases are not yet available. To understand whats left to do before the releases are available, lets take a look at the roadmap.An open roadmap: the path to stable OpenTofu releases​A key part of working in the open is making our roadmap open. So heres a quick snapshot of what we already got done, whats in progress now, and whats coming up in the future, all with the initial goal of getting to the first stable OpenTofu release (for a more detailed and up-to-date look at the roadmap, see the milestones and issues in the OpenTofu repo).✅ What we already got done​Publish the OpenTofu manifesto. We published the OpenTofu manifesto at opentofu.org.Wait on HashiCorps response. We reached out to HashiCorp publicly and privately and requested a response by August 25th.Start working on the OpenTofu fork. With no response from HashiCorp, we created the OpenTofu fork, and started working on it in private.Apply to join the Linux Foundation. We want OpenTofu to be part of an impartial, community-driven foundation, so we submitted all the paperwork to join the Linux Foundation.Open up community Slack discussions. We created the OpenTofu Community Slack to give the community a way to have discussions, provide feedback, ask questions, etc.Prepare the OpenTofu repo for collaboration. Rename everything to OpenTofu; pick steering committee members; define contribution guidelines; get CI / CD and testing working; etc.Release the OpenTofu repo. As per this announcement, we are making the OpenTofu repo public at github.com/opentofu/opentofu!🔄 Whats currently in progress​Create initial OpenTofu Registry. HashiCorp recently made some (unannounced) changes to the terms of the Terraform Registry, saying it may only be used with Terraform. To unblock the alpha release, we are launching an initial OpenTofu Registry. Well develop the official OpenT
