OpenTofu
Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.
2recommend
0warn against
Dec 10, 2025first mention
Sep 6, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“follow the dominant community fork should it be needed, as we did with terraform -> opentofu”
“it's far and away the least bad tool I've used in the space”
Caveats and dissent
No one in these comments warned against it.
Often compared with
Who recommends it in their own words
Threads where it came up
- The future of Terraform CDK 2 mentions
- I changed my license 1 mention
- Herdr is joining Y Combinator. The runtime stays open 1 mention
- I Don't Maintain My Homelab 1 mention
- Almost Every infrastructure decision I endorse or regret after 4 years 1 mention
Data: opentofu.json. Quotes are verbatim; the verdict and theme labels are written by a model from these comments, and every clause links to its sources.
All comments 6
“Terraform -> OpenTofu”
“follow the dominant community fork should it be needed, as we did with terraform -> opentofu”
“effectively 100% IaC with OpenTofu and Salt”
“it's far and away the least bad tool I've used in the space”
“Does OpenTofu use that same provider?”
“just use OpenTofu directly”