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The Real Benefits of Open Source for Enterprises and Startups

Businesses weighing the benefits of open source need more than buzzwords: the real gains hinge on governance and maintenance, not the license alone.

Open Source Terraform OpenTofu

Best Terraform Alternatives: Self-Hosted and Cloud

Terraform isn't the only option. Compare the best Terraform alternatives, from OpenTofu to Stategraph, to find the right fit for your infrastructure stack.

Terraform OpenTofu State Management

What Is a Monorepo? Architecture, Benefits & Structure

Learn what a monorepo is, how monorepo architecture works, why teams using IaC at scale are adopting it, and how Stategraph makes it manageable.

Monorepos Infrastructure Terraform

Announcing Stategraph Velocity: Terraform plans in seconds, not minutes

Stategraph Velocity is fast plan and apply for Terraform or OpenTofu, built by replacing the flat state file with a database-backed dependency graph.

Stategraph Terraform OpenTofu

OpenTofu: The Open Source Infrastructure as Code Tool Your Team Actually Owns

Learn what OpenTofu is, how it compares to Terraform, installation methods, key features like state encryption, and how to migrate your infrastructure code.

OpenTofu Terraform Open Source

Announcing the Terrateam REST API

Build custom infrastructure workflows with the Terrateam REST API. Programmatic access to installations, repositories, the KV store, and more.

API Automation Infrastructure

Is Terraform open source? No, but there is an alternative

Is Terraform open source? No, but there are alternatives. Here's our guide to finding the right solution for you and why Terraform isn't open source (but should be).

Terraform Open Source Infrastructure As Code

Infrastructure in 2035: Matt Gowie on Why Code Still Matters

Matt Gowie, CEO of Masterpoint, shares his grounded perspective on why infrastructure as code isn't going away and why abstractions can't hide complexity.

Terraform OpenTofu Infrastructure

Announcing GitLab Support in Terrateam

Terrateam now works with GitLab self-managed or GitLab.com so you can run the same safe, automated Terraform/OpenTofu workflows you know from GitHub, without changing your Git provider.

GitLab GitOps Terraform

Rethinking the Role of OpenTofu

OpenTofu has an opportunity to evolve into a true infrastructure delivery engine.

Infrastructure OpenTofu Terraform

TACOS are a commodity

Terraform automation tools shouldn't cost an arm and a leg.

Terraform Automation Infrastructure

HashiCorp lost its way

IBM owns HashiCorp. What's next?

Terraform OpenTofu Open Source

GitFlow combined with Terraform: maybe not the best choice.

This blog explains why combing GitFlow with Terraform can be a difficult strategy to adopt.

Terraform Infrastructure OpenTofu

OpenTofu 1.9.0 Released

OpenTofu's latest version 1.9.0 is out, featuring for_each in provider configuration blocks

OpenTofu GitHub Infrastructure

Organizing Terraform Code for Scalability and Maintainability

Learn practical approaches to organizing Terraform code in complex environments. Discover techniques for building reusable modules, managing configuration across environments, and scaling infrastructure code for production.

Terraform Infrastructure Security

How to migrate from Terraform to OpenTofu

This blog discusses why switching to OpenTofu offers a more secure, open-source alternative to Terraform, focusing on its transparent licensing and community-driven development. It also provides a step-by-step guide to migrating your infrastructure management from Terraform to OpenTofu.

OpenTofu Terraform Infrastructure

Top 10 Tools for OpenTofu in 2024

This blog will look at the top 10 tools for OpenTofu in 2025. These tools help you improve security, control costs, and keep your code clean and organized. This blog will explain what each tool does, how it can help you, and provide simple hands-on examples.

OpenTofu Security Infrastructure

Automating OpenTofu GitHub Actions with Workflow Dispatch

How to automate and trigger OpenTofu GitHub Actions using Workflow Dispatch events.

GitHub OpenTofu Infrastructure

System Initiative: Not So Far From IaC

System Initiative is more similar to what we have now than revolutionary.

Infrastructure OpenTofu IaC

OpenTofu 1.8.0 Released

OpenTofu's latest version 1.8.0 is out, featuring several exciting enhancements.

OpenTofu Terraform GitHub

OpenTofu 1.7.0 Releasead

OpenTofu has recently released version 1.7.0, which has significant new features.

OpenTofu Terraform Infrastructure

Announcing Resourcely Support

Resourcely is your paved road to secure, efficient, and easy-to-manage cloud infrastructure

Infrastructure Terraform OpenTofu

Running Terraform Locally

How to run Terraform locally on your workstation

Terraform Infrastructure OpenTofu

Retrospective: March 2024

Retrospective for March 2024: Getting better at sales

Terraform GitHub OpenTofu

Terraform Import: What it is and how to use it

A complete guide on how to use Terraform import

Terraform Infrastructure OpenTofu

Retrospective: Feb 2024

Retrospective for Feb 2024: Is self-hosted our niche?

Monitoring Terraform OpenTofu

OpenTofu Feature Preview: State Encryption

Summarizing the upcoming state encryption feature in OpenTofu 1.7

OpenTofu GitHub Terraform

Terraform providers are open source

Clearing up any and all confusion around Terraform providers

Terraform OpenTofu

Announcing OpenTofu 1.6.0

OpenTofu: An open-source alternative to HashiCorp's legacy Terraform

OpenTofu Terraform GitHub

Announcing Private Plan Storage

Store plan files on private s3 buckets and more

Infrastructure Terraform OpenTofu

OpenTofu Alpha Release

The first OpenTofu release

OpenTofu GitHub Terraform