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Free and open-source Terraform alternatives

Terraform (Infrastructure as code for any cloud) is a commercial product. These 2 tools do the same job and are free to use or to self-host.
Short answer: the best free alternatives to Terraform are OpenTofu and Pulumi. Self-hosting is free; you pay only for the server (a small VPS is about $4–6/mo). Licenses and prices checked 2026-10-01.
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    OpenTofu

    Open-source infrastructure as code, a fork of Terraform

    Drop-in, community fork of Terraform (Linux Foundation).

    Open source (MPL-2.0) ·★ 30k GitHub stars · last commit 2026-10-07 · details

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    Pulumi

    Infrastructure as code in TypeScript, Python, Go and more

    Infrastructure as code in TypeScript, Python or Go.

    Open source (Apache-2.0) ·★ 26k GitHub stars · last commit 2026-10-07 · details

Want paid options too? See all Terraform alternatives or the full free alternatives list.

FAQ

Is there a free alternative to Terraform?+

Yes. OpenTofu and Pulumi do the same job for free; OpenTofu and Pulumi are open source.

What is the best open-source alternative to Terraform?+

OpenTofu is the most starred on GitHub (30k stars). Drop-in, community fork of Terraform (Linux Foundation).

Open source: OSI-approved license. Free to self-host: the code is public and free to run yourself, with limits in the license.