Tag: OpenTofu

Terragrunt vs Terraform: What’s Actually Different

Amaresh Pelleti
terragrunt vs terraform architecture diagram showing DRY config, remote state generation, and the dependency graph

Terragrunt isn’t a Terraform competitor. It’s a thin wrapper that runs on top of OpenTofu or Terraform, and the confusion about what it actually adds is real enough that “terragrunt vs terraform workspaces” and “terragrunt vs terraform modules” are both… Read moreTerragrunt vs Terraform: What’s Actually Different

OpenTofu 1.13: What’s New (and Terraform Still Lacks)

Amaresh Pelleti
opentofu 1.13 release diagram showing state encryption, windows arm64 support, and new functions

OpenTofu 1.13.0 shipped on September 30, 2026. Officially-supported Windows on ARM64, a set of new functions, and upgrades to the state-encryption system it shipped ahead of Terraform. Here’s what actually changed, verified against the official release changelog, plus a close… Read moreOpenTofu 1.13: What’s New (and Terraform Still Lacks)

OpenTofu vs Terraform — Which IaC Tool Should You Use in 2026?

Amaresh Pelleti

In August 2023, HashiCorp changed Terraform’s licence from MPL (open source) to BSL (Business Source Licence). That one decision split the IaC ecosystem in two. OpenTofu was created as the community’s response — a true open-source fork of Terraform 1.6,… Read moreOpenTofu vs Terraform — Which IaC Tool Should You Use in 2026?