Ansible vs Terraform
Versions, support lifecycles and key facts side by side. Dates update automatically from the release data.
| Attribute | Ansible | Terraform |
|---|---|---|
| Type | DevOps & containers | DevOps & containers |
| Project status | Active | Active |
| Developer | Red Hat and the Ansible community | HashiCorp (IBM) |
| First release | 20 Feb 2012 | 28 Jul 2014 |
| Release cadence | ansible-core: 2 releases per year; each supported for about 18 months | Minor releases several times a year |
| Newest release | Ansible 2.22 · released Nov 2026 | Terraform 1.17 · released Oct 2026 |
| Latest LTS | — | — |
| Supported versions | 4 | 2 |
| Longest support | Ansible 2.22 — until May 2028 | — |
| Role | Configuration management and automation | Infrastructure as code |
| Architecture | Agentless (SSH, WinRM) | — |
| Language | YAML playbooks; written in Python | HCL (HashiCorp Configuration Language) |
| Packages | ansible-core plus the community "ansible" package of collections | — |
| Release data | ansible-core | — |
| License | GPLv3 | Business Source License 1.1 (since 1.6) |
| Written in | — | Go |
| Providers | — | AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, Kubernetes and thousands more |
| Open-source fork | — | OpenTofu (Linux Foundation) |
| Guides on TecAdmin | 4 guides | 27 guides |
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