Contributing to OpenTofu

Welcome and thank you for wanting to contribute!

Get started

• Have a question? Post it in GitHub Discussions ➡️ or on the OpenTofu Slack ➡️!
• Found a bug? Report it here ➡️
• Have a feature idea? Submit it here ➡️
• Want to help define a complex feature or bug fix? Write an RFC here ➡️
• Want to add a feature, fix bug, refactor something, or add CI tooling?
  1. Check if there is an open issue with the accepted and help wanted labels,
  2. Comment on the issue that you want to work on it,
  3. Wait for a maintainer to assign it to you,
  4. Then submit your code here ➡️
• Recurring Events
  • Community Meetings on Wednesdays at 12:30 UTC at this link: https://meet.google.com/xfm-cgms-has (📅 calendar link)
  • Technical Steering Committee Meetings every other Tuesday at 4pm UTC at this link: https://meet.google.com/cry-houa-qbk (📅 calendar link)

[!TIP] For more OpenTofu events, subscribe to the OpenTofu Events Calendar!

⚠️ Important: Please avoid working on features or refactor without an accepted and help-wanted issue. OpenTofu is a large and complex project and every change needs careful consideration. We cannot merge pull requests without first having a discussion about them, no matter how trivial the issue may seem.

Check out our Contributing FAQ and Development Guide for more detailed information.

Getting Involved

OpenTofu has a variety of roles that need dedicated and skilled people to fill. How we operate is defined in our Charter and implemented by the TSC in our Governance.

Contributors

Anyone can contribute to OpenTofu by submitting an issue, helping track down a bug, opening a PR, or help in any way to advance the OpenTofu project.

Maintainers

Maintainers are anyone who is a "Committer" (as defined in the Charter) to one or more repositories.

The list of current maintainers and their responsibilities can be found in MAINTAINERS.md.

TSC Members

The current TSC members are:

• Arel Rabinowitz (@RLRabinowitz) - env0
• Christian Mesh (@cam72cam) - Spacelift
• Igor Savchenko (@DiscyDel) - Scalr Inc.
• James Humphries (@Yantrio) - Spacelift
• Roger Simms (@allofthesepeople) - Harness Inc.
• Zach Goldberg (@ZachGoldberg) - Gruntwork, Inc.

Agendas and meeting notes can be found in the TSC folder. Anyone may open a PR to add a new agenda item for the next TSC meeting. More information on the TSC structure can be found in our Governance