Why I Use Terragrunt Over Terraform/OpenTofu in 2025

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  3. Want to jump straight to implementation? Use my terragrunt stack template and live template.

  4. terraform

    Terraform enables you to safely and predictably create, change, and improve infrastructure. It is a source-available tool that codifies APIs into declarative configuration files that can be shared amongst team members, treated as code, edited, reviewed, and versioned.

    Here’s the worst: you can't use variables here! Terraform simply doesn't allow them in backend blocks.

  5. terragrunt

    Terragrunt is a flexible orchestration tool that allows Infrastructure as Code written in OpenTofu/Terraform to scale.

    Gruntwork is planning to incorporate the ability to use stack outputs as dependencies in the future. This will allow for even greater modularity.

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