Using OpenTofu as a portable binary
You can run OpenTofu without installation as a portable binary. You can download the latest release for your operating system from the GitHub releases page, unpack the zip and start using it. For easier updates, we recommend using the non-portable packaged versions for your operating system.
Scripting downloads
If you want to automate the updates of the portable binaries yourself you can do so by adapting the following scripts to your needs:
- Linux/MacOS
- Windows (PowerShell)
#!/bin/sh
set -e
TOFU_VERSION="1.6.0-alpha2"
OS="$(uname | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')"
ARCH="$(uname -m | sed -e 's/aarch64/arm64/' -e 's/x86_64/amd64/')"
TEMPDIR="$(mktemp -d)"
pushd "${TEMPDIR}" >/dev/null
wget "https://github.com/opentofu/opentofu/releases/download/v${TOFU_VERSION}/tofu_${TOFU_VERSION}_${OS}_${ARCH}.zip"
unzip "tofu_${TOFU_VERSION}_${OS}_${ARCH}.zip"
sudo mv tofu /usr/local/bin/tofu
popd >/dev/null
rm -rf "${TEMPDIR}"
echo "OpenTofu is now available at /usr/local/bin/tofu."
$TOFU_VERSION="1.6.0-alpha2"
$TARGET=Join-Path $env:LOCALAPPDATA OpenTofu
New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path $TARGET
Push-Location $TARGET
Invoke-WebRequest -Uri "https://github.com/opentofu/opentofu/releases/download/v${TOFU_VERSION}/tofu_${TOFU_VERSION}_windows_amd64.zip" -OutFile "tofu_${TOFU_VERSION}_windows_amd64.zip"
Expand-Archive "tofu_${TOFU_VERSION}_windows_amd64.zip" -DestinationPath $TARGET
Remove-Item "tofu_${TOFU_VERSION}_windows_amd64.zip"
$TOFU_PATH=Join-Path $TARGET tofu.exe
Pop-Location
echo "OpenTofu is now available at ${TOFU_PATH}. Please add it to your path for easier access."