Tech riderRev. 4 Oct 2026
terraform-compliance
- 1Runs onLinux, self-hosted
- 2CostsFree plan
- 3Policy languageBDD-style feature files
- 4IaC formatsTerraform plan and state output
- 5Policy testingYes
- 6Admission controlYes
- 7Runtime enforcementNo
- 8CI/CD integrationYes
8 lines stated Written from the maker's own pages: terraform-compliance.com
Overview
terraform-compliance is ranked #17 of 27 in infrastructure testing tools on Specifiction. It runs on Linux, Self-hosted. There is a free plan.
terraform-compliance plans and pricing
All plansterraform-compliance Free Open-source Terraform compliance testing framework terraform-compliance.com · 4 Oct 2026
Compared on infrastructure testing tools
- Free plan
- Yesterraform-compliance.com
- Policy language
- BDD-style feature filesterraform-compliance.com
- IaC formats
- Terraform plan and state outputterraform-compliance.com
- Policy testing
- Yesterraform-compliance.com
- Admission control
- Yesterraform-compliance.com
- Runtime enforcement
- Noterraform-compliance.com
- CI/CD integration
- Yesterraform-compliance.com
- Policy reporting
- Yesterraform-compliance.com
Facts
- Purpose
- terraform-compliance is a lightweight, security- and compliance-focused test framework for negative testing of infrastructure as code written with Terraform.terraform-compliance.com · 4 Oct 2026
- Policy tests
- It tests Terraform plans against policies written as behavior-driven development features and scenarios.terraform-compliance.com · 4 Oct 2026
- Provider support
- The project says it works with any Terraform provider.terraform-compliance.com · 4 Oct 2026
- Validation timing
- The project describes validating code before deployment and running checks in a pipeline or git hooks.terraform-compliance.com · 4 Oct 2026
- Install options
- The documentation provides installation through pip and Docker; pip installation requires Python 3.x.terraform-compliance.com · 4 Oct 2026
- Terraform input
- The tool requires a Terraform plan or state output as input and can also run against JSON-converted plan output.terraform-compliance.com · 4 Oct 2026
- BDD behavior
- Given steps set the test context, When steps filter it, and Then steps fail the scenario when their conditions are not met.terraform-compliance.com · 4 Oct 2026
- Feature sources
- Feature files can be read from a directory or a Git repository, with SSH key authentication available for private repositories.terraform-compliance.com · 4 Oct 2026
- CI integrations
- The documentation includes CI/CD examples for CircleCI and GitHub Actions.terraform-compliance.com · 4 Oct 2026
- Compliance controls
- Supported tags include ways to turn failures into warnings, fail scenarios when steps skip, match case sensitively, and exclude resources.terraform-compliance.com · 4 Oct 2026
- License
- The maker’s site says the project is open source, free to use, and distributed under the MIT license.terraform-compliance.com · 4 Oct 2026
- Terraform version support
- The overview says terraform-compliance supports Terraform versions newer than 0.12.terraform-compliance.com · 4 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- The project describes policies that developers and security teams can read and says tests can be kept in a separate repository owned by another team.terraform-compliance.com · 4 Oct 2026
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Sources
- terraform-compliance.com· checked 4 Oct 2026
- terraform-compliance.com/pages/installation/pip.html· checked 4 Oct 2026
- terraform-compliance.com/pages/usage/· checked 4 Oct 2026
- terraform-compliance.com/pages/bdd-references/overview.html· checked 4 Oct 2026
- terraform-compliance.com/pages/ci-cd/· checked 4 Oct 2026
- terraform-compliance.com/pages/bdd-references/using_tags.html· checked 4 Oct 2026