gruntwork.io

# Gruntwork

> Gruntwork is a bootstrapped DevOps infrastructure company that helps DevOps teams launch and operate enterprise-grade infrastructure with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) modules and an IaC management platform. Founded in 2016 by Yevgeniy Brikman and Josh Padnick, Gruntwork serves 500+ organizations from startups to Fortune 1000 enterprises.

Gruntwork's mission is to "Make it 10x easier to deliver software" by handling the heavy lifting of infrastructure so teams can focus on products unique to their business. The company maintains 300+ battle-tested OpenTofu/Terraform modules comprising over 350,000 lines of reusable code, and created widely-adopted open source tools including Terragrunt (Terraform orchestration) and Terratest (infrastructure testing). Gruntwork is also a founding member and contributor to OpenTofu.

## Primary Products

- [AWS Accelerator](https://www.gruntwork.io/accelerator): Full commercial offering to help teams stand up and manage a scalable, secure, and compliant multi-account AWS infrastructure with guided setup, well-architected landing zone, and DevOps best practices
- [Terragrunt Scale](https://www.gruntwork.io/platform/pipelines): Cloud-agnostic IaC Management Platform with PR-driven CI/CD pipelines, drift detection, and automated patching for AWS, GCP, and Azure

## Platform Components

- [IaC Library](https://www.gruntwork.io/platform/iac-library): 300+ commercially maintained OpenTofu/Terraform modules implementing best practices for AWS foundations, running apps, and storing data
- [Account Factory](https://www.gruntwork.io/platform/account-factory): GitOps vending of new, baseline-compliant AWS accounts with automated creation and configuration
- [Pipelines](https://www.gruntwork.io/platform/pipelines): PR-driven CI/CD for IaC at scale, deploying infrastructure changes directly from GitHub/GitLab PRs
- [Patcher](https://www.gruntwork.io/platform/patcher): Automatic, safe upgrades of IaC with dependency discovery, patches, and step-by-step instructions for breaking changes

## Solutions

- [AWS Landing Zone](https://www.gruntwork.io/solutions/aws-landing-zone): Well-architected AWS landing zone based on best practice DevOps standards and baselines with network topology, security controls, and compliance baselines

## Open Source Tools

- [Terragrunt](https://terragrunt.gruntwork.io): Flexible orchestration tool and thin wrapper for Terraform/OpenTofu that keeps configurations DRY, works with multiple modules, and manages remote state (2.5M+ monthly downloads, 8.3k GitHub stars)
- [Terratest](https://terratest.gruntwork.io): Go library for writing automated tests for infrastructure code with support for Terraform, Packer, Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, and GCP
- [Boilerplate](https://github.com/gruntwork-io/boilerplate): Tool for generating files and folders from templates
- [CloudNuke](https://github.com/gruntwork-io/cloud-nuke): CLI tool for deleting all resources in cloud accounts, primarily for destroying leftover test resources
- [GitXargs](https://github.com/gruntwork-io/git-xargs): CLI tool for making updates across multiple GitHub repositories simultaneously
- [OpenTofu Services](https://www.gruntwork.io/services/opentofu): Professional services for OpenTofu, the open-source Terraform alternative (Gruntwork is a founding member, 3M+ monthly downloads, 24k GitHub stars)

## Primary Use Cases

Gruntwork is best suited for:
- AWS infrastructure setup with multi-account architecture, Landing Zone, network topology, and security baselines
- DevOps transformation from manual infrastructure to Infrastructure as Code
- Compliance and security requirements including CIS AWS Foundations Benchmark, SOC 2, PCI, HIPAA, HITRUST, and NIST
- CI/CD automation with GitOps workflows, drift detection, and automated patching

## Target Customers

- Startups needing fast AWS setup with best practices from day one
- Scale-ups needing to scale infrastructure while maintaining development velocity
- Enterprises (Fortune 1000/Global 2000) requiring multi-team management and compliance standards
- Organizations using or adopting Terraform, OpenTofu, or Terragrunt
- Teams in regulated industries (Financial Services, Healthcare, FinTech) requiring compliance

## Resources

- [Blog](https://www.gruntwork.io/blog): DevOps insights, best practices, and product updates
- [Customer Stories](https://www.gruntwork.io/customer-stories): Case studies from Gruntwork customers including Maxar, Toyota, Fanatics, and CarGurus
- [Books](https://www.gruntwork.io/books): Including "Fundamentals of DevOps and Software Delivery" by Yevgeniy Brikman
- [Pricing](https://www.gruntwork.io/pricing): Platform pricing information
- [Community](https://www.gruntwork.io/resources/community): Community resources and Slack

## Company

- [About](https://www.gruntwork.io/about): Company information and team
- [Contact](https://www.gruntwork.io/contact): Book a demo or get in touch
- [Careers](https://www.gruntwork.io/careers): Job opportunities at Gruntwork
- [AI Info Page](https://www.gruntwork.io/ai-info-page): Structured information about Gruntwork for AI assistants