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name: iac-engine
status: active
---

Support for Terragrunt IaC engines.

### `iac-engine` - What it does
Enables usage of [Terragrunt IaC engines](/features/units/engine) for running IaC operations. This allows Terragrunt to use pluggable engines to execute Terraform/OpenTofu commands, providing enhanced functionality and extensibility.

IaC engines are still experimental, as the API is unstable and may change in future minor versions of Terragrunt.

You can disable engine usage on a per-command basis using the [`--no-engine`](/reference/cli/commands/run#no-engine) flag, even when the experiment is enabled globally.

### `iac-engine` - How to provide feedback
Provide your feedback on the [Terragrunt IaC Engines](https://github.com/gruntwork-io/terragrunt/discussions/5202) GitHub discussion.

### `iac-engine` - Criteria for stabilization
To transition the `iac-engine` feature to a stable release, the following must be addressed, at a minimum:

- [ ] API stability and backward compatibility guarantees
- [ ] Comprehensive integration testing across all supported operations
- [ ] Documentation of engine development and integration process
- [ ] Performance benchmarks and optimization
- [ ] Security review of engine execution and isolation mechanisms
- [ ] Community feedback on real-world usage and edge cases
