Crossplane for People Who Already Know Terraform

Start here You already know Terraform. So the fastest way to explain Crossplane is to tell you what it is not: it is not Terraform running inside a cluster. It is a different model, and the difference is the entire reason to care. Terraform is something you run. You point it at some config, it builds a plan, you apply, it exits. Crossplane is something that runs. You install it into Kubernetes, tell it what infrastructure you want, and a controller keeps reality matching that want forever. Nobody types apply. The loop never stops. ...

August 9, 2026 · 9 min · Anthony Mineer