Transfer of the Packer Plugins to from HashiCorp to Broadcom¶

The development and maintenance of the the following Packer plugins have been transferred from HashiCorp to Broadcom under the github.com/vmware organization as of January 27, 2026 🥳 🎉

• Packer Plugin for VMware vSphere (vmware/vsphere)
• Packer Plugin for VMware Desktop Hypervisors (vmware/vmware)

No changes are required in your configurations and plugin initialization will be automatically redirected from github.com/hashicorp/packer-plugin-vmware to github.com/vmware/packer-plugin-vmware. However, we encourage you to consider updating your configurations to source from vmware/ from hashicorp/ in the packer block.

Over the past few years, Broadcom has established a valuable partnership with the Packer team at HashiCorp, and we're incredibly grateful for their contributions and continued guidance.

This transition underscores the dedication to the plugin and our commitment to:

• Continuing development: We're eager to invest in the plugin's future, bringing new features and improvements to better serve your needs.

• Maintaining stability: We will continue to iterate to enhance the plugin's stability and reliability for your image automation workflows.

• Fostering community engagement: We highly value your feedback and look forward to collaborating with you on the plugin's evolution.

As the maintainer for these plugins, I'm excited about this next step and the opportunity to further enhance the plugin in collaboration with you.