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Flagsmith

Dashboard, API and SDKs for adding Feature Flags to your applications (alternative to LaunchDarkly).

Description from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Still maintained? Yes: 355 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v2.288.2 (Oct 2026).

Also an alternative to LaunchDarkly.

Docker #1 of 6 in Software Development - Feature Toggle

At a glance

Flagsmith quick facts

Health score
95/100 GOOD
Stars
6,636
Last commit
today (Oct 2026)
Latest release
v2.288.2, Oct 2026
Licence
BSD-3-Clause
View flagsmith/flagsmith on GitHub ↗ Website ↗

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In its own words

The project's README opens: "Flagsmith is an open-source feature management platform that offers remote configuration and experimentation solutions. Choose from three deployment options: self-hosted (available as our free open-source build or a fully supported Enterprise edition), private cloud, and cloud."

Why it ranks here

Health score explained

Flagsmith scores 95/100, #1 of 6 in Software Development - Feature Toggle: 355 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (v2.288.2, yesterday) earns 25.0 of 25, 6,636 stars add 15.3 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and Docker support adds the final 10. That places it in the good band (70 and above). The biggest shortfall is star count, worth 4.7 more points.

Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.

Health over time

Health 95 on 11 Sep, 95 nowSteady at 95 since 11 Sep
  • Commit activity 35.0 / 35

    355 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)

  • Release recency 25.0 / 25

    v2.288.2 released yesterday

  • Stars biggest shortfall 15.3 / 20

    6.6k stars on GitHub (logarithmic)

  • Not archived 10.0 / 10

    Repository is active

  • Docker support 10.0 / 10

    Docker image or Compose file available

Commit activity

1395 commits over the last 12 months
355
Last 90 days
1,395
Last 12 months
today
Last push

Ranked #1 of 6 tools in Software Development - Feature Toggle by health , just above Flipt (#2) .

Details

LicenceBSD-3-Clause
PlatformsDocker, K8S
Latest releasev2.288.2 · yesterday
Stars6,636
Open issues607
DockerYes
Repositoryflagsmith/flagsmith ↗
Visit website ↗ Source code ↗

Flagsmith vs its top 5 alternatives

Active tools that share a comparison page or a category with Flagsmith (Software Development - Feature Toggle), scored on the same five terms.

Tool Health Stars Licence Last commit
Flagsmith (this tool) 95 6.6k BSD-3-Clause today
Flipt 95 4.9k GPL-3.0 yesterday
Featbit 93 1.9k MIT today
PostHog 88 41k MIT today
Nona 87 51 Apache-2.0 1 month ago
GO Feature Flag 83 2.1k MIT today

Flagsmith: common questions

What does Flagsmith replace?

Repoly lists Flagsmith as an open-source alternative to LaunchDarkly. Each comparison page ranks every alternative by the same health score, so you can see where Flagsmith stands against the others.

Is Flagsmith still maintained?

Flagsmith had 355 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was today; the latest tagged release, v2.288.2, is from yesterday. Repoly recomputes this nightly.