GO Feature Flag
Simple, complete, and lightweight feature flag solution (alternative to LaunchDarkly).
Description from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Still maintained? Yes: 539 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v1.57.2 (Oct 2026).
Also an alternative to LaunchDarkly.
At a glance
GO Feature Flag quick facts
- Health score
- 83/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 2,127
- Last commit
- today (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- v1.57.2, Oct 2026
- Licence
- MIT
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In its own words
The project's README opens: "GO Feature Flag is a simple, complete and lightweight self-hosted cloud native feature flag solution 100% Open Source. 🎛️."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
GO Feature Flag scores 83/100, #6 of 6 in Software Development - Feature Toggle: 539 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (v1.57.2, 6 days ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 2,127 stars add 13.3 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and no advertised Docker image leaves the final 10 unclaimed. That places it in the good band (70 and above). The biggest shortfall is Docker support, worth 10.0 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity 35.0 / 35
539 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
v1.57.2 released 6 days ago
- Stars 13.3 / 20
2.1k stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support biggest shortfall 0.0 / 10
No Docker support advertised
Commit activity
- 539
- Last 90 days
- 1,916
- Last 12 months
- today
- Last push
Ranked #6 of 6 tools in Software Development - Feature Toggle by health , just below Nona (#5) .
Details
| Licence | MIT |
| Platforms | Go |
| Latest release | v1.57.2 · 6 days ago |
| Stars | 2,127 |
| Open issues | 14 |
| Docker | Not advertised |
| Repository | thomaspoignant/go-feature-flag ↗ |
GO Feature Flag vs its top 5 alternatives
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GO Feature Flag: common questions
What does GO Feature Flag replace?
Repoly lists GO Feature Flag as an open-source alternative to LaunchDarkly. Each comparison page ranks every alternative by the same health score, so you can see where GO Feature Flag stands against the others.
Is GO Feature Flag still maintained?
GO Feature Flag had 539 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was today; the latest tagged release, v1.57.2, is from 6 days ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.