Featbit vs Flagsmith

Both are self-hosted software development - feature toggle projects. This page compares how well each one is actually maintained — the part you cannot see from a feature list.

Flagsmith scores 84 against Featbit's 64, putting it clearly ahead on the strength of a higher commit volume. That measures project health, not feature fit — Featbit may still be the right choice if it does what you need.

	Featbit	Flagsmith
Health score	64/100	84/100
Commits (11 mo)	130	1208
Commits (last 3 mo)	46	427
Stars	1.9k	6.6k
Latest release	25 Sept 2026	24 Sept 2026
Licence	MIT	BSD-3-Clause
Built with	Docker, K8S	Docker, K8S
Typical RAM	1 GB	1 GB

Featbit

Enterprise-grade feature flag platform that you can self-host.

64/100

Steady

Maintained, but at a slower pace than the leaders in its category.

Maintenance 14/40

Releases 25/25

Community 10/20

Momentum 15/15

Commit activity more than 35% of tracked projects; popularity more than 48%. How this is calculated.

Commits, last 11 months

Flagsmith

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

84/100

Thriving

High commit volume, frequent releases and growing activity.

Maintenance 33/40

Releases 25/25

Community 14/20

Momentum 12/15

Commit activity more than 82% of tracked projects; popularity more than 72%. How this is calculated.

Commits, last 11 months

How to read this

Everything above is measured, not opinion: commit counts and release dates come from the public repositories, and the health score ranks each project against all 1352 projects we track. Read the full method.

What this comparison deliberately does not do is tell you which has the better feature set. Maintenance health tells you which project will still be receiving security fixes in two years. Decide that first, then compare features on the projects that survive the filter.

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