GO Feature Flag vs PostHog

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.

PostHog scores 99 against GO Feature Flag's 82, putting it ahead on the strength of a larger community. That measures project health, not feature fit — GO Feature Flag may still be the right choice if it does what you need.
GO Feature FlagPostHog
Health score 82/100 99/100
Commits (11 mo) 1724 29699
Commits (last 3 mo) 496 14473
Stars 2.1k 40k
Latest release 8 Sept 2026 27 Sept 2026
Licence MIT MIT
Built with Go Python
Typical RAM 1 GB 2 GB

GO Feature Flag

Simple, complete, and lightweight feature flag solution (alternative to LaunchDarkly).

82/100
Thriving

High commit volume, frequent releases and growing activity.

Maintenance 35/40
Releases 25/25
Community 10/20
Momentum 12/15

Commit activity more than 88% of tracked projects; popularity more than 50%. How this is calculated.

Commits, last 11 months

2025-10: 199 commits 2025-11: 156 commits 2025-12: 167 commits 2026-01: 155 commits 2026-02: 137 commits 2026-03: 139 commits 2026-04: 130 commits 2026-05: 145 commits 2026-06: 154 commits 2026-07: 180 commits 2026-08: 162 commits

PostHog

Product analytics, session recording, feature flagging and a/b testing that you can self-host (alternative to Mixpanel, Amplitude, Heap, HotJar, Optimizely).

99/100
Thriving

High commit volume, frequent releases and growing activity.

Maintenance 40/40
Releases 25/25
Community 19/20
Momentum 15/15

Commit activity in the top 1% of tracked projects; popularity more than 95%. How this is calculated.

Commits, last 11 months

2025-10: 1333 commits 2025-11: 1106 commits 2025-12: 1350 commits 2026-01: 1616 commits 2026-02: 2149 commits 2026-03: 2586 commits 2026-04: 2801 commits 2026-05: 2285 commits 2026-06: 4562 commits 2026-07: 5097 commits 2026-08: 4814 commits

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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