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GrowthBook vs Featurevisor
GrowthBook has 8,376 GitHub stars, 849 forks, 793 open issues and last shipped yesterday. Featurevisor has 808 stars, 38 forks, 7 open issues and last shipped 10 days ago. GrowthBook leads on adoption by 937% (8,376 vs 808 stars). GrowthBook is written in TypeScript under a custom or non-standard licence; Featurevisor is written in TypeScript under MIT. GrowthBook has attracted 10% as many forks as stars, Featurevisor 5%. GrowthBook was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 2 topic tags (ab-testing, experimentation), so they are genuine substitutes rather than adjacent tools.
Two open source projects, one decision. Both are free and self-hostable — the differences are community size, license terms, language stack and release pace.
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| GrowthBook | Featurevisor | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 8.4K | ★ 808 |
| License | Custom / other | MIT |
| Written in | TypeScript | TypeScript |
| Last push | 2026-09-17 | 2026-09-08 |
| Forks | ⑂ 849 | ⑂ 38 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick GrowthBook if
- You weight community size — 8.4K stars and counting
- You want the Custom / other license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick Featurevisor if
- You want the Featurevisor feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You evaluated both and Featurevisor fits your workflow better
About GrowthBook
GrowthBook is an open source platform for feature flags, A/B experimentation, and product analytics that product, data, and platform teams can either consume through a hosted cloud account or run entirely on their own infrastructure.
read the full GrowthBook overview →
About Featurevisor
Featurevisor is an MIT licensed TypeScript project for feature management with GitOps. It lets developers manage feature flags, experiment variations, and remote configuration values declaratively inside a Git repository. The project lives in the GitOps feature management ecosystem, where Git is used to define product behavior and configuration.
read the full Featurevisor overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is GrowthBook or Featurevisor more popular?
GrowthBook has 8,376 GitHub stars and Featurevisor has 808. GrowthBook has the larger community by that measure.
Are GrowthBook and Featurevisor free?
Both are open source. GrowthBook has no licence declared in this registry, and Featurevisor is licensed under MIT. Both are free to self-host.
What is the difference between GrowthBook and Featurevisor?
GrowthBook is written in TypeScript and Featurevisor in TypeScript. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, GrowthBook or Featurevisor?
Choose GrowthBook if you want the larger community (8,376 stars) or its Custom / other licence terms. Choose Featurevisor if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.