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Infisical vs Flipt
Infisical has 29,296 GitHub stars, 2,261 forks, 789 open issues and last shipped yesterday. Flipt has 4,902 stars, 308 forks, 42 open issues and last shipped yesterday. Infisical leads on adoption by 498% (29,296 vs 4,902 stars). Infisical is written in TypeScript under a custom or non-standard licence; Flipt is written in Go under a custom or non-standard licence. Infisical has attracted 8% as many forks as stars, Flipt 6%. Infisical was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 2 topic tags (go, golang), 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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| Infisical | Flipt | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 29K | ★ 4.9K |
| License | Custom / other | Custom / other |
| Written in | TypeScript | Go |
| Last push | 2026-09-17 | 2026-09-17 |
| Forks | ⑂ 2.3K | ⑂ 308 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick Infisical if
- You weight community size — 29K 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 Flipt if
- You want the Flipt feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the Custom / other license terms
- Your stack matches Go
- You evaluated both and Flipt fits your workflow better
About Infisical
Infisical is an open source platform for managing secrets, certificates, and privileged access within development teams. It operates in the security infrastructure space, targeting developers and DevOps engineers who need centralized, auditable control over sensitive configuration data. Built with TypeScript and Go, it provides both a self hosted option and a hosted cloud service.
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About Flipt
Flipt is an open source, Git native feature management platform written in Go and distributed under a NOASSERTION license. It lives in the cloud native and DevOps ecosystem, sitting alongside continuous delivery, GitOps, and developer tooling, and it exposes its functionality through gRPC and a gRPC gateway HTTP interface. The project is self hosted and enterprise oriented, with a homepage at flipt.io and documentation at docs.flipt.io. Version 2 is the current line; version 1 remains available on the main branch with its own documentation set.
read the full Flipt overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is Infisical or Flipt more popular?
Infisical has 29,296 GitHub stars and Flipt has 4,902. Infisical has the larger community by that measure.
Are Infisical and Flipt free?
Neither Infisical nor Flipt declares a licence in this registry, so check each project's own repository before relying on either for a commercial use. Both are free to self-host.
What is the difference between Infisical and Flipt?
Infisical is written in TypeScript and Flipt in Go. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, Infisical or Flipt?
Choose Infisical if you want the larger community (29,296 stars) or its Custom / other licence terms. Choose Flipt if its feature set, stack or Custom / other licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.