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FlagsmithvsMeiliSearch

Two self-hosted projects, compared on the numbers selfhost.directory tracks live: score, popularity, release cadence and setup effort.

FlagsmithMeiliSearch
Score73/10082/100
Rank in category#2 of 8 in Feature Flags#3 of 41 in Search Engines
GitHub stars6 62959 699
Stars, last 30 days+61+311
Stable releases, 12 months6533
Latest releasev2.287.0 · 20 Oct 2026v1.56.0 · 26 Oct 2026
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseBSD-3-ClauseOther
Main languagePythonRust

Which one should you pick?

MeiliSearch scores 82/100 against 73/100 for Flagsmith, so it is the safer default.

Flagsmith ships more often: 65 stable releases in the past year, against 33 for MeiliSearch.

MeiliSearch is growing faster right now (+311 stars in 30 days).

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