The spicy feature toggle framework for Rails
No ratings yet# Gemfile
gem "chili"Chili vs Field Test
Chili and Field Test both sit in experiments, but they solve different parts of it.
Thin comparison — they do not replace the same product. Kept readable, left out of search.
Field Test
Better knownA/B testing for Rails with a results dashboard and real statistics
No ratings yet# Gemfile
gem "field_test"
# config/routes.rb
mount FieldTest::Engine, at: "/field_test"What Chili does
The spicy feature toggle framework for Rails Have you ever wanted to test out a new feature on only a subset of users? Did that implementation end up being lots of if/else statements embedded in the main code? If so, Chili can help. 214 stars on GitHub · MIT licensed · maintained by balvig. Source: <https://github.com/balvig/chili
What Field Test does
A/B testing that stores assignments in your database and shows the results in a mounted dashboard. Experiments defined in a YAML file Variant assignment that survives the anonymous-to-signed-in transition Conversion tracking with one call A dashboard with Bayesian probability that each variant wins The hard part of A/B testing is not splitting traffic — it is keeping a visitor in the same bucket after they sign up. Field Test handles that because it can see both the cookie and the user record.
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Why you might pick it
- It also replaces VWO.
- It has substantially more adoption — 590 stars against 214.
Side by side
Rows where the two differ are marked.
| Chili | Field Test | |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Experiments | Experiments |
| Replaces (differs) | — | VWO |
| License | MIT | MIT |
| GitHub stars (differs) | 214 | 590 |
| Gem (differs) | chili | field_test |
| Mounts at (differs) | — | /field_test |
| Member rating | — | — |
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Questions
- What is the difference between Chili and Field Test?
- Chili and Field Test both sit in experiments, but they solve different parts of it.
- Can I mount both Chili and Field Test in the same Rails app?
- Technically yes — engines mount at different paths — but they overlap, so running both usually means two sets of tables doing one job. Pick one.