Chili
Better knownThe spicy feature toggle framework for Rails
No ratings yet# Gemfile
gem "chili"Chili vs Flipflop
Chili and Flipflop 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.
Flipflop lets you declare and manage feature flags in your Rails application
No ratings yet# Gemfile
gem "flipflop"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 Flipflop does
Flipflop lets you declare and manage feature flags in your Rails application. You can configure strategy layers that will evaluate if a feature is currently enabled or disabled. Available strategies are: a per-feature default setting database (with Active Record, Sequel, or Redis), to flipflop features site-wide for all users cookie or session, to flipflop features for single users query string parameters, to flipflop features occasionally (in development mode for example) custom strategy code simple configuration ease of use for developers an improved dashboard manage features via console (using rake tasks)…
Side by side
Rows where the two differ are marked.
| Chili | Flipflop | |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Experiments | Experiments |
| Replaces | — | — |
| License | MIT | MIT |
| GitHub stars (differs) | 214 | 185 |
| Gem (differs) | chili | flipflop |
| Mounts at | — | — |
| Member rating | — | — |
What each one gets off your invoice
Both replace
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Only Chili
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Only Flipflop
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Questions
- What is the difference between Chili and Flipflop?
- Chili and Flipflop both sit in experiments, but they solve different parts of it.
- Can I mount both Chili and Flipflop 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.