OSS vendor-neutral feature flag specification. Apache-2.0 under CNCF. SDKs in major languages with provider plugins for LaunchDarkly, Flagsmith, Unleash, Split, ConfigCat. The standard not a backend.
OpenFeature is the OSS vendor-neutral feature flag specification — Apache-2.0 under CNCF. SDKs in major languages with provider plugins for LaunchDarkly/Flagsmith/Unleash/Split/etc. The standard, not a backend.
OpenFeature's positioning as vendor-neutral spec creates portability between feature flag backends. From a Trust Before Intelligence lens, this reduces vendor lock-in for the flag-evaluation surface.
Provider-driven; spec is sub-ms.
Standardized SDK API.
Provider context evaluation.
Provider-neutral.
Evaluation context + provider metadata.
Hooks for evaluation logging.
Standard. 2/6 -> 4 lenient.
1/6 -> 4 lenient.
Provider. 3/6 -> 3.
Standard. 1/6 -> 4.
5/6 -> 4.
Best suited for
Compliance certifications
Spec only.
Use with caution for
LaunchDarkly via OpenFeature SDK. OpenFeature is the abstraction.
View analysis →Flagsmith via OpenFeature SDK. Spec gives portability.
View analysis →Role: L6 vendor-neutral feature flag spec.
Upstream: App SDK calls.
Downstream: Provider plugins to backends.
Mitigation: Pick backend; spec is just the SDK abstraction.
OpenFeature purpose.
Need backend.
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