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Flagsmith hosting on xCloud runs a self-hosted feature flag platform where you ship and toggle features without redeploying, from your own dashboard and REST and SDK API. Deploy Flagsmith 2.276.0 on your own domain and xCloud runs the pinned unified image with a private PostgreSQL database, seeds the administrator with a generated password, closes public sign-up and publishes it over HTTPS in minutes.

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What is Flagsmith?

Self-hosted Flagsmith is an open-source feature flagging tool. Upstream's README says it lets teams release features behind a flag, make changes remotely by toggling features on and off without deploying new code, run A/B and multivariate tests using segments, and manage organisations, projects and roles, with SDKs for many languages. It is a self-hosted alternative to hosted flag services such as LaunchDarkly and Split, and it is licensed BSD-3-Clause.

On xCloud the template runs the unified Flagsmith 2.276.0 image, which serves the dashboard and the REST and SDK API together, with PostgreSQL 15.5, both pinned by digest. One flagsmith_postgres_data volume holds users, organisations, projects, flags, identities and analytics. A one-shot service seeds the first superuser, and public sign-up is closed by default.

From Sign-Up to a Live Flagsmith Instance In Just 3 Easy Steps

Self-hosting Flagsmith normally means a container, a private database, generated credentials, a domain and a certificate before a single flag exists. This is the same result without assembling any of it by hand.

Step 01
Sign Up
Create your xCloud account and pick Flagsmith from the OneClick catalog. Select a domain and enter the administrator email that will own the first account.
Step 02
We Deploy It For You
One click. We bring up the pinned Flagsmith 2.276.0 image and a digest-pinned PostgreSQL 15.5-alpine database, run a one-shot admin-seed container that creates your administrator account, mount flagsmith_postgres_data, and publish it over HTTPS on your domain.
Step 03
Sign In And Create Your First Flag
Wait a few minutes for first-boot database migrations, then open your HTTPS URL and sign in with the administrator email and the generated password from your xCloud credential panel. Create an organisation, a project, an environment and your first flag, then point your SDKs at https://your-domain/api/v1/.

Everything Flagsmith Does, On Your Own Server

Flagsmith runs in full here — the open-source dashboard, SDK/REST API and flag storage, on infrastructure you control.

Feature Flags And Remote Config
Create flags, remote config values and A/B tests, and read them back through the SDK/REST API at /api/v1/.
One URL For Dashboard And API
The dashboard and API run in a single container, so there is one HTTPS URL to sign in at and to point every SDK at.
Administrator Seeded At Install
Your administrator account is created from the email you enter at install, so there is no unguarded first-visitor setup window.
Sign-Up Closed By Default
Public registration is rejected out of the box; invite teammates yourself from Organisation settings when you're ready.
Private PostgreSQL Database
Flags, organisations, projects, users and flag analytics live in a PostgreSQL database that is never exposed to the internet.
State Survives A Restart
Flags, organisations, projects and users are kept on the database volume and come back intact after an xCloud Restart.

Everything You Need To Run Your Feature Flag Service 24/7

Managed hosting for Flagsmith, so the parts that keep it online are not your problem.

Flagsmith 2.276.0 deployed instantly
Official pinned image digest
Administrator password generated for you
Private PostgreSQL, not exposed to the internet
Free SSL certificate
Server backups and snapshots
Server security updates included
30+ server locations
Unused balance refunded

What You Can Do With Flagsmith

A feature toggle service for your apps
A product team wraps new features in flags, flips them per environment from the dashboard, and ships to production without a redeploy when the feature is ready.
Roll out to beta testers first
A developer uses segments to release a feature to beta testers, collects feedback, and widens the audience, with flag state served to the client SDKs from their own API.
Run A/B and multivariate tests
An engineer uses segments to run A/B tests on a new feature, comparing variations per user group, with identities and analytics stored in the same PostgreSQL database.
Keep flag data in your own infrastructure
A company that does not want flag state and user identities held by a hosted vendor runs the service itself, with organisations, projects and roles for its teams.

Flagsmith vs Alternatives

LaunchDarkly: Choose Flagsmith as a LaunchDarkly alternative when you want the flag service on your own Cloud VPS. This is a category comparison from Flagsmith's side; this page makes no feature-by-feature claim about LaunchDarkly.
Split: Flagsmith is a Split alternative that you host yourself, with the dashboard, API and database under your control. This page makes no feature-by-feature claim about Split.
Unleash: In a Flagsmith vs Unleash comparison, Unleash is another self-hosted feature flag platform with its own OneClick page. Flagsmith's README also lists remote config, A/B testing and segments in one tool.
GrowthBook: GrowthBook is a self-hosted feature flag and experimentation platform with its own OneClick page. Flagsmith here runs as one unified image with PostgreSQL, with sign-up closed by default.

Simple Pricing. Everything Included.

Dedicated Cloud VPS sizes, pre-configured for Flagsmith and its database. Pick the one that fits, and resize any time.

Cloud VPS 6 GB

Cloud VPS 16 GB

More projects, more environments, more flag traffic.

$59.99per month

16 GB RAM
6 vCPU cores
200 GB NVMe SSD
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Cloud VPS 24 GB

Flagsmith alongside a whole self-hosted application stack.

$84.99per month

24 GB RAM
8 vCPU cores
300 GB NVMe SSD
30 TB
Unlimited

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Every size is a dedicated Cloud VPS we provision, patch, monitor and restore. Billed monthly with no lock-in — delete the server and the unused balance comes back to your account. Flagsmith itself is free under the BSD-3-Clause license.

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Priced per connected server, so your rate adjusts automatically as you add or remove servers. You pay your own provider for the server itself.

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Ready To Own Your Feature Flag Service?

Flagsmith hosting on xCloud runs on a dedicated Cloud VPS that we provision, patch, monitor and restore. Deploy faster. Own the server. Stay in control.

Fast Provisioning
Deploy faster using an xCloud Managed Server built with optimized stacks and high-speed SSDs.
Enterprise-grade security
Protect your infrastructure with a free SSL certificate and more advanced security features at no additional cost.
Intuitive Control Panel
From Server creation to application deployment, everything can be managed from our intuitive control panel.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Feel free to contact us with any questions or concerns you may have.

Is Flagsmith free and open source?

Yes. Flagsmith's open-source edition is released under the BSD 3-Clause licence, so the platform costs nothing in licences. xCloud bills for the dedicated Cloud VPS. Paid enterprise features are not in scope for this template.

Can I run Flagsmith with Docker?

Yes, and Flagsmith lists Docker among its hosting options. This template does it for you: the unified Flagsmith 2.276.0 image and PostgreSQL 15.5, pinned by digest, behind HTTPS. It is Flagsmith Docker hosting without writing the compose file or the seed step.

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How much RAM does a Flagsmith cloud server need?

The floor is 1024 MB of RAM, so the 6 GB Cloud VPS sold here suits a Flagsmith cloud install. The Django app and PostgreSQL share the machine, and heavy SDK traffic with many identities needs more headroom.

What is a feature flag?

A feature flag is a switch in your code that turns a feature on or off without deploying new code. Upstream describes wrapping a section of code with a flag and then using Flagsmith to toggle it for different environments, users or user segments.

How do I connect an SDK to Flagsmith?

Create a project, flags and an environment, then create SDK keys in the dashboard. Client SDKs should use your domain's /api/v1/ path as the API URL. The DJANGO host settings follow your live hostname on every restart, so do not override them in the app.

Can anyone sign up to my Flagsmith?

No. Public sign-up is closed with PREVENT_SIGNUP set to true, so strangers cannot register or create organisations on your server. Invite teammates from Organisation settings, or set it to false and redeploy if you want to reopen sign-up.

Does Flagsmith do A/B testing?

Upstream lists A/B testing, using segments to run A/B and multivariate tests on new features. You set that up in the dashboard after sign-in. The template supplies the platform; designing and measuring the experiments is up to your team.

How do I back up Flagsmith?

Take a backup of the flagsmith_postgres_data volume, the only persistent volume, which holds users, organisations, projects, flags, identities and analytics. Use pg_dump for an application-consistent copy and keep DJANGO_SECRET_KEY with it. Test a restore before you rely on it.

Backups in xCloud

How do I update Flagsmith?

There are no automatic upgrades. Flagsmith 2.276.0 is pinned by digest, and catalogue changes skip live sites. Back up the database volume first, read upstream's release notes, adopt a newer template version, and check that SDKs still receive flags.

Can I cancel anytime?

Yes. There is no lock-in — cancel any time. Hosting is billed monthly and charged for what you actually use, so when you delete the server the unused balance is refunded to your account, less up to 10% in payment-processing fees.