OpenFeature with ConfigCat: Feature Flags Without Vendor Lock-In
· 13 min read
Feature flags help teams release software with more control. You can roll out features gradually, target specific users, run safer production releases, and turn risky functionality off without redeploying your application.
But once feature flags become part of your release workflow, another question comes up: should your application code depend directly on one feature flag vendor's SDK?
That is where OpenFeature can help.
In this guide, we'll look at what OpenFeature is, how it works with ConfigCat, and how to use the ConfigCat OpenFeature Provider for Node.js in a simple Express API.


