alexnisnevich/toggler

Toggler is a lightweight tool for managing feature flags, those on/off switches that let you control which features are visible or active in your app without needing to deploy new code. If you've ever wanted to turn a feature on for some users but not others, or quickly disable something that's causing problems, this is the kind of tool that handles it. The project is built as a simple web service. You interact with it through basic web requests: you send a name for your flag (like "new_checkout" or "dark_mode") and set it to true or false. When your application needs to know whether a feature should be active, it asks the service for the current value of that flag. The README doesn't go into detail about storage or persistence, but the core idea is that it acts as a central place to store and retrieve these boolean states. This would be useful for small teams or solo builders who want basic feature flag functionality without setting up a complex configuration system. For example, if you're rolling out a new design and want an easy way to toggle it on and off during testing, you could store that switch here. It's meant to be simple, the name and description both emphasize that it's a "very simple" tool, so it's best suited for projects that don't need advanced features like user targeting, percentage rollouts, or audit logs. The main tradeoff is simplicity over capability. More full-featured feature flag platforms offer things like gradual rollouts (showing a feature to 10% of users, then 50%, then everyone) or scheduling flags to turn on at a specific time. This project appears to focus on the basics: setting a value and getting it back. That makes it easy to understand and deploy, but limits what you can do with it for more sophisticated release workflows.