GrowthBook

Feature flags and experimentation platform with product analytics.

Replaces

Paid feature flag and A/B testing services, such as LaunchDarkly and Optimizely.

All open-source alternatives to LaunchDarkly, Optimizely

Difficulty

Difficulty: Medium

2 services (1 database or broker: mongo), 2 volume mounts, no env values to set, no elevated host access. Heuristic score 3 of 11: medium.

Stack

TypeScript (language), MongoDB (database)

Deployment

docker_compose

Requirements

Not stated.

License

MIT (OSI-approved open source)

Read from github.com/growthbook/growthbook/blob/e404814/LICENSE

Business model

Open core

The README says GrowthBook is an open core product: most of the code is under the MIT license, and some directories are under a separate commercial Enterprise License.

Source: github.com/growthbook/growthbook/blob/e404814/README.md, read on 2026-10-22.

Repository

growthbook/growthbook

GitHub stats

Stars: 8,523
Forks: 884
Open issues and pull requests: 844
Last push: 2026-10-22
Latest release: v5.1.0
Released: 2026-09-22

From the GitHub API on 2026-10-22. These numbers are a snapshot, not live. GitHub detected the license as MIT.

Compose file

Config check passed docker compose config exited 0 on this exact file on 2026-10-22.

docker-compose.yml Version 1

services:
  mongo:
    image: "mongo:latest"
    environment:
      - MONGO_INITDB_ROOT_USERNAME=root
      - MONGO_INITDB_ROOT_PASSWORD=password
    volumes:
      - mongodata:/data/db
  growthbook:
    image: "growthbook/growthbook:latest"
    ports:
      - "3000:3000"
      - "3100:3100"
    depends_on:
      - mongo
    environment:
      - MONGODB_URI=mongodb://root:password@mongo:27017/growthbook?authSource=admin
    volumes:
      - uploads:/usr/local/src/app/packages/back-end/uploads
volumes:
  uploads:
  mongodata:

From the app's own repository: github.com/growthbook/growthbook/blob/e404814/docker-compose.yml.

Compose file from the app repository.

Install

Docker with the Compose plugin (github.com/growthbook/growthbook/blob/e404814/docker-compose.yml)
A host with Docker and the Docker Compose plugin. This entry runs from a compose file.
Save the compose file as docker-compose.yml (github.com/growthbook/growthbook/blob/e404814/docker-compose.yml)
Use the compose file shown above.
Set the values the compose file needs (github.com/growthbook/growthbook/blob/e404814/docker-compose.yml)
Replace the placeholder values listed under Gotchas.
Start it (github.com/growthbook/growthbook/blob/e404814/docker-compose.yml)
```
docker compose up -d
```
Open the app (github.com/growthbook/growthbook/blob/e404814/docker-compose.yml)
Open http://localhost:3000. The compose file publishes host port 3000 for the growthbook service.

Compose file check: config_ok on 2026-10-22.

Gotchas and maintenance

Gotchas

Some images use the latest tag or no tag. Images without a pinned version: mongo: mongo:latest, growthbook: growthbook/growthbook:latest. A later pull can get a different version. (github.com/growthbook/growthbook/blob/e404814/docker-compose.yml, checked 2026-10-22)
The compose file has placeholder values. Placeholder values: MONGO_INITDB_ROOT_PASSWORD is "password" (mongo). (github.com/growthbook/growthbook/blob/e404814/docker-compose.yml, checked 2026-10-22)
The compose file publishes host ports. Host ports: 3000 (growthbook), 3100 (growthbook). A port without a host address listens on all host network interfaces. (github.com/growthbook/growthbook/blob/e404814/docker-compose.yml, checked 2026-10-22)
Some directories have a different license. The LICENSE file says some parts of the repository are under another license. Everything else is under the MIT license. Directories named in the file: packages/back-end/src/enterprise/, packages/front-end/enterprise/, packages/shared/src/enterprise/. (github.com/growthbook/growthbook/blob/e404814/LICENSE, checked 2026-10-22)

Signals

Open issues and pull requests: 844
Last push: 2026-10-22 (0 days before this page was built)
Latest release: v5.1.0 on 2026-09-22 (29 days before this page was built)