<p>Most of us are used to managing Feature Flags on the backend. It’s the standard for security-heavy toggles or database-driven logic. But when it comes to UI/UX experimentation, staged rollouts of new components, or beta-testing specific views, doing it purely on the frontend can be a game-changer for developer velocity.</p>
<p>That’s why I’m <strong>excited</strong> to share a new package I’ve been working on: <strong>vue-feature-gates</strong>.</p>
<h2>What is vue-feature-gates?</h2>
<p>It’s a lightweight, type-safe plugin for Vue 3 designed to make feature management seamless. While many tools reset your flags on every page refresh, I wanted something more robust.</p>
<h3>Key Highlights:</h3>
<p>✅ Pinia Persistence: The standout feature. Your feature flags are persisted via Pinia, meaning if a user (or an admin) toggles a feature, it stays active even after a hard refresh. No more “reset-to-default” frustration.</p>
<p>✅ Lightweight &amp; Fast: Built specifically for the Vue ecosystem without the overhead of heavy enterprise platforms.</p>
<p>✅ Developer Experience: Simple API to check for “gates” throughout your components.</p>
<h3>Why manage flags on the Front?</h3>
<p>While backend flags are great for “kill switches,” frontend management excels in:</p>
<p>• UI Experiments &amp; A/B Testing: Quickly toggle between different layouts or components without waiting for API updates.</p>
<p>• “Under Construction” Modes: Hide new features from production users while keeping them visible for your QA team.
• Decoupled Deployments: Release the code today, activate the visibility whenever you’re ready.</p>
<p>• Client-side Logic: Handle features that depend on local state or user preferences.
If you are building with Vue 3 and Pinia, I’d love for you to give it a try!</p>
<h2>📦 NPM:</h2>
<p><a href="https://www.npmjs.com/package/vue-feature-gates" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">https://www.npmjs.com/package/vue-feature-gates</a></p>
<p>Feedback, stars, and PRs are more than welcome!</p>
<p>Thank for reading and let’s make feature management in Vue easier together. 🚀</p>
<p>#VueJS #WebDev #OpenSource #Pinia #Frontend #JavaScript #FeatureFlags</p>


Thibault

Frontend feature flags can improve developer velocity for UI experiments, staged rollouts, and beta testing without backend dependencies. vue-feature-gates is a lightweight Vue 3 plugin that provides type-safe feature management with Pinia persistence, allowing flags to survive page refreshes. The approach works well for UI experiments, A/B testing, hiding in-progress features, and decoupled deployments where code ships before feature activation.

Feature Flags don't always need a Backend