Aircall vs Formbricks
Developer ecosystem comparison across GitHub activity, SDKs, documentation, community, reach and momentum.
Aircall and Formbricks (Open Source Qualtrics Alternative) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.
Formbricks (rank #237) holds a modest lead over Aircall (rank #485) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (48 vs 38). The gap of 10 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.
On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), Formbricks is ahead of Aircall. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Formbricks is slightly ahead of Aircall. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Formbricks is clearly ahead of Aircall. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Aircall is clearly ahead of Formbricks. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Formbricks is clearly ahead of Aircall.
Aircall carries 156 GitHub stars across 28 public repos, with 1 repositories active in the last 90 days and 1 external contributors on record. Formbricks shows 12,675 stars across 18 public repos, 9 active in the last 90 days and 6 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Formbricks's footprint is roughly 81.3x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.
Aircall is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Formbricks looks better where community is the deciding factor. The table below breaks the scores down pillar by pillar; the linked profiles cover the underlying repos, docs and community signals in full.
Side-by-side metrics
| Metric | Aircall | Formbricks |
|---|---|---|
| Ranking | ||
| Overall rank | #485 | #237 |
| Pillars | ||
| Overall | 38 | 48 |
| Code | 35 | 53 |
| Education | 64 | 67 |
| Community | 14 | 47 |
| Reach | 61 | 36 |
| Momentum | 2 | 24 |
| Builder experience | 0 | 0 |
| Signals | ||
| Stars | 156 | 12,675 |
| Forks | 159 | 2,459 |
| Public repos | 28 | 18 |
| Active repos (90d) | 1 | 9 |
| External contributors | 1 | 6 |
| Avg polish | 34 | 57 |
| Avg AI-readiness | 26 | 37 |