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Airtable vs Formbricks

Developer ecosystem comparison across GitHub activity, SDKs, documentation, community, reach and momentum.

Airtable (Airtable is a modern database created for everyone) and Formbricks (Open Source Qualtrics Alternative) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Airtable (rank #165) holds a narrow lead over Formbricks (rank #237) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (51 vs 48). The gap of 3 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), Formbricks is slightly ahead of Airtable. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Airtable is slightly ahead of Formbricks. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Formbricks is clearly ahead of Airtable. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Airtable is clearly ahead of Formbricks. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Formbricks is ahead of Airtable.

Airtable carries 3,237 GitHub stars across 35 public repos, with 3 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 3.9x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Airtable 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

MetricAirtableFormbricks
Ranking
Overall rank#165#237
Pillars
Overall5148
Code4553
Education7267
Community2347
Reach6136
Momentum624
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars3,23712,675
Forks8432,459
Public repos3518
Active repos (90d)39
External contributors16
Avg polish4357
Avg AI-readiness2637

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