Appcues vs Formbricks

Appcues and Formbricks (Open Source Qualtrics Alternative) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Formbricks (rank #237) holds a narrow lead over Appcues (rank #257) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (48 vs 47). The gap of 1 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Appcues carries 984 GitHub stars across 122 public repos, with 17 repositories active in the last 90 days and 6 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 12.9x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Appcues is the stronger read for anyone weighting code quality. 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.