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Ashby vs Formbricks

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

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

Formbricks (rank #237) holds a modest lead over Ashby (rank #536) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (48 vs 36). The gap of 12 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 Ashby. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Formbricks is slightly ahead of Ashby. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Formbricks is clearly ahead of Ashby. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Ashby is slightly ahead of Formbricks. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Formbricks is ahead of Ashby.

Ashby carries 1 GitHub stars across 3 public repos, with 1 repositories active in the last 90 days and 2 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 12675.0x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Ashby 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

MetricAshbyFormbricks
Ranking
Overall rank#536#237
Pillars
Overall3648
Code3653
Education6267
Community1447
Reach3736
Momentum1524
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars112,675
Forks12,459
Public repos318
Active repos (90d)19
External contributors26
Avg polish2357
Avg AI-readiness3737

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