BambooHR vs Formbricks

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

Formbricks (rank #237) holds a modest lead over BambooHR (rank #693) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (48 vs 31). The gap of 17 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 BambooHR. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Formbricks is clearly ahead of BambooHR. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Formbricks is clearly ahead of BambooHR. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Formbricks is slightly ahead of BambooHR. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Formbricks is ahead of BambooHR.

BambooHR carries 56 GitHub stars across 24 public repos, with 4 repositories active in the last 90 days and 9 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 226.3x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

BambooHR is worth a look for teams already invested in its stack. 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.