BigCommerce vs Formbricks

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

BigCommerce (rank #103) holds a narrow lead over Formbricks (rank #237) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (55 vs 48). The gap of 7 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

BigCommerce carries 3,505 GitHub stars across 281 public repos, with 25 repositories active in the last 90 days and 51 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 3.6x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

BigCommerce is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. Formbricks looks better where reach 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.