Blackboard Inc. vs Formbricks

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

Formbricks (rank #237) holds a modest lead over Blackboard Inc. (rank #602) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (48 vs 34). The gap of 14 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 Blackboard Inc.. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Formbricks is clearly ahead of Blackboard Inc.. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Formbricks is ahead of Blackboard Inc.. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Blackboard Inc. is ahead of Formbricks. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Formbricks is ahead of Blackboard Inc..

Blackboard Inc. carries 715 GitHub stars across 117 public repos, with 2 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 17.7x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Blackboard Inc. is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Formbricks looks better where education 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.