Brightspace vs Formbricks

Brightspace (The official public code repository of Brightspace and D2L Corporation.) and Formbricks (Open Source Qualtrics Alternative) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Formbricks (rank #237) holds a modest lead over Brightspace (rank #569) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (48 vs 35). The gap of 13 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Brightspace carries 436 GitHub stars across 144 public repos, with 64 repositories active in the last 90 days and 8 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 29.1x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Brightspace 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.