Clio vs Formbricks

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

Formbricks (rank #237) holds a modest lead over Clio (rank #625) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (48 vs 33). The gap of 15 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 Clio. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Clio is ahead of Formbricks. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Formbricks is clearly ahead of Clio. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Formbricks is clearly ahead of Clio. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Clio is ahead of Formbricks.

Clio carries 518 GitHub stars across 19 public repos, with 4 repositories active in the last 90 days and 3 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 24.5x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Clio 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.