Duo Security vs Formbricks
Developer ecosystem comparison across GitHub activity, SDKs, documentation, community, reach and momentum.
Duo Security and Formbricks (Open Source Qualtrics Alternative) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.
Formbricks (rank #237) holds a narrow lead over Duo Security (rank #278) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (48 vs 46). The gap of 2 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.
On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), Duo Security is ahead of Formbricks. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Duo Security is slightly ahead of Formbricks. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Formbricks is ahead of Duo Security. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Formbricks is ahead of Duo Security. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Duo Security is clearly ahead of Formbricks.
Duo Security carries 1,477 GitHub stars across 52 public repos, with 15 repositories active in the last 90 days and 6 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 8.6x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.
Duo Security is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. 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.
Side-by-side metrics
| Metric | Duo Security | Formbricks |
|---|---|---|
| Ranking | ||
| Overall rank | #278 | #237 |
| Pillars | ||
| Overall | 46 | 48 |
| Code | 63 | 53 |
| Education | 69 | 67 |
| Community | 30 | 47 |
| Reach | 24 | 36 |
| Momentum | 58 | 24 |
| Builder experience | 0 | 0 |
| Signals | ||
| Stars | 1,477 | 12,675 |
| Forks | 1,092 | 2,459 |
| Public repos | 52 | 18 |
| Active repos (90d) | 15 | 9 |
| External contributors | 6 | 6 |
| Avg polish | 66 | 57 |
| Avg AI-readiness | 43 | 37 |