Element vs Formbricks

Element (Founded by the creators of Matrix, we build digitally sovereign, secure and interoperable real-time communication solutions for large organisations.) and Formbricks (Open Source Qualtrics Alternative) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Element (rank #189) holds a narrow lead over Formbricks (rank #237) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (50 vs 48). 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), Element is clearly ahead of Formbricks. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Formbricks is ahead of Element. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Element is slightly ahead of Formbricks. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Element is ahead of Formbricks. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Element is clearly ahead of Formbricks.

Element carries 34,608 GitHub stars across 137 public repos, with 33 repositories active in the last 90 days and 97 external contributors on record. Formbricks shows 12,675 stars across 18 public repos, 9 active in the last 90 days and 6 external contributors.

Element is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. 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.