Formbricks vs Front

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

Formbricks (rank #237) holds a modest lead over Front (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 ahead of Front. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Formbricks is ahead of Front. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Formbricks is clearly ahead of Front. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Formbricks is clearly ahead of Front. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Front is ahead of Formbricks.

Formbricks carries 12,675 GitHub stars across 18 public repos, with 9 repositories active in the last 90 days and 6 external contributors on record. Front shows 103 stars across 122 public repos, 8 active in the last 90 days and 3 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Formbricks's footprint is roughly 123.1x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Formbricks is the stronger read for anyone weighting community. Front looks better where momentum 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.