Formbricks vs Genial.ly

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

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

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. Genial.ly shows 71 stars across 13 public repos, 1 active in the last 90 days and 1 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Formbricks's footprint is roughly 178.5x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Formbricks is the stronger read for anyone weighting community. Genial.ly 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.