Formbricks vs Guesty

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

Formbricks (rank #237) holds a modest lead over Guesty (rank #662) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (48 vs 32). The gap of 16 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 Guesty. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Formbricks is ahead of Guesty. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Formbricks is clearly ahead of Guesty. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Formbricks is slightly ahead of Guesty.

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. Guesty shows 1 stars across 21 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 12675.0x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Formbricks is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Guesty makes more sense for teams already using its adjacent tools. The table below breaks the scores down pillar by pillar; the linked profiles cover the underlying repos, docs and community signals in full.