Formbricks vs Hashnode

Formbricks (Open Source Qualtrics Alternative) and Hashnode (Everything you need to start blogging as a developer!) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

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

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. Hashnode shows 6,853 stars across 26 public repos, 3 active in the last 90 days and 3 external contributors.

Formbricks is the stronger read for anyone weighting education. Hashnode 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.