Formbricks vs Hotjar

Formbricks (Open Source Qualtrics Alternative) and Hotjar (Product Experience Insights Tools) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Formbricks (rank #237) holds a narrow lead over Hotjar (rank #317) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (48 vs 44). The gap of 4 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), Hotjar is slightly ahead of Formbricks. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Hotjar is clearly ahead of Formbricks. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Formbricks is clearly ahead of Hotjar. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Hotjar is clearly 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. Hotjar shows 52 stars across 2 public repos, 1 active in the last 90 days and 2 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Formbricks's footprint is roughly 243.8x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Formbricks is the stronger read for anyone weighting community. Hotjar looks better where reach 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.