Open Source Qualtrics Alternative
Formbricks vs Humaans
Developer ecosystem comparison across GitHub activity, SDKs, documentation, community, reach and momentum.
Formbricks (Open Source Qualtrics Alternative) and Humaans (A better workplace starts here) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.
Formbricks (rank #237) holds a modest lead over Humaans (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 slightly ahead of Humaans. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Humaans is slightly ahead of Formbricks. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Formbricks is clearly ahead of Humaans. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Formbricks is clearly ahead of Humaans.
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. Humaans shows 461 stars across 9 public repos, 4 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 27.5x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.
Formbricks is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Humaans 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.
Side-by-side metrics
| Metric | Formbricks | Humaans |
|---|---|---|
| Ranking | ||
| Overall rank | #237 | #662 |
| Pillars | ||
| Overall | 48 | 32 |
| Code | 53 | 50 |
| Education | 67 | 71 |
| Community | 47 | 16 |
| Reach | 36 | 0 |
| Momentum | 24 | 24 |
| Builder experience | 0 | 0 |
| Signals | ||
| Stars | 12,675 | 461 |
| Forks | 2,459 | 18 |
| Public repos | 18 | 9 |
| Active repos (90d) | 9 | 4 |
| External contributors | 6 | 2 |
| Avg polish | 57 | 41 |
| Avg AI-readiness | 37 | 43 |