Formbricks vs Ironclad

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

Formbricks (rank #237) holds a modest lead over Ironclad (rank #455) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (48 vs 39). The gap of 9 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 Ironclad. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Ironclad is ahead of Formbricks. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Formbricks is ahead of Ironclad. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Formbricks is slightly ahead of Ironclad. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Formbricks is ahead of Ironclad.

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. Ironclad shows 4,723 stars across 8 public repos, 1 active in the last 90 days and 5 external contributors.

Formbricks is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. Ironclad 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.