Formbricks vs Lightspeed Commerce Inc.

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

Formbricks (rank #237) holds a modest lead over Lightspeed Commerce Inc. (rank #485) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (48 vs 38). The gap of 10 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 Lightspeed Commerce Inc.. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Lightspeed Commerce Inc. is slightly ahead of Formbricks. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Formbricks is ahead of Lightspeed Commerce Inc.. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Formbricks is clearly ahead of Lightspeed Commerce Inc.. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Lightspeed Commerce Inc. is slightly 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. Lightspeed Commerce Inc. shows 145 stars across 6 public repos, 0 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 87.4x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Formbricks is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Lightspeed Commerce Inc. looks better where momentum 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.