Formbricks vs Linear

Formbricks (Open Source Qualtrics Alternative) and Linear (A purpose-built tool for planning and building products) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Linear (rank #103) holds a narrow lead over Formbricks (rank #237) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (55 vs 48). The gap of 7 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 Linear. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Formbricks is ahead of Linear. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Formbricks is ahead of Linear. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Linear is clearly ahead of Formbricks. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Linear is 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. Linear shows 1,971 stars across 22 public repos, 5 active in the last 90 days and 21 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Formbricks's footprint is roughly 6.4x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

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