Formbricks vs LiveChat

Formbricks (Open Source Qualtrics Alternative) and LiveChat (Join LiveChat Developer Program https://platform.text.com/) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

LiveChat (rank #141) holds a narrow lead over Formbricks (rank #237) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (53 vs 48). The gap of 5 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), LiveChat is slightly ahead of Formbricks. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), LiveChat is ahead of Formbricks. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Formbricks is ahead of LiveChat. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), LiveChat is ahead of Formbricks. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), LiveChat 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. LiveChat shows 755 stars across 168 public repos, 24 active in the last 90 days and 13 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Formbricks's footprint is roughly 16.8x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Formbricks is the stronger read for anyone weighting community. LiveChat 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.