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Formbricks vs Malwarebytes

Developer ecosystem comparison across GitHub activity, SDKs, documentation, community, reach and momentum.

Formbricks (Open Source Qualtrics Alternative) and Malwarebytes (Cyberprotection for every one.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Formbricks (rank #237) holds a modest lead over Malwarebytes (rank #536) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (48 vs 36). The gap of 12 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), Malwarebytes is slightly ahead of Formbricks. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Malwarebytes is slightly ahead of Formbricks. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Formbricks is clearly ahead of Malwarebytes. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Formbricks is slightly ahead of Malwarebytes. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Malwarebytes is clearly 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. Malwarebytes shows 38 stars across 20 public repos, 4 active in the last 90 days and 3 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Formbricks's footprint is roughly 333.6x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

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

Side-by-side metrics

MetricFormbricksMalwarebytes
Ranking
Overall rank#237#536
Pillars
Overall4836
Code5354
Education6773
Community4723
Reach3634
Momentum2466
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars12,67538
Forks2,4596
Public repos1820
Active repos (90d)94
External contributors63
Avg polish5753
Avg AI-readiness3728

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