Formbricks vs MercadoLibre

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

Formbricks (rank #237) holds a modest lead over MercadoLibre (rank #693) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (48 vs 31). The gap of 17 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 MercadoLibre. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), MercadoLibre is slightly ahead of Formbricks. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Formbricks is ahead of MercadoLibre. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), MercadoLibre is ahead of Formbricks. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Formbricks is clearly ahead of MercadoLibre.

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. MercadoLibre shows 1,621 stars across 101 public repos, 1 active in the last 90 days and 0 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Formbricks's footprint is roughly 7.8x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

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