Formbricks vs Metabase

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

Metabase (rank #165) holds a narrow lead over Formbricks (rank #237) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (51 vs 48). The gap of 3 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 Metabase. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Metabase is ahead of Formbricks. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Formbricks is slightly ahead of Metabase. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Metabase is slightly ahead of Formbricks. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Metabase 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. Metabase shows 50,225 stars across 100 public repos, 21 active in the last 90 days and 49 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Metabase's footprint is roughly 4.0x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

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