Formbricks vs Open edX

Formbricks (Open Source Qualtrics Alternative) and Open edX (The community-driven, open-source project powering edX.org and thousands of other online education sites around the world.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Formbricks (rank #237) holds a narrow lead over Open edX (rank #372) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (48 vs 42). The gap of 6 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), Open edX is ahead of Formbricks. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Formbricks is clearly ahead of Open edX. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Open edX is slightly ahead of Formbricks. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Formbricks is clearly ahead of Open edX. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Open edX 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. Open edX shows 10,654 stars across 186 public repos, 100 active in the last 90 days and 91 external contributors.

Formbricks is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Open edX 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.