Formbricks vs Panther Labs

Formbricks (Open Source Qualtrics Alternative) and Panther Labs (Panther's mission is to make security teams smarter and faster than attackers.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Panther Labs (rank #209) holds a narrow lead over Formbricks (rank #237) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (49 vs 48). The gap of 1 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), Panther Labs is ahead of Formbricks. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Panther Labs is slightly ahead of Formbricks. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Formbricks is slightly ahead of Panther Labs. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Panther Labs is ahead of Formbricks. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Panther Labs 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. Panther Labs shows 668 stars across 25 public repos, 11 active in the last 90 days and 18 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Formbricks's footprint is roughly 19.0x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Formbricks is the stronger read for anyone weighting community. Panther Labs looks better where code quality 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.