Formbricks vs Proton Mail

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

Formbricks (rank #237) holds a narrow lead over Proton Mail (rank #401) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (48 vs 41). The gap of 7 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), Proton Mail is ahead of Formbricks. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Formbricks is clearly ahead of Proton Mail. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Formbricks is slightly ahead of Proton Mail. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Proton Mail is slightly ahead of Formbricks. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Proton Mail 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. Proton Mail shows 16,265 stars across 186 public repos, 19 active in the last 90 days and 20 external contributors.

Formbricks is the stronger read for anyone weighting education. Proton Mail 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.