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Formbricks vs reddit

Developer ecosystem comparison across GitHub activity, SDKs, documentation, community, reach and momentum.

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

Formbricks (rank #237) holds a narrow lead over reddit (rank #430) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (48 vs 40). The gap of 8 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), reddit is slightly ahead of Formbricks. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Formbricks is ahead of reddit. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Formbricks is slightly ahead of reddit. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), reddit is ahead of Formbricks. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), reddit 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. reddit shows 4,004 stars across 174 public repos, 26 active in the last 90 days and 16 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Formbricks's footprint is roughly 3.2x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Formbricks is the stronger read for anyone weighting education. reddit 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.

Side-by-side metrics

MetricFormbricksreddit
Ranking
Overall rank#237#430
Pillars
Overall4840
Code5360
Education6756
Community4739
Reach3652
Momentum2436
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars12,6754,004
Forks2,4591,160
Public repos18174
Active repos (90d)926
External contributors616
Avg polish5766
Avg AI-readiness3732

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