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Formbricks vs Starling Bank

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

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

Formbricks (rank #237) holds a modest lead over Starling Bank (rank #625) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (48 vs 33). The gap of 15 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 Starling Bank. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Formbricks is ahead of Starling Bank. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Formbricks is clearly ahead of Starling Bank. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Starling Bank is clearly ahead of Formbricks. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Starling Bank 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. Starling Bank shows 195 stars across 3 public repos, 3 active in the last 90 days and 0 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Formbricks's footprint is roughly 65.0x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Formbricks is the stronger read for anyone weighting community. Starling Bank 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

MetricFormbricksStarling Bank
Ranking
Overall rank#237#625
Pillars
Overall4833
Code5350
Education6755
Community479
Reach3663
Momentum2448
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars12,675195
Forks2,45929
Public repos183
Active repos (90d)93
External contributors60
Avg polish5758
Avg AI-readiness3714

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