Formbricks vs Thomson Reuters

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

Formbricks (rank #237) holds a modest lead over Thomson Reuters (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 ahead of Thomson Reuters. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Formbricks is slightly ahead of Thomson Reuters. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Formbricks is clearly ahead of Thomson Reuters. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Thomson Reuters is ahead of Formbricks. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Formbricks is slightly ahead of Thomson Reuters.

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. Thomson Reuters shows 436 stars across 143 public repos, 8 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 29.1x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Formbricks is the stronger read for anyone weighting community. Thomson Reuters 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.