Formbricks vs The Washington Post

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

Formbricks (rank #237) holds a modest lead over The Washington Post (rank #510) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (48 vs 37). The gap of 11 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 The Washington Post. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Formbricks is ahead of The Washington Post. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Formbricks is clearly ahead of The Washington Post. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), The Washington Post is ahead of Formbricks. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Formbricks is slightly ahead of The Washington Post.

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. The Washington Post shows 2,751 stars across 91 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 4.6x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Formbricks is the stronger read for anyone weighting community. The Washington Post 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.