Formbricks vs Zammad

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

Zammad (rank #152) holds a narrow lead over Formbricks (rank #237) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (52 vs 48). The gap of 4 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), Zammad is ahead of Formbricks. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Zammad is slightly ahead of Formbricks. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Zammad is clearly ahead of Formbricks. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Formbricks is clearly ahead of Zammad. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Zammad 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. Zammad shows 6,394 stars across 11 public repos, 9 active in the last 90 days and 27 external contributors.

Formbricks is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Zammad looks better where community 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.