Formbricks vs Zulip

Formbricks (Open Source Qualtrics Alternative) and Zulip (Organized team chat) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Formbricks (rank #237) holds a modest lead over Zulip (rank #536) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (48 vs 36). The gap of 12 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), Zulip is ahead of Formbricks. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Formbricks is ahead of Zulip. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Formbricks is ahead of Zulip. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Zulip 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. Zulip shows 32,299 stars across 67 public repos, 9 active in the last 90 days and 76 external contributors.

Formbricks is the stronger read for anyone weighting education. Zulip looks better where momentum 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.