Formbricks
Open-source survey platform — the privacy-first Qualtrics alternative.
About
Formbricks is a free and open-source surveying platform for gathering feedback at every point of the user journey: in-app surveys, website widgets, link surveys, and email surveys, with prebuilt analytics or a DIY data layer on top. The positioning is "the open-source Qualtrics alternative" with a privacy-first experience-management angle — you can self-host with Docker and keep response data on your own infrastructure, which is the entire argument for teams that can't send user feedback to a US SaaS.
The licensing is honest open-core: the core application is AGPLv3 (fully functional — design and run all survey types, free for commercial use, modifications must be published), with an Enterprise Edition for SSO, advanced targeting, and white-labeling. ~13,100 GitHub stars and daily commits put it among the most active open-source form/survey projects.
Compared to Typeform, Formbricks wins on ownership and price (free core) but the design polish and conversational UX are a step behind — it's a survey tool first, a brand experience second. The in-app survey SDKs (JS, React Native) are the standout feature for product teams that want contextual micro-surveys without a third-party script phoning home.
What it can do
- In-app, website, link, and email surveys from one editor
- AGPLv3 core — fully self-hostable with Docker, data stays on your infra
- Prebuilt analytics dashboards plus API/webhook data export
- Targeting: user attributes, URL rules, and event-based survey triggers
- JS, React Native SDKs for native in-app survey experiences
- Enterprise add-ons: SSO, advanced targeting, white-labeling
Setup
- Cloud: sign up at formbricks.com. Self-host:
git clone https://github.com/formbricks/formbricksand run the Docker compose. - Create a survey in the editor (link, website, in-app, or email).
- For in-app/website surveys, install the JS snippet or SDK.
- Analyze responses in the dashboard or pipe them to your warehouse.
Prerequisites
Self-hosting: Docker and a Postgres database. In-app surveys need the JS snippet or a supported SDK installed on your site/app.
Use cases
Works with
Trust score — 9/10
Scored 9/10 (verified tier, metrics-v1). Evidence: 13,111 GitHub stars (formbricks/formbricks); repo pushed 2026-10-15 (same-day activity); AGPLv3 core license verified via repo README ('The AGPL Formbricks Core'); Enterprise Edition for SSO/white-labeling; In-app/website/link/email surveys, self-hostable Docker deployment verified against README. Manual review: open-core licensing is transparently documented; design polish trails Typeform — fair tradeoff for a free, self-hostable core. License: AGPL-3.0 (core).
★ 13,111 GitHub stars
How the trust score is built
Full methodology →- Adoption · stars/downloads, log-scaled vs peers
- 8.0/10
- Maintenance · recency, releases, issue load
- 10.0/10
- Openness · license + docs
- 10.0/10
- Manual review · sanity read + red-flag check
- 8.0/10
- · 13,111 GitHub stars (formbricks/formbricks); repo pushed 2026-10-15 (same-day activity)
- · AGPLv3 core license verified via repo README ('The AGPL Formbricks Core'); Enterprise Edition for SSO/white-labeling
- · In-app/website/link/email surveys, self-hostable Docker deployment verified against README
- · manual review: open-core licensing is transparently documented; design polish trails Typeform — fair tradeoff for a free, self-hostable core
Sources
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