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Below are 10 open-source projects that cover the same ground, each scored 0–100 on how actively it is actually maintained — commit volume, release cadence and recent trend. 6 of the 10 are currently rated healthy or better. Ordering reflects that score, not sponsorship.
| Project | Health | Activity (11 mo) | Stars | Licence | Last release |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Formbricks Experience Management Suite built on the largest open source survey stack worldwide. Gracefully gather feedbac | Thriving · 89 | 13k | AGPL-3.0 | 17 Sept 2026 | |
| Rallly Create polls to vote on dates and times (alternative to Doodle). | Thriving · 87 | 5.3k | AGPL-3.0 | 21 Sept 2026 | |
| OpnForm Beautiful form builder. | Healthy · 75 | 3.8k | AGPL-3.0 | 2 Sept 2026 | |
| Fider Open platform to collect and prioritize feedback (alternative to UserVoice). | Healthy · 74 | 4.5k | MIT | 23 Sept 2026 | |
| LimeSurvey Feature-rich web-based polling software. Supports extensive survey logic. | Healthy · 70 | 3.7k | GPL-2.0 | — | |
| ClearFlask Community-feedback tool for managing incoming feedback and prioritizing a public roadmap (alternative to Canny | Healthy · 69 | 451 | AGPL-3.0 | 11 Sept 2026 | |
| hitobito Manage complex group hierarchies with members, events and a lot more. | Steady · 67 | 479 | AGPL-3.0 | 7 Jul 2026 | |
| Revel Community-focused event management and ticketing platform. | Steady · 66 | 109 | MIT | 27 Sept 2026 | |
| HeyForm Form builder that allows anyone to create engaging conversational forms for surveys, questionnaires, quizzes, | Steady · 65 | 9k | AGPL-3.0 | 9 Sept 2026 | |
| EventSchedule Share events, sell tickets, and bring communities together. | Steady · 65 | 66 | AAL | 25 Sept 2026 |
How these were picked
Every project listed here is open source and can run entirely on hardware you control. We start from the categories that match Google Forms's job — Polls and Events — then rank by health score so that a popular-but-abandoned project never appears above a smaller one that is actively shipping. The scoring method is documented in full.
The scores are recomputed from repository data on every rebuild, so this page reflects the state of these projects as of 1 Oct 2026 — not the day it was written.
Formbricks
Experience Management Suite built on the largest open source survey stack worldwide. Gracefully gather feedback at every step of the customer journey to know what your customers need.
Best fit: It is well-suited for product and development teams looking to self-host their own survey infrastructure using open-source tools.
Worth knowing: The software is licensed under the AGPL-3.0, which carries strict copyleft compliance obligations if you modify the code and provide it as a network service.
Rallly
Create polls to vote on dates and times (alternative to Doodle).
Best fit: It is well-suited for teams or social groups who need to coordinate event dates and wish to keep scheduling data on their own infrastructure.
Worth knowing: The AGPL-3.0 licence places strong copyleft obligations on your deployment if you modify and distribute the source code or offer it as a hosted service to external users.
OpnForm
Beautiful form builder.
Best fit: It suits teams or individuals who want to keep form submission data on their own infrastructure while avoiding monthly subscription fees.
Worth knowing: The AGPL-3.0 licence places strong copyleft requirements on your modifications, which may complicate usage if you plan to integrate it into proprietary internal services.
Fider
Open platform to collect and prioritize feedback (alternative to UserVoice).
Best fit: Teams and project maintainers who want an open-source alternative to proprietary feedback tools like UserVoice to run on their own infrastructure.
Worth knowing: Adoption depends entirely on getting your users to use a separate platform for feedback rather than your existing issue tracker or support channels.
LimeSurvey
Feature-rich web-based polling software. Supports extensive survey logic.
Best fit: This is a suitable choice if you need to run structured questionnaires with advanced skip patterns and conditional logic on your own infrastructure.
Worth knowing: The user interface can feel dated and configuration requires managing a traditional PHP application stack alongside a relational database.