Formbricks vs LimeSurvey

Both are self-hosted polls and events projects. This page compares how well each one is actually maintained — the part you cannot see from a feature list.

Formbricks scores 89 against LimeSurvey's 70, putting it ahead on the strength of more recent releases. That measures project health, not feature fit — LimeSurvey may still be the right choice if it does what you need.
FormbricksLimeSurvey
Health score 89/100 70/100
Commits (11 mo) 1222 1108
Commits (last 3 mo) 540 407
Stars 13k 3.7k
Latest release 17 Sept 2026 none tagged
Licence AGPL-3.0 GPL-2.0
Built with Nodejs, Docker PHP
Typical RAM 1 GB 1 GB

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.

89/100
Thriving

High commit volume, frequent releases and growing activity.

Maintenance 33/40
Releases 25/25
Community 16/20
Momentum 15/15

Commit activity more than 82% of tracked projects; popularity more than 82%. How this is calculated.

Commits, last 11 months

2025-10: 72 commits 2025-11: 52 commits 2025-12: 73 commits 2026-01: 65 commits 2026-02: 88 commits 2026-03: 110 commits 2026-04: 87 commits 2026-05: 135 commits 2026-06: 114 commits 2026-07: 196 commits 2026-08: 230 commits

LimeSurvey

Feature-rich web-based polling software. Supports extensive survey logic.

70/100
Healthy

Actively maintained with regular releases.

Maintenance 32/40
Releases 13/25
Community 12/20
Momentum 12/15

Commit activity more than 81% of tracked projects; popularity more than 61%. How this is calculated.

Commits, last 11 months

2025-10: 58 commits 2025-11: 65 commits 2025-12: 42 commits 2026-01: 32 commits 2026-02: 47 commits 2026-03: 133 commits 2026-04: 164 commits 2026-05: 160 commits 2026-06: 153 commits 2026-07: 109 commits 2026-08: 145 commits

How to read this

Everything above is measured, not opinion: commit counts and release dates come from the public repositories, and the health score ranks each project against all 1352 projects we track. Read the full method.

What this comparison deliberately does not do is tell you which has the better feature set. Maintenance health tells you which project will still be receiving security fixes in two years. Decide that first, then compare features on the projects that survive the filter.

See every option in this category: self-hosted polls and events.