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Formbricks vs Typebot
Pick Formbricks if you want an AGPL Typeform/Qualtrics-shaped survey (the published stack). Pick Typebot if you want a conversational chat flow. Typebot's license is FSL, not OSI.
Facts checked 17 Oct 2026. License, language, and GitHub activity come from the catalog or the project's own repo. "Not in the catalog row" means the public catalog dump does not store that number.
Formbricks in the catalog Typebot in the catalogStart on Railway
How they compare
| Formbricks | Typebot | |
|---|---|---|
| License | AGPL-3.0 (catalog); ee/ is commercial source | FSL-1.1-Apache-2.0 (catalog) — not OSI source |
| Language | TypeScript (catalog) | TypeScript (catalog) |
| GitHub activity | 13,113 stars in the catalog | 10,550 stars in the catalog |
| Self-host | Survey engine. Responses in your Postgres. | Conversational chatbot / form builder you can self-host. |
| Best for | A public form and responses in your Postgres. | A chat flow, not a classic survey. |
Self-hosting and resource needs
Formbricks is /stacks/formbricks-forms: Postgres, bind HTTP to 0.0.0.0:$PORT. ee/ modules are commercial. Typebot is a chatbot / conversational form builder in the catalog (FSL-1.1-Apache-2.0). OhMyForm is archived and is not ranked.
FAQ
- Formbricks or Typebot?
- Formbricks for a Typeform-shaped survey. Typebot for a chat flow. LimeSurvey if the job is a long classic questionnaire.
- Is Typebot open source?
- The catalog license is FSL-1.1-Apache-2.0, not OSI. Formbricks community is AGPL; ee/ is commercial.
- Why isn't OhMyForm listed?
- The GitHub repo is archived. This site only names actively maintained catalog tools.
- How do I deploy Formbricks?
- Open /stacks/formbricks-forms. Rebuild the one form that converts.
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