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Knowledge-based community software. You can use it to quickly build your Q&A community for product technical support, customer support, user communication, and more.
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We track 4 open-source Uservoice alternatives, of which 4 currently score 70 or above on Repoly's GitHub health scale and 4 ship a Docker image. Answer leads on health at 97/100 with 47 commits in the last 90 days; across all 4 projects you are choosing between AGPL-3.0, Apache-2.0, MIT.
Healthiest
Health 97/100: 47 commits in 90 days, latest release v2.0.3, Docker image available.
Most active
683 commits in the last 90 days, more than any other option here.
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Top pick · highest health
Knowledge-based community software. You can use it to quickly build your Q&A community for product technical support, customer support, user communication, and more.
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.
Open platform to collect and prioritize feedback (alternative to UserVoice).
Community-feedback tool for managing incoming feedback and prioritizing a public roadmap (alternative to Canny, UserVoice, Upvoty).
Answer edges Formbricks 97 to 96. Formbricks is the busier codebase, though, with 683 commits in 90 days to 47. Answer also has the largest following, at 16k stars.
The most recent release is Formbricks 6.1.2, published 3 days ago. None of the measured options scores under 40. By stack, Go (1) and Nodejs (1) are the most common. Answer and Fider are permissively licensed; Formbricks and ClearFlask are copyleft.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit | Docker |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Answer Up 4 points since 11 Sep | 97 | 16k | Apache-2.0 | 9 days ago | Yes |
| Formbricks Steady at 96 since 11 Sep | 96 | 13k | AGPL-3.0 | today | Yes |
| Fider Steady at 95 since 11 Sep | 95 | 4.6k | MIT | 2 days ago | Yes |
| ClearFlask Steady at 91 since 11 Sep | 91 | 450 | AGPL-3.0 | yesterday | Yes |
Answer scores highest at 97/100, with 47 commits in the last 90 days, 16k stars on GitHub and its latest release (v2.0.3) published 21 days ago. Formbricks has the most raw commit activity at 683 commits in 90 days.
2 of 4 are permissively licensed (MIT, Apache, BSD or similar): Answer (Apache-2.0), Fider (MIT). 2 use copyleft licences such as GPL or AGPL, which require you to publish changes if you distribute a modified version.
4 of 4 publish a Docker image or Compose file: Answer, Formbricks, Fider, ClearFlask. Docker support contributes 10 of the 100 available health points, because it is the clearest signal that self-hosting is a supported path rather than an afterthought.
On measured health Answer leads, 97 to 96. Answer has 47 commits in 90 days, 16k stars and v2.0.3 from 21 days ago; Formbricks has 683 commits in 90 days, 13k stars and 6.1.2 from 3 days ago. Answer is ahead or level on every term Repoly measures.
4 of the 4 measured options score 70 or above. Every measured option had commits in the last 90 days. None scores under 40.
Go: Answer. Nodejs: Formbricks. The stack matters if you plan to extend or patch the tool yourself.