LimeSurvey
Feature-rich web-based polling software. Supports extensive survey logic.
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Still maintained? Yes: 930 commits in the last 90 days.
Also an alternative to Typeform, Google Forms and SurveyMonkey.
At a glance
LimeSurvey quick facts
- Health score
- 59/100 SLOWING
- Stars
- 3,785
- Last commit
- today (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- No tagged release
- Licence
- GPL-2.0
Top alternatives to LimeSurvey
Full rankings: Typeform alternatives, Google Forms alternatives, SurveyMonkey alternatives
In its own words
The project's README opens: "It's what we love and do best since 2006..."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
LimeSurvey scores 59/100, #18 of 21 in Polls and Events: 930 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the absence of a tagged release forfeits all 25 release points, 3,785 stars add 14.3 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and no advertised Docker image leaves the final 10 unclaimed. That places it in the slowing band (40 to 69). The biggest shortfall is release recency, worth 25.0 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity 35.0 / 35
930 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency biggest shortfall 0.0 / 25
No tagged release found
- Stars 14.3 / 20
3.8k stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support 0.0 / 10
No Docker support advertised
Commit activity
- 930
- Last 90 days
- 1,834
- Last 12 months
- today
- Last push
Ranked #18 of 21 tools in Polls and Events by health , between docassemble (#17) and Meetable (#19) .
Details
| Licence | GPL-2.0 |
| Platforms | PHP |
| Latest release | No tagged release |
| Stars | 3,785 |
| Open issues | 0 |
| Docker | Not advertised |
| Repository | LimeSurvey/LimeSurvey ↗ |
LimeSurvey vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a comparison page or a category with LimeSurvey (Polls and Events), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Formbricks | 96 | 13k | AGPL-3.0 | today |
| HeyForm | 96 | 9.1k | AGPL-3.0 | yesterday |
| Typebot | 96 | 11k | AGPL-3.0 | 4 days ago |
| Fider | 95 | 4.6k | MIT | 2 days ago |
| LimeSurvey (this tool) | 59 | 3.8k | GPL-2.0 | today |
| form.io | 39 | 2.3k | MIT | yesterday |
LimeSurvey: common questions
What does LimeSurvey replace?
Repoly lists LimeSurvey as an open-source alternative to Typeform, Google Forms and SurveyMonkey. Each comparison page ranks every alternative by the same health score, so you can see where LimeSurvey stands against the others.
Is LimeSurvey still maintained?
LimeSurvey had 930 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was today. Repoly recomputes this nightly.