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limesurvey/limesurvey
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The most popular FOSS online survey tool on the web

6.16.9+260217(2mo ago)0644[74 PRs](https://github.com/TonisOrmisson/LimeSurvey/pulls)1GPL-2.0-or-laterJavaScriptCI passing

Since Jun 6Pushed 1mo ago2 watchersCompare

[ Source](https://github.com/TonisOrmisson/LimeSurvey)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/limesurvey/limesurvey)[ Docs](https://www.limesurvey.org/)[ RSS](/packages/limesurvey-limesurvey/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 1mo ago

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[![LimeSurvey Logo](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/9140786433fd733403da02ba35bd77cf91b5cf82ca7946086842b1b437c9f1d7/68747470733a2f2f7777772e6c696d657375727665792e6f72672f696d616765732f6c696d657375727665792f7376672f6c6f676f5f6c696d657375727665795f686561642e737667)](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/9140786433fd733403da02ba35bd77cf91b5cf82ca7946086842b1b437c9f1d7/68747470733a2f2f7777772e6c696d657375727665792e6f72672f696d616765732f6c696d657375727665792f7376672f6c6f676f5f6c696d657375727665795f686561642e737667)

LimeSurvey: The world’s #1 open-source survey platform
======================================================

[](#limesurvey-the-worlds-1-open-source-survey-platform)

It's what we love and do best since 2006...

🌐 [Website](https://www.limesurvey.org) · 🔮 [Demo](https://demo.limesurvey.org/admin) · 📚 [Documentation](https://www.limesurvey.org/manual) · ⚙️ [Request a feature](https://bugs.limesurvey.org) · 🐛 [Report a bug](https://bugs.limesurvey.org) · 🗨️ [Forums](https://forums.limesurvey.org) · 🗨️ [Discord](https://discord.gg/DEjguXn)

[LimeSurvey](https://www.limesurvey.org) is a free and open-source online survey platfrom used by businesses of all sizes, professionals, academic institutions, teachers, students, governments, financial institutes, and [Anja](https://www.linkedin.com/in/anja-meinders-ba3b29213/) from HR (who is hiring and looking for a **DevOps** and **Technical Support Engineer/Developer** – [drop her a Lime…](https://www.linkedin.com/in/anja-meinders-ba3b29213/)) in 80+ countries worldwide. It offers features like conditional logic, question branching, customizable templates, multilingual support, and GDPR compliance.

🌟 Why LimeSurvey?
-----------------

[](#-why-limesurvey)

LimeSurvey is perfect for you if you are...

- 📊 Gathering feedback from customers, employees, or stakeholders
- 🎓 Conducting academic research or field studies
- 🌍 Running multilingual surveys for global audiences
- 🔐 Prioritizing privacy and GDPR compliance in data collection
- 🛠 Needing customizable, flexible survey platform for various projects
- 🚀 Scaling surveys for startups, mid-sized businesses, or large organizations
- 🎯 Looking for an open-source solution with no vendor lock-in

🚀 Features
----------

[](#-features)

- ✅ **Unlimited surveys**
- ✅ **Unlimited questions**
- ✅ **30+ question types**
- ✅ **900+ survey templates**
- ✅ **Easy LimeSurvey editor**
- ✅ **On-brand surveys** (fonts, colors, logo, CSS, JavaScript)
- ✅ **Multilingual surveys** (80+ languages)
- ✅ **Skip logic and question branching**
- ✅ **Easy survey sharing** (via public link, QR code, socials)
- ✅ **Closed access mode** (via personal link, invite-only)
- ✅ **Responses &amp; statistics**
- ✅ **Advanced data analysis tools**
- ✅ **RemoteControl API** (via XML-RPC / JSON-RPC)
- ✅ **Google Analytics**
- ✅ **Data security &amp; anonymization**
- ✅ **Two-factor** authentication
- ✅ **GDPR compliance** and strong data security
- ✅ **WCAG 2.0 compliance** 🌐💚
- ✅ **Plugins** (questions themes, survey themes, audit log, ExportR, ExportSTATAxml, AuthCAS ...)
- ✅ **Integrations** (SAML, LDAP, SURFconext, Remote Control, REST API ...)
- ✅ **And much more ...**

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

⬇️ **Stable Release**: We recommend downloading the [latest stable version](https://community.limesurvey.org/downloads/) for optimal reliability and performance.

⚠️ **Repository**: You can also access the development repository. Be aware that it may contain versions that are not fully tested.

Requirements
------------

[](#requirements)

### Minimal

[](#minimal)

- Apache ≥ 2.4, nginx ≥ 1.1, or any PHP-ready web server
- PHP ≥ 7.4 with mbstring and PDO drivers
- MySQL ≥ 8.0, PostgreSQL ≥ 12, MariaDB ≥ 10.3.38, or MSSQL ≥ 2016

### Recommended

[](#recommended)

- Latest nginx version
- Latest PHP version with php-fpm, mbstring, gd2, imap, ldap, zip, zlib, and database drivers
- Latest MariaDB or MySQL version

☁️ You don’t want to host yourself? Let us do it for you!
---------------------------------------------------------

[](#️-you-dont-want-to-host-yourself-let-us-do-it-for-you)

Skip the technical setup and focus on creating and analyzing surveys. With our hosted SaaS, you get a fast, easy-to-use online survey platform that ensures security and complies with privacy regulations like GDPR. We take care of all the hosting and maintenance, so you don’t have to worry about it and can scale away: 👉 [Create free online survey](https://www.limesurvey.org/)!

❤️ Join the community
---------------------

[](#️-join-the-community)

- ⭐ Show your support and star this repo now
- 💬 Join the discussion in our [forums](https://forums.limesurvey.org)
- 🐛 Submit [bugs](https://bugs.limesurvey.org) and [feature requests](https://bugs.limesurvey.org)
- 🔗 Follow us on [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/limesurvey)
- 💬 Join our [Discord](https://discord.gg/DEjguXn)
- 🦸 Make [contributions](https://www.limesurvey.org/manual/How_to_join_the_LimeSurvey_project_team) or [join the LimeSurvey project team](https://www.limesurvey.org/manual/How_to_join_the_LimeSurvey_project_team)

All Thanks to our contributors
------------------------------

[](#all-thanks-to-our-contributors)

[![](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/5e08e4ce5782948b45f8e87a562a461bb9ab3f7baad390881e6e69830ad13a64/68747470733a2f2f636f6e747269622e726f636b732f696d6167653f7265706f3d6c696d657375727665792f6c696d65737572766579266d61783d31303030)](https://github.com/limesurvey/limesurvey/graphs/contributors)License
-------

[](#license)

LimeSurvey is licensed under [GPL v2.0, with the option to use any later GPL version](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.en.html). Pictures and the LimeSurvey Logo are registered trademarks of LimeSurvey GmbH, based in Hamburg, Germany.

[🔼 Back to top](#top)

###  Health Score

55

—

FairBetter than 98% of packages

Maintenance87

Actively maintained with recent releases

Popularity17

Limited adoption so far

Community23

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity83

Battle-tested with a long release history

 Bus Factor3

3 contributors hold 50%+ of commits

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~4 days

Total

734

Last Release

84d ago

Major Versions

5.6.68+240625 → 6.5.15+2407012024-07-01

3.29.1 → 6.5.17+2407152024-07-15

3.29.2 → 6.5.18+2407232024-07-23

1.0.4 → 6.16.2+2512092025-12-09

6.16.3+251215 → 7.0.0-beta1+2601132026-01-13

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/6357451?v=4)[Tõnis Ormisson](/maintainers/TonisOrmisson)[@TonisOrmisson](https://github.com/TonisOrmisson)

---

Top Contributors

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###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

Static AnalysisPsalm

Code StylePHP\_CodeSniffer

Type Coverage Yes

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