form
Web and SaaS
form builder
SHOW HN2024
389points
122comments
#123of 3,515 in 2024
Top 4%of 2024 by points
How HN took it
CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments
8 positive, 27 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 10 critical, out of 46 comments about the project. Thread score 0.00.
Docs: 1 for, 5 againstIdea: 2 for, 3 againstDesign: 0 for, 1 againstPerformance: 0 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Open source self-hosted option welcomed
From 2 comments
I'm secretly and slowly building a form building application. The idea is that in my association we don't want to rely on Google Forms. And we only want to use open source…
jraph on HNLooks really cool and could be a good alternative to Typeform. In our organization, due to privacy reasons we need to self host. You might want to look at something like the plus…
tomfreemax on HN
Good alternative to Google Forms and Typeform
From 2 comments
Looks really cool and could be a good alternative to Typeform. In our organization, due to privacy reasons we need to self host. You might want to look at something like the plus…
tomfreemax on HNI've often wanted a simple online form solution for random purposes, yet I have never quite gotten around to learning Google Forms. My kids use it for school stuff. They're…
sfink on HN
Objections
Open-sourcing seems pointless when key features are closed or depend on non-open-source databases
From 2 comments
What is the reason for “open sourcing” this , when any meaningful implementation is locked away behind services and is closed source. I just think these kind of use cases…
la64710 on HNI see that the project appears to depend on Mongo and Redis, both non-open source. However, both have substantially compatible alternatives that a user should use in their place.…
ensignavenger on HN
AGPL license concerns for SaaS
From 2 comments
Huge Affero (AGPL) warning. Do not touch unless you understand how the license works and want to do so anyway.
snvzz on HNConsidering that this is SaaS, are you sure GPL is sufficient here? Did you consider AGPL?
bberenberg on HN
Requests
Integration with Nextcloud
From 2 comments
I'm secretly and slowly building a form building application. The idea is that in my association we don't want to rely on Google Forms. And we only want to use open source…
jraph on HNThank you for sharing your experience and insights. It would be fantastic if we could collaborate to make HeyForm better suited to your needs, as well as the needs of many…
dearroy on HN
Anonymous one-time-submit forms
From 1 comment
I cannot quickly find the answer so maybe the project owner can share - I have a need for which apparently there is no ready-to-use product - I need to have form which is…
rkuodys on HN
Questions
Why open source and what are the criteria for success
From 2 comments
What is the reason for “open sourcing” this , when any meaningful implementation is locked away behind services and is closed source. I just think these kind of use cases…
la64710 on HNHow did you think about the tradeoffs between closed-source profitable vs. open sourcing it? What do you see as your criteria for success on this move?
snapcaster on HN
How well MongoDB worked out
From 1 comment
Congrats on open sourcing your project! I see that it relies on mongodb, at a first glance this seems a good fit for a forms oriented product - looks like using a document db for…
thih9 on HN
Alternatives named
Grist
From 1 comment
Grist has the ability to create forms that are automatically connected to their spreadsheets [1]. Though it doesn't seem like you can create sophisticated forms (with some logic…
abdullahkhalids on HN
NocoDB
From 1 comment
I currently use NocoDB for forms, which works great, but this looks great too, many thanks for sharing!
jdaviescoates on HN
Google Forms
From 1 comment
I cannot quickly find the answer so maybe the project owner can share - I have a need for which apparently there is no ready-to-use product - I need to have form which is…
rkuodys on HN
Typeform
From 1 comment
I cannot quickly find the answer so maybe the project owner can share - I have a need for which apparently there is no ready-to-use product - I need to have form which is…
rkuodys on HN
FramaForms
From 1 comment
I'm secretly and slowly building a form building application. The idea is that in my association we don't want to rely on Google Forms. And we only want to use open source…
jraph on HN