Typeform
Builder of forms, surveys and quizzes presented one question at a time, with a very polished look.
A one-question-per-screen form is a classic application: a weekend is enough. The difference with Typeform comes down to polish (transitions, fine conditional logic, templates, drop-off analysis, payments). If you just want to collect responses cleanly, replaceable. If your form is a sales tool and every conversion point counts, keep the original.
What you lose
- Templates and rendering crafted by designers.
- The very polished reply experience on mobile.
- Drop-off statistics.
- Integrations with your other tools.
- Advanced conditional logic, payments and anti-spam.
Existing alternatives to Typeform
- HeyFormOpen source
Conversational form builder, self-hostable with Docker (MongoDB and Redis); less polished than Typeform on templates and analytics.
- OpnFormOpen source
Open-source form builder with unlimited respondents; the free self-hosted plan limits the team to two people.
- TypebotFree
Conversational forms with advanced branching; free to self-host under the FSL licence (source available, not a free licence).
The prompt to build it yourself
Build me a “one question at a time” survey app to replace Typeform, at my scale. Stack: Node, Express, better-sqlite3, on my VPS behind Caddy. Plain JavaScript in the browser. To do: - A form is a YAML file in forms/ (types: text, email, choice, rating from 1 to 5, yes/no), read on demand. No visual editor. - Public page /s/<slug>: one question per screen, large typography, Enter or click to advance, up arrow to go back, progress bar, thank-you screen, usable on a phone. - Simple branching: a question can specify next: depending on the answer, on a single level. - Responses are saved at the end of the flow in SQLite, with the timestamp and the form version. - CSV export at /admin/<slug>.csv, protected by an ADMIN_TOKEN in .env. Optional POST webhook on each completed response, URL defined in the YAML. - Honeypot field and per-IP rate limit. - No accounts, no telemetry. Out of scope: drag-and-drop editor, payments, dashboards, partial responses. README: Caddy configuration excerpt and YAML format with a complete example.
Frequently asked questions
- Can Typeform be replaced by a custom-built tool?
- casevibecode verdict: Partly replaceable. A one-question-per-screen form is a classic application: a weekend is enough. The difference with Typeform comes down to polish (transitions, fine conditional logic, templates, drop-off analysis, payments). If you just want to collect responses cleanly, replaceable. If your form is a sales tool and every conversion point counts, keep the original.
- What is Typeform used for?
- Builder of forms, surveys and quizzes presented one question at a time, with a very polished look.
- What alternatives to Typeform already exist?
- HeyForm (open source), OpnForm (open source), Typebot (free). Options to compare before committing to a custom build.
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