Tools/heyform/heyform

HeyForm

Open source form builder

8.9k+12/wkemergingTypeScriptGNU Affero General Public License v3.0new this week

The Lens

By Erik Loyd, SaaS CEO and former COO/CFO of an AWS Premier Partner.

Updated Mar 2026

Drag-and-drop form builder, conversational (one question at a time) layout, conditional logic, integrations with webhooks and Zapier.

AGPL v3, TypeScript. The UI is polished for an open source project; it looks like a Typeform competitor, not a developer tool pretending to be user-friendly. Supports file uploads, payment collection (Stripe), and 40+ field types. Self-hosting is free. Docker Compose gets you running in minutes. The AGPL license means if you modify the code, you need to open-source your changes, important for SaaS companies that might want to embed it.

HeyForm also offers a hosted version. Free tier with limited submissions. Paid plans start around $19/mo for more submissions and custom domains. Solo: self-host for free or use the hosted free tier. Small teams: self-host to avoid per-seat costs, or pay $19/mo for zero ops. Medium: self-host makes sense at scale: unlimited forms and submissions.

The catch: the integration ecosystem is thin compared to Typeform. If you need native CRM integrations, email marketing connections, or advanced analytics, Typeform's paid tier has more. HeyForm handles webhooks well, so you can build integrations yourself, but that's developer time.

Free vs Self-Hosted vs Paid

free self hosted paid cloud

Free

Self-hosted via Docker is fully free. No feature restrictions. All form types, conditional logic, integrations included. AGPL v3 license.

Hosted Free Tier

Limited submissions per month. Basic features included.

Hosted Paid

Starts around $19/mo. More submissions, custom domains, priority support. Pricing scales with usage.

When to Pay

Pay when you don't want to maintain a Docker instance and your submission volume exceeds the free tier. Self-host when you want unlimited everything for $0.

Self-host free for unlimited use. Hosted starts at ~$19/mo.

Self-hosting ops:moderate
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