# tellform/tellform

✏️ Free Opensource Alternative to TypeForm or Google Forms ⛺

Repository: https://github.com/tellform/tellform
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/tellform
Homepage: https://tellform.com/
Language: JavaScript
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: typeform, forms, self-hosted, mean-stack, form-builder, google-forms, nodejs
Archived: true
Last push: 2019-10-09T13:58:17+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4082, "days_push": 2520, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3023, forks 508 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:38.563165+00:00)

## What it is
TellForm is an open-source, self-hosted form builder and survey tool, positioned as a free alternative to TypeForm and Google Forms, built on the MEAN stack (MongoDB, Express, Angular, Node.js). The project is officially deprecated and unmaintained, with development continued by the backwards-compatible fork OhMyForm.

## Use cases
- self-host a typeform alternative
- create surveys and questionnaires on my own server
- build embedable forms for free
- collect form responses with analytics
- replace google forms with open source
- build multi-language forms

## When to choose
- you need a reference codebase for a MEAN-stack form builder
- you want a free self-hosted form tool and accept the security risk of outdated dependencies
- you need backwards compatibility with existing TellForm deployments

## When to avoid
- you want a maintained, secure form builder - use the OhMyForm fork instead
- you plan to expose it publicly, since the project itself warns of vulnerable dependencies
- you expect bug fixes, updates, or issue support - the issue tracker is closed

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: abandoned
- function: form-handling, self-hosted, web-framework, analytics
- domain: web-development, self-hosted, developer-tools
- platform: self-hosted
- tags: form-builder, typeform-alternative, google-forms-alternative, surveys, mean-stack, deprecated, forked-to-ohmyform, data-collection, nodejs, docker, web-server

## Member repositories
- tellform/tellform (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:38.563165+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T18:46:53.436453+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/tellform/tellform (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:38.563165+00:00, sha 8f92340f6ac5)
  - homepage: https://tellform.com/ (fetched 2026-08-29T09:45:21.512304+00:00, sha 4f79c908f5a4)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.