# Form.io

Open-source form and API platform for building forms, storing their submissions in MongoDB and serving them over an API, with a paid self-hosted Enterprise Server.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/formio/
Last reviewed: 2026-11-03
Listed since: 2026-11-03

## Record

### Links

- home: https://form.io
- repository: https://github.com/formio/formio
- docs: https://help.form.io
- pricing: https://form.io/configuration-based-pricing/
- x: https://twitter.com/form_io
- youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCA_81zGqS4EdrkK0UvLCubg
- instagram: https://www.instagram.com/formdotio/

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Form.io LLC
- maintainerType: company
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2015
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: forms, backend
- hosting: node
- language: javascript
- runtime: node
- runtimeMin: node 22
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

- contentStore: unknown
- databases: mongodb
- adminUi: yes
- headlessApi: rest
- templating: unknown
- i18n: yes, translation of platform areas and front-end field UI settings

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: always-on
- renderingModes: unknown
- installMethod: docker-compose

### License

- licenseModel: open-core
- license: OSL-3.0

### Releases

- currentMajor: 4
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-10-14

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 2328
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: unknown
- contributors: 68
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- urls: https://form.io/ (read 2026-11-03)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/formio/formio (read 2026-11-03)
- urls: https://github.com/formio/formio/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-11-03)
- maintainer: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/formio/formio/main/LICENSE.txt (read 2026-11-03)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/formio/formio (read 2026-11-03)
- runtime: https://github.com/formio/formio/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-11-03)
- runtimeMin: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/formio/formio/v4.11.0/package.json (read 2026-11-03)
- category: https://github.com/formio/formio/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-11-03)
- license: https://github.com/formio/formio/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-11-03)
- licenseModel: https://github.com/formio/formio/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-11-03)
- urls: https://form.io/configuration-based-pricing/ (read 2026-11-03)
- currentMajor: https://registry.npmjs.org/formio/latest (read 2026-11-03)
- latestReleaseDate: https://api.github.com/repos/formio/formio/commits/v4.11.0 (read 2026-11-03)
- firstRelease: https://api.github.com/repos/formio/formio/commits/1.0.0 (read 2026-11-03)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/formio/formio (read 2026-11-03)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/formio/formio/contributors (read 2026-11-03)
- installMethod: https://github.com/formio/formio/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-11-03)
- installMethod: https://github.com/formio/formio/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-11-03)
- adminUi: https://github.com/formio/formio/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-11-03)
- databases: https://github.com/formio/formio/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-11-03)
- runsAs: https://github.com/formio/formio/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-11-03)
- headlessApi: https://form.io/faq/ (read 2026-11-03)
- i18n: https://form.io/faq/ (read 2026-11-03)

## Notes

Form.io is a form and API platform: forms are built in a drag-and-drop builder, and the server keeps its data in MongoDB and serves it through an API. The repository holds the server and the management application, which the [README](https://github.com/formio/formio/blob/main/README.md) runs with Docker Compose or with Node.js and MongoDB. Forms are embedded in Angular.js and React applications through a formio element from the separate formio.js library. Form.io LLC maintains the project, offers a hosted platform, and offers a self-hosted Enterprise Server.

## Worth knowing

The Enterprise Server is a separate paid image that runs with a license key, and the [pricing page](https://form.io/configuration-based-pricing/) lists it with an Enterprise Form Builder Module for building forms inside one's own application. The project is licensed under OSL-3.0, a copyleft license, and the README records a change to that license from BSD.

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