# TellForm

Open source form builder written in JavaScript on Node.js, MongoDB and Redis, with embeddable forms and a Forms as a Service API, no longer maintained by its project.


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

## Record

### Links

- home: https://tellform.com
- repository: https://github.com/tellform/tellform

### Identity

- status: discontinued
- maintainer: tellform
- maintainerType: unknown
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2016
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

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

### Content

- contentStore: not applicable
- databases: mongodb
- adminUi: yes
- headlessApi: not applicable
- templating: not applicable
- i18n: forms written in French, English, Spanish, Italian and German

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: unknown
- renderingModes: not applicable
- installMethod: npm install, bower install, grunt build

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: MIT

### Releases

- currentMajor: 1
- latestReleaseDate: 2016-04-23

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 3018
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: unknown
- contributors: 31
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- status: https://api.github.com/repos/tellform/tellform (read 2026-11-03)
- status: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tellform/tellform/master/README.md (read 2026-11-03)
- urls: https://tellform.com/ (read 2026-11-03)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/tellform/tellform (read 2026-11-03)
- maintainer: https://api.github.com/repos/tellform/tellform (read 2026-11-03)
- category: https://api.github.com/repos/tellform/tellform (read 2026-11-03)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/tellform/tellform (read 2026-11-03)
- runtime: https://github.com/tellform/tellform/blob/v1.3.0/package.json (read 2026-11-03)
- databases: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tellform/tellform/master/README.md (read 2026-11-03)
- installMethod: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tellform/tellform/master/README.md (read 2026-11-03)
- adminUi: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tellform/tellform/master/README.md (read 2026-11-03)
- i18n: https://tellform.com/ (read 2026-11-03)
- license: https://github.com/tellform/tellform/blob/master/LICENSE.md (read 2026-11-03)
- licenseModel: https://github.com/tellform/tellform/blob/master/LICENSE.md (read 2026-11-03)
- firstRelease: https://api.github.com/repos/tellform/tellform/releases (read 2026-11-03)
- currentMajor: https://api.github.com/repos/tellform/tellform/releases (read 2026-11-03)
- latestReleaseDate: https://api.github.com/repos/tellform/tellform/releases (read 2026-11-03)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/tellform/tellform (read 2026-11-03)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/tellform/tellform/contributors (read 2026-11-03)

## Notes

TellForm is an open source form builder for creating embeddable forms. It is written in JavaScript for Node.js, stores its data in MongoDB, and has an admin panel. Forms can be written in French, English, Spanish, Italian and German. The code is MIT licensed.

## Worth knowing

The project is discontinued. Its repository is archived and its README says the codebase is no longer maintained. The README points to OhMyForm, a fork, as the project to follow.

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