Couchforms
An Open-Sourve alternative to Typeform and Microsoft Forms
Install / Use
/learn @couchforms/CouchformsREADME
About Couchforms
<img width="937" alt="screenshot-couchforms" src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/675065/126078214-83cb0077-5149-4ac7-ae66-502ff31e9705.png">Are you looking for a modern open source survey & forms platform that keeps your participants' data private and secure? We are building a new & open user experience with a focus on privacy, usability and API-first integrability.
Features
- Easy creation of surveys and forms
- Simple evaluation of the results and export of the answers as CSV
- Rest API for integration into existing systems and processes
- Form/Survey customization
Built With
Getting started
To get the project running locally on your machine you need to have the following development tools installed:
- Node.JS
- Yarn
- PostgreSQL
- Clone the project:
git clone https://github.com/couchforms/couchforms.git && cd couchforms
- Install Node.JS packages:
yarn install
- Create a
.envfile based on.env.examplesand change it according to your setup. Make sure theDATABASE_URLvariable is set correctly according to your local database. You must also set the email variables to valid SMTP-credentials for the login to work.
cp .env.example .env && nano .env
- Let prisma set up the database for you:
npx prisma db push
- Start the development server:
yarn dev
You can now access the app on https://localhost:3000
Deployment
The easiest way to deploy couchforms yourself on your own machine is using Docker. This requires Docker and docker-compose on your system to work.
Clone the repository:
git clone https://github.com/couchforms/couchforms.git && cd couchforms
Create a .env file based on .env.examples and change it according to your setup. You must set the email variables to valid SMTP-credentials for the login to work:
cp .env.example .env && nano .env
Start the docker-compose process to build and spin up the couchforms container as well as the postgres database.
docker-compose up -d
You can now access the app on https://localhost:3000
Contributing
Contributions are what make the open source community such an amazing place to be learn, inspire, and create. Any contributions you make are greatly appreciated.
- Fork the project
- Create your feature branch (
git checkout -b feature/AmazingFeature) - Make your changes
- Commit your changes (
git commit -m 'Add some AmazingFeature') - Push to the branch (
git push origin feature/AmazingFeature) - Open a pull request
License
Distributed under the MIT License. See LICENSE for more information.
