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Form design, input validation and data-entry flows.

1 Nov 2026Article

React: preserve progressive enhancement with Server Actions

React combines <form action>, useActionState, and useOptimistic to handle pending feedback and optimistic updates while keeping form submission available before JavaScript runs. The article shows how this continuity can enhance the interface after hydration without giving up the browser’s native form behavior.

The key is to keep the server action directly in action: inserting a client function breaks submission without JavaScript. For optimistic updates, useHydrated() lets the form choose between the server action and its client-enhanced version.

React Server Actions Progressive enhancement Forms Hydration

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29 Oct 2026Article

OpnForm: open-source forms for cloud or self-hosted deployments

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OpnForm is an open-source form builder available as both a managed cloud service and a self-hosted application. Its repository documents practical operational details: bundle-size limits, PostgreSQL index migrations that keep writes available, isolated Docker environments for worktrees, and dependency security checks. It also provides an MCP server that lets AI agents create and preview drafts, with versioned previews that support restoring earlier revisions.

Forms Self-hosting Open Source MCP

OpnForm

21 Jul 2026Tool

Collect feedback with self-hosted surveys using Formbricks

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Formbricks combines surveys, in-app feedback, and customer-experience insights in an open-source platform. Self-hosting keeps responses under the organization’s control.

Forms Self-hosting Open Source Data privacy

@formbricks

11 Jul 2026Documentation

Build React forms with the `useFormity` hook

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This page explains the useFormity hook and Formity’s core concepts. It is an entry point for building React forms from reusable components and rules.

Forms React

28 Sept 2025Repository

DocuSeal: create PDF forms for filling and signing

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DocuSeal provides a PDF field editor and a mobile-friendly signing workflow. APIs, webhooks and SMTP notifications connect it to document-processing workflows.

Electronic signatures Document management Forms

27 May 2025Documentation

Verify an ALTCHA challenge on the server

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The documentation explains generating a single-use challenge and cryptographically verifying the widget response. It separates browser responsibilities from backend verification.

Security Forms

24 Feb 2025Tool

Conform: validate forms using HTML fundamentals

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Conform combines typed validation, FormData and progressive enhancement. Its useForm hook exposes form state while leaving markup and submission flow under developer control.

Forms TypeScript HTML Progressive enhancement

20 Jan 2025Tool

Tally: create forms like writing a document

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Tally provides a block-based form editor built around typing questions. It lets users create questionnaires without code through an interface resembling a text document.

Forms No-code / low-code

28 Jul 2024Tool

Maska: format user input without dependencies

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Maska applies input masks to form fields or plain strings. The library works in JavaScript and provides integrations for Vue, Svelte and Alpine.js.

Forms JavaScript

1 May 2023Repository

Tutim: embed multi-step forms in your application

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Tutim provides headless infrastructure for forms with multiple steps, validation and conditional branches. Teams can integrate the flow with their own components and design system.

Forms React