HeyForm
Form builder that allows anyone to create engaging conversational forms for surveys, questionnaires, quizzes, and polls.
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Still maintained? Yes: 156 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v3.0.5 (Oct 2026).
Also an alternative to Typeform, Google Forms and SurveyMonkey.
At a glance
HeyForm quick facts
- Health score
- 96/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 9,056
- Last commit
- yesterday (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- v3.0.5, Oct 2026
- Licence
- AGPL-3.0
Top alternatives to HeyForm
Full rankings: Typeform alternatives, Google Forms alternatives, SurveyMonkey alternatives
In its own words
The project's README opens: "HeyForm simplifies the creation of conversational forms, making it accessible for anyone to gather information or feedback through engaging surveys, quizzes, and polls. We are committed to enhancing HeyForm with regular updates, including bug fixes, new features, and performance improvements."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
HeyForm scores 96/100, #2 of 21 in Polls and Events: 156 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (v3.0.5, 6 days ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 9,056 stars add 15.8 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and Docker support adds the final 10. That places it in the good band (70 and above). The biggest shortfall is star count, worth 4.2 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity 35.0 / 35
156 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
v3.0.5 released 6 days ago
- Stars biggest shortfall 15.8 / 20
9.1k stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support 10.0 / 10
Docker image or Compose file available
Commit activity
- 156
- Last 90 days
- 228
- Last 12 months
- yesterday
- Last push
Ranked #2 of 21 tools in Polls and Events by health , between Formbricks (#1) and Fider (#3) .
Details
| Licence | AGPL-3.0 |
| Platforms | Docker |
| Latest release | v3.0.5 · 6 days ago |
| Stars | 9,056 |
| Open issues | 6 |
| Docker | Yes |
| Repository | heyform/heyform ↗ |
HeyForm vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a comparison page or a category with HeyForm (Polls and Events), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Formbricks | 96 | 13k | AGPL-3.0 | today |
| HeyForm (this tool) | 96 | 9.1k | AGPL-3.0 | yesterday |
| Typebot | 96 | 11k | AGPL-3.0 | 4 days ago |
| OpnForm | 94 | 3.9k | AGPL-3.0 | yesterday |
| LimeSurvey | 59 | 3.8k | GPL-2.0 | today |
| form.io | 39 | 2.3k | MIT | yesterday |
HeyForm: common questions
What does HeyForm replace?
Repoly lists HeyForm as an open-source alternative to Typeform, Google Forms and SurveyMonkey. Each comparison page ranks every alternative by the same health score, so you can see where HeyForm stands against the others.
Is HeyForm still maintained?
HeyForm had 156 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was yesterday; the latest tagged release, v3.0.5, is from 6 days ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.
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