GitForms
Zero-cost contact forms using GitHub Issues as database
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got tired of paying $29–99/month for simple contact forms on landing pages and side projects (Typeform, Tally, etc.).So I built GitForms: an open-source contact form that stores submissions as GitHub Issues.How it works:Form runs on your Next.js 14 site (Tailwind + TypeScript) On submit → creates a new Issue in your repo via GitHub API You get instant email notifications from GitHub (free)Zero ongoing costs:No database, no backend servers Deploy on Vercel/Netlify free tier in minutes Configurable via JSON (themes, text, multi-language)Perfect for MVPs, landing pages, portfolios, or any low-volume use case.Repo: https://github.com/Luigigreco/gitforms License: CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0 (non-commercial only – fine for personal projects, not client work).Curious what HN thinks: would you use this? Any obvious improvements or edge cases I missed?Thanks!
HN · launched Dec 17, 2025 · 40 upvotes (top 22%) · 0 views
Niche: git management and workflow tools · 221 launches, 10 in the last 7 days ▼ -23% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Horizontal
- Workflow automation
- Developer
- Not AI
- Hobby / open-source project
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More like this: all 221 launches in git management and workflow tools →
Could you build this?
Yes The system simply accepts form submissions on a Next.js frontend and creates corresponding GitHub Issues via the GitHub REST API, maximizing developer utility with standard web APIs.
Discussion
20 comments analyzed.
Competitors mentioned: Google Forms with Google Sheets integration, Giscus (GitHub issues for comments), Utterances (GitHub issues hosting), Custom GitLab-based form solutions
Concerns raised: GitHub token exposure in frontend, GitHub may discontinue due to self-hosted runner fees, High spam without protection, Low barrier to entry makes business viability questionable, Trademark concerns with 'Git' prefix naming
Feature requests: Email backend flexibility (Resend, Mailgun instead of GitHub-only), Alternative spam protection providers (Cloudflare, Google), Support for private GitLab instead of public GitHub, Better naming option (e.g., 'FormGit')
Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 185 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #41 of 186 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 47 days after the earliest competitor.
- Git repositories hosted directly on Freenet · hn · 2026-05-01 · 6 upvotes · similarity 0.45
- ServerForm · ph · 2026-11-14 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.45
- Contribute to GitHub Anonymously · hn · 2026-01-16 · 5 upvotes · similarity 0.44
- PHPAML Cloud · ph · 2026-09-13 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.43
- GitFolio · ph · 2026-10-20 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.43
- GitClassic.com, GitHub circa 2015 without JS & AI · hn · 2026-01-19 · 14 upvotes · similarity 0.42
- GitShow Repo Showroom · hn · 2026-02-28 · 5 upvotes · similarity 0.42
- I built a GitHub application that generates documentation automatically · hn · 2025-12-12 · 6 upvotes · similarity 0.41
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