OhMyForm 0.2.1
An open source alternative to TypeForm that can create stunning mobile-ready forms , surveys and questionnaires.
Table of Contents
Features
Currently following features are implemented:
- Multi-Language Support
- 11 possible question types
- Editable start and end pages
- Export Submissions to XLS, JSON or CSV
- Native Analytics and Google Analytics Support
- Custom Subdomains for each User
- Embeddable Forms
- Forms as a Service API
- Deployable with Heroku and DockerHub
On the Roadmap for v1.0.0
- Implement encryption for all form data
- Add Typeform API integration
- Add plugin/3rd party integration support (ala Slack)
- Create wiki for easy installation and setup
- Add Stripe/Payment Form field
- Add Custom Background and Dropdown Field Images
- Add File Upload Form Field
Quickstart
Follow documentation hosted on OhMyForm.com it will be the main and hopefully only location to obtain the up to date documentation.
Configuration
TellForm's configuration is done with environment variables. To set an option for TellForm, open/create your .env file and set add ENV_VAR=somevalue to set the ENV_VAR variable to the value somevalue.
| Property | Valid Values | Default Value | Description | Required? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NODE_ENV | "development", "production", "test" or "secure" | development | Set which version of the app you want to run (either secure/SSL, dev, prod or test) | No |
| SESSION_SECRET | Any string | CHANGE_ME_PLEASE | Value used to compute session hash | No |
| BASE_URL | A valid URL | localhost:3000 | URL where the admin panel will live | Yes |
| MONGODB_URI | A valid MongoDB URI | localhost/mean | URI of the MONGODB server/db that your server will use | Yes |
| REDIS_URL | A valid Redis URI | redis://127.0.0.1:6379 | URI of the Redis instance that your server will use | Only if ENABLE_CLUSTER_MODE=TRUE |
| SOCKET_PORT | A valid port number from 0 - 65535 | 20523 | Port that your SocketIO server will bind to | No |
| SOCKET_URL | A valid URL | ws.tellform.com | Url that your SocketIO server will bind to | No |
| SIGNUP_DISABLED | "TRUE" or "FALSE" | FALSE | Set this flag to disable signups. | No |
| SUBDOMAINS_DISABLED | "TRUE" or "FALSE" | FALSE | Set this flag to disable subdomains. (Useful if hosting behind an uncontrolled domain or without a wildcard SSL cert) | No |
| ENABLE_CLUSTER_MODE | "TRUE" or "FALSE" | FALSE | Disable support for running TellForm with pm2's cluster mode. Disabling this allows you to not run a Redis instance. | No |
| MAILER_EMAIL_ID | A string | N/A | Username credential for the SMTP MAIL service used to send signup/verification/lost password emails. | Yes |
| MAILER_PASSWORD | A string | Password credential for the SMTP MAIL service used to send signup/verification/lost password emails. | Yes | |
| MAILER_FROM | A valid email | noreply@tellform.com | Email address that all mail should be sent from. | No |
| MAILER_SERVICE_PROVIDER | A service from https://nodemailer.com/smtp/well-known/ | A "well-known" email service that is supported by nodemail. If MAILER_SMTP_HOST is enabled, this is ignored. | Only if MAILER_SMTP_HOST is not set | |
| MAILER_SMTP_HOST | A valid URL | URL to the SMTP server of your choice | Only if MAILER_SERVICE_PROVIDER is not set | |
| MAILER_SMTP_PORT | A valid port number from 0 - 65535 | Port of the SMTP server of your choice. | Only if MAILER_SMTP_HOST is set | |
| MAILER_SMTP_SECURE | "TRUE" or "FALSE" | FALSE | Boolean that enables/disables SSL support for your SMTP client. | Only if MAILER_SMTP_HOST is set |
| CREATE_ADMIN | "TRUE" or "FALSE" | FALSE | Setting this variable will create a admin user on startup with credentials as specified below | No |
| ADMIN_EMAIL | A valid email | admin@admin.com | Email of generated admin user | No |
| ADMIN_USERNAME | A string | root | Username of generated admin user | No |
| ADMIN_PASSWORD | A string | root | Password of generated admin user | No |
| APP_NAME | A string | TellForm | Sets the <title> property of your webapp. |
No |
| APP_DESC | A string | Opensource form builder alternative to TypeForm | Sets the,property of your webapp. | No |
| APP_KEYWORDS | A comma-seperated list of phrases/words | typeform, pdfs, forms, opensource, formbuilder, google forms, nodejs | Sets the value of the description attribute. | No |
| RAVEN_DSN | A valid Sentry.io DSN | N/A | Set this to your Sentry.io Public DSN to enable remote logging | No |
| GOOGLE_ANALYTICS_ID | A valid Google Analytics ID | N/A | Set this to your GA id to enable GA tracking on your TellForm instance | No |