FormDesk - Form Builder and Submission Inbox

FormDesk is a self-hosted form builder and submission inbox template built with Next.js, TypeScript, Prisma, PostgreSQL, Clerk, and Tailwind CSS.

Create forms, configure fields, publish public form URLs, collect validated responses, and manage submissions from one professional dashboard. The source code is suitable for developers, freelancers, agencies, and small businesses that need a customizable form workflow for their own infrastructure.

FormDesk focuses on the complete form-to-submission workflow. It does not include billing, subscriptions, checkout, AI provider integrations, or mandatory third-party services.

The package includes installation documentation, configuration guidance, security notes, troubleshooting instructions, and a clean buyer-installation test record.

Features

• Next.js App Router with TypeScript
• Clerk authentication
• PostgreSQL database with Prisma ORM
• Create and manage forms
• Field builder with text, email, phone, textarea, number, select, radio, checkbox, and date field types
• Edit fields and change field order
• Publish and unpublish forms
• Public form URLs without visitor authentication
• Server-side validation based on the saved field definition
• Required-field, email, phone, number, and option validation
• Honeypot protection
• Basic rate limiting for public submissions
• Submission inbox with response previews
• Read and unread submission status
• Submission detail page
• Internal submission notes
• Confirmed submission deletion
• Owner-scoped dashboard authorization
• Responsive FormDesk dashboard UI
• Vitest validation and security tests
• Production build and clean buyer-installation tested

Requirements

• Node.js 20 or newer
• npm
• PostgreSQL 14 or newer
• A Clerk application
• Optional Upstash Redis for shared rate limiting in multi-instance deployments

Instructions

1. Extract the FormDesk ZIP package.
2. Run npm install.
3. Copy .env.example to .env.
4. Configure PostgreSQL and Clerk credentials.
5. Run npm run db:generate.
6. Run npm run db:migrate.
7. Run npm run dev.
8. Open http://localhost:3000.
9. Sign in, create a form, add fields, publish it, and test a public submission.

The package includes complete configuration, deployment, rate-limiting, security, and troubleshooting documentation.

External embedding, CSV export, SMTP notifications, billing, subscriptions, and AI integrations are not included in this release.