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gitformsvsmailform

Two self-hosted Formspree alternatives, compared on the numbers selfhost.directory tracks live: score, popularity, release cadence and setup effort.

gitformsmailform
Score43/10037/100
Rank in category#6 of 6 in Form Builder#92 of 106 in Email
GitHub stars164124
Stars, last 30 days—+0
Stable releases, 12 months00
Latest release——
SetupEasyModerate
Official Docker imageNoNo
LicenseOtherApache-2.0
Main languageTypescriptTypescript

Which one should you pick?

gitforms scores 43/100 against 37/100 for mailform, so it is the safer default.

If you want the quickest setup, gitforms is easier to run; mailform needs more configuration.

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