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nForms is the form backend that replaces two tools developers are tired of gluing together: reCAPTCHA and manual ARIA accessibility code.
SHA-256 Proof-of-Work challenges run in the browser (~200ms). Invisible to users, computationally expensive for bots at scale. No cookies, no puzzles, no user interaction needed.
Composite scoring combines PoW verification, timing analysis, honeypot detection, and AI spam scoring.
Add data-validate="required|email" to your fields. nForms automatically injects aria-invalid, aria-describedby, role="alert", and manages focus on errors. WCAG 2.2 AA compliant, EAA-ready since June 2025.
All data processed and stored on Cloudflare Workers, D1, and R2 in Frankfurt. No US data transfers, no tracking cookies, no fingerprinting. GDPR by architecture, not by checkbox.
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nForms is in public beta. Early users are solo developers and small agencies in Germany building client websites. The contact form on nforms.eu is a live demo โ dogfooding the product.
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nForms is the only form backend that ships bot protection and accessible form validation in a single script tag. Most tools make you choose โ Formspree for the backend, reCAPTCHA for spam, then manual ARIA code for accessibility. nForms handles all three. Zero cookies, zero CAPTCHA puzzles, EU-only data storage.
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If you care about GDPR compliance, accessibility, or just hate cookie banners: nForms uses Proof-of-Work instead of CAPTCHA, so there are no cookies and no US data transfers. The same script tag also adds WCAG 2.2 AA validation automatically โ no hand-written ARIA code needed. Setup is one HTML attribute, not an npm install or backend integration.
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Web developers and agencies building static sites, landing pages, or JAMstack projects who need a form backend with built-in spam protection. Especially relevant for EU-based developers who need GDPR-compliant infrastructure and EAA-compliant accessible forms without extra tooling.
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I kept adding the same three things to every client site: reCAPTCHA (cookies, US data, consent banners), manual ARIA attributes for accessibility, and a form backend like Formspree. Each solved one problem but created new ones. I built nForms to replace all three with a single script tag โ Proof-of-Work for bots, automatic ARIA for accessibility, EU-only infrastructure for GDPR. Solo-built on Cloudflare Workers.
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Cloudflare Workers (Hono framework) for the API, Cloudflare D1 for the database, Cloudflare R2 for file storage โ all EU jurisdiction. Next.js for the dashboard and marketing site. SHA-256 WebWorkers for client-side Proof-of-Work computation. Resend for transactional email.
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Another difference is that in .NET Core, we can integrate with OpenAPI out of the box (it is part of the framework), while in Symfony, an API-based application with OpenAPI features is only available using a third-party toolโthe API Platform. - Source: dev.to / about 2 years ago
API Platform is a great tool for rapid API development, but it has a lot of not-so-well-documented features which can sometimes lead to confusion. Playing around with a new project of mine I've stumbled into one: tests were failing for my validation assertions of endpoints' responses! - Source: dev.to / about 2 years ago
Technically API Platform is not part of Symfony. Although, they are both French. ๐. - Source: dev.to / over 2 years ago
Probably API-platform. The website is down at the moment, but: https://github.com/api-platform/api-platform It's Symfony based (and plays nice in that ecosystem), also allows you to describe entities via Schema org vocab, has a client generator, and comes with docker-compose and helm charts. I've used it extensively to build various headless services. It's really easy to expose annotated Doctrine entities. Source: about 3 years ago
API Platform is a framework for API-first projects, built on top of Symfony components. Let's see how to create a minimal and lightweight starter project in just 5 minutes! - Source: dev.to / about 3 years ago
Formspree.io - Just send your form to our URL and we'll forward it to your email.
Play Framework - An open source web framework which follows the model-view-controller architecture. It is light-weight, web-friendly, and stateless. It provides minimal overhead for highly-scalable applications.
reCAPTCHA - reCAPTCHA is a free security service that protects your websites from spam and abuse.
Adonis JS - AdonisJs is a Node.js web framework with breath of fresh air and drizzle of elegant syntax on top of it
hCaptcha - Do you use a captcha to keep out bots? hCaptcha is a drop-in replacement for reCAPTCHA that earns website owners money and helps companies get their data labeled.
ExpressJS - Sinatra inspired web development framework for node.js -- insanely fast, flexible, and simple