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Forms, without a backend
Practical, code-first guides on adding forms to static sites, stopping spam, routing submissions to email, and choosing a form backend.
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Protect Your Forms with Cloudflare Turnstile
Add Cloudflare Turnstile to any form — a free, mostly invisible CAPTCHA that stops scripted bots without image puzzles.
How to Add Validation to Your Form
Reject bad submissions with server-side rules — required fields, formats, and limits — in a few clicks, no backend code. fetch() callers get per-field errors.
How to Handle Form Submissions in Next.js
Three ways to handle a Next.js form — Server Actions, Route Handlers, or a form backend — with code for each and a clear rule for choosing.
How to Send Form Submissions to Google Sheets
Turn a static-site form into a live Google Sheet. Connect Google once and every submission appends as a row — or do it free with a webhook and Apps Script.
Basin Alternative: ShipMyForm vs Basin (2026)
A fair comparison of ShipMyForm vs Basin: free-tier headroom, paid feature mix, and a one-line migration for your static-site forms.
How to Connect Your Form to n8n
Send every form submission straight into an n8n workflow with the free webhook connector. No serverless glue, no polling.
ShipMyForm vs Netlify Forms: A Netlify Forms Alternative
Netlify Forms is great if you are all-in on Netlify. Here is how ShipMyForm compares when you want a form backend that runs on any host.
How to Send an HTML Form to Your Email (Without a Backend)
Why mailto: and PHP mail() let you down on a static site — and the reliable way to get form submissions into your inbox, spam folder avoided.
Astro Contact Form Without a Backend (2026)
A copy-paste contact form for Astro that emails you on every submission — no server or API route.
ShipMyForm vs Formspree: An Honest 2026 Comparison
An honest look at ShipMyForm vs Formspree: free tiers, retention, spam, pricing, and a drop-in migration that is usually one URL change.
How to Stop Contact Form Spam Without reCAPTCHA
Honeypots, rate limiting, and Turnstile — layered spam defenses that beat reCAPTCHA without the puzzles.