Tell HN: My open-source project hit 5k registered users

ddarkhorse13 3 days ago 7 comments

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Hey HN, a little over a year ago, I launched https://forms.md, a free, open-source Typeform alternative/form builder. It hit 5,000 registered users today, Alhamdulillah.

Revenue is minuscule, but I haven't properly monetized it at all (yet?). Either way, very happy with it how things turned out so far.

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LouisLau•about 6 hours ago

Congrats — 5k users is no small thing, especially for an open-source project.

Honestly, even if the revenue isn’t there yet, this is still a huge win. Getting real users and distribution is the hard part.

In the long run, the personal brand and credibility you’re building here are probably more valuable than the early revenue anyway.

preetigagarwal•about 15 hours ago

Congratulations! 5k users is a real milestone — especially for open source where you rarely hear from most of your users. The ones who take time to register are your most valuable early adopters. Would be curious what your biggest growth channel was — was it a single post that took off or slow organic growth over time?

AussieWog93•2 days ago

Well done man, and learned a new word too. Praise God!

darkhorse13•1 day ago

Nice, Alhamdulillah!

comicink•1 day ago

Very nice! I need some forms for my side project. Will check it out.

junaid_97•2 days ago

kudos. great idea, great execution

darkhorse13•1 day ago

Thank you