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@ ABH3PO
2025-04-14 14:41:20🧾 Progress Report Two
Hey everyone! I’m back with another progress report for Formstr, a part of the now completed grant from nostr:npub10pensatlcfwktnvjjw2dtem38n6rvw8g6fv73h84cuacxn4c28eqyfn34f . This update covers everything we’ve built since the last milestone — including polish, performance, power features, and plenty of bug-squashing.
🏗️ What’s New Since Last Time?
This quarter was less about foundational rewrites and more about production hardening and real-world feedback. With users now onboard, our focus shifted to polishing UX, fixing issues, and adding new features that made Formstr easier and more powerful to use.
✨ New Features & UX Improvements
- Edit Existing Forms
- Form Templates
- Drag & Drop Enhancements (especially for mobile)
- New Public Forms UX (card-style layout)
- FAQ & Support Sections
- Relay Modal for Publishing
- Skeleton Loaders and subtle UI Polish
🐛 Major Bug Fixes
- Fixed broken CSV exports when responses were empty
- Cleaned up mobile rendering issues for public forms
- Resolved blank.ts export issues and global form bugs
- Fixed invalid
npubstrings in the admin flow - Patched response handling for private forms
- Lots of small fixes for titles, drafts, embedded form URLs, etc.
🔐 Access Control & Privacy
- Made forms private by default
- Fixed multiple issues around form visibility, access control UIs, and anonymous submissions
- Improved detection of pubkey issues in shared forms
🚧 Some Notable In-Progress Features
The following features are actively being developed, and many are nearing completion:
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Conditional Questions:
This one’s been tough to crack, but we’re close!
Work in progress bykeralissand myself:
👉 PR #252 -
Downloadable Forms:
Fully-contained downloadable HTML versions of forms.
Being led bycasyazmonwith initial code by Basanta Goswami
👉 PR #274 -
OLLAMA Integration (Self-Hosted LLMs):
Users will be able to create forms using locally hosted LLMs.
PR byashu01304
👉 PR #247 -
Sections in Forms:
Work just started on adding section support!
Small PoC PR bykeraliss:
👉 PR #217
🙌 Huge Thanks to New Contributors
We've had amazing contributors this cycle. Big thanks to:
- Aashutosh Gandhi (ashu01304) – drag-and-drop enhancements, OLLAMA integration
- Amaresh Prasad (devAmaresh) – fixed npub and access bugs
- Biresh Biswas (Billa05) – skeleton loaders
- Shashank Shekhar Singh (Shashankss1205) – bugfixes, co-authored image patches
- Akap Azmon Deh-nji (casyazmon) – CSV fixes, downloadable forms
- Manas Ranjan Dash (mdash3735) – bug fixes
- Basanta Goswami – initial groundwork for downloadable forms
- keraliss – ongoing work on conditional questions and sections
We also registered for the Summer of Bitcoin program and have been receiving contributions from some incredibly bright new applicants.
🔍 What’s Still Coming?
From the wishlist I committed to during the grant, here’s what’s still in the oven:
-[x] Upgrade to nip-44 - [x] Access Controlled Forms: A Form will be able to have multiple admins and Editors. - [x] Private Forms and Fixed Participants: Enncrypt a form and only allow certain npubs to fill it. - [x] Edit Past Forms: Being able to edit an existing form. - [x] Edit Past Forms
- [ ] Conditional Rendering (in progress)
- [ ] Sections (just started)
- [ ] Integrations - OLLAMA / AI-based Form Generation (near complete)
- [ ] Paid Surveys
- [ ] NIP-42 Private Relay support
❌ What’s De-Prioritized?
- Nothing is de-prioritized now especially since Ollama Integration got re-prioritized (thanks to Summer Of Bitcoin). We are a little delayed on Private Relays support but it's now becoming a priority and in active development. Zap Surveys will be coming soon too.
💸 How Funds Were Used
- Paid individual contributors for their work.
- Living expenses to allow full-time focus on development
🧠 Closing Thoughts
Things feel like they’re coming together now. We’re out of "beta hell", starting to see real adoption, and most importantly, gathering feedback from real users. That’s helping us make smarter choices and move fast without breaking too much.
Stay tuned for the next big drop — and in the meantime, try creating a form at formstr.app, and let me know what you think!