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

26 points by darkhorse13 ↗ HN
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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comicink
Very nice! I need some forms for my side project. Will check it out.
darkhorse13
Nice! Feel free to reach out, my email is on my profile.
preetigagarwal
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?
darkhorse13
I don't really do anything tbh, I made a few posts on Reddit, and mostly on HN. Totally organic, no upvote farming/bots, kept it 100% honest for my peace of mind.
LouisLau
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.

4l3x4f1sh3r
Congratulations! That is a huge milestone. I never came that far until now.
sir_priyank
Well done! 5K on opensource is really awesome.

Are you collecting feedbacks on how people are utilising it? Gather stories and Evangelize it.

ivaivanova
Congratulations, that's huge! I got my first open-source contributors this week and I was so excited about it.