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

26 points by darkhorse13 26 days ago | 13 comments

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.

sir_priyank 23 days ago |

Well done! 5K on opensource is really awesome.

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

preetigagarwal 24 days 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?

darkhorse13 24 days ago | |

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.

AussieWog93 26 days ago |

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

darkhorse13 25 days ago | |

Nice, Alhamdulillah!

comicink 25 days ago |

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

darkhorse13 23 days ago | |

Nice! Feel free to reach out, my email is on my profile.

ivaivanova 22 days ago |

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

4l3x4f1sh3r 23 days ago |

Congratulations! That is a huge milestone. I never came that far until now.

junaid_97 26 days ago |

kudos. great idea, great execution

darkhorse13 25 days ago | |

Thank you

LouisLau 24 days 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.

darkhorse13 24 days ago | |

Thank you. I agree, the credibility and growth has been very gratifying, definitely more so than the revenue.