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Dev tools · January 30, 2018

Basin

A simple form backend for designers and developers

Basin launched on January 30, 2018 with 229 votes, #110 of 3,021 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 8 years on.

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What it does

Basin is a simple form backend for designers and developers who want working forms without the hassle of rolling their own server-side code. Setting up a new form is easy -- just generate an endpoint, update your form tag, and get on with your day.

Point any form at a Basin endpoint, or build one in Basin. Collect submissions, filter spam, send email, store files, and fire webhooks — no server code.

We’ve launched Basin Sites — AI landing pages that capture leads. Collect submissions, filter spam, send email, store files, and fire webhooks — no server code. No server code. No complex integrations. Three steps and you're collecting submissions. Set your form's action URL to your Basin endpoint. Works with any HTML form — React, Vue, Webflow, WordPress, or plain HTML. Set up notification emails, spam filters, auto-responses, integrations, and file uploads — all from your dashboard. Submissions arrive in your inbox, trigger notifications, and flow to your connected tools — automatically. Instead of complex rules, just give simple instructions. Apply tags and score submissions with simple…from usebasin.com

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