My access key is visible in my HTML. Is that safe?

Yes, by design. The key is an alias for your verified email address, not a secret. The only thing anyone can do with it is send a submission that lands in your inbox. It can never be used to read your data or send mail to anyone else.

Do I need any backend or server code?

No. That’s the form backend’s job. Your form POSTs directly to our endpoint from the browser; we store the submission, email it to you, and return a clean response. Your site stays fully static.

Can my AI tool set FormWire up for me?

Yes. The whole integration is an endpoint and a hidden access_key field, which is exactly the kind of wiring AI tools get right in one shot. Paste the prompt above into Lovable, Bolt, v0, Cursor or Claude Code, and point the agent at formwire.com/llms.txt for the full contract: endpoint, field rules and response format.

What happens to spam?

A hidden honeypot field catches most bots by default, and rate limiting protects every form on every plan. Spam is stored in a separate tab and never emailed or counted against your quota. Need more? hCaptcha is included on the free tier; Pro adds reCAPTCHA, Turnstile, and per-form domain restrictions.

Can submissions get lost?

Every submission is stored durably before we acknowledge it, then delivered by a worker with retries and dead-letter alerts. You can see per-submission delivery status in the dashboard.

Can I get my data out?

Always. Search and export CSV from the dashboard, or pull JSON from the read API with a private, revocable key, pagination and date filters included.

Does it work with React / Vue / my framework?

If it can POST, it works: plain HTML forms, fetch, axios, server actions. We accept form-encoded, multipart, and JSON bodies, with CORS handled for browser clients.

Can I redirect to my own thank-you page?

Yes. Add a _redirect field with your URL and we'll 302 there on success. Redirect targets are validated against your per-form allowlist, so the field can't be abused.

How is FormWire different from Formspree or Web3Forms?

Same easy contract, sturdier engine: submissions are committed transactionally before we ack, delivery status is visible per submission, and recipients must be verified, so the public key can't be abused. Plus a real read API with revocable keys.

The form backend for static sites

Point your form at us. We handle the rest.

Point any HTML form at one endpoint and every POST becomes an email in your inbox and a record you can query, without writing a line of backend code.

Get your access key →

Built for developers and the AI agents writing their forms

contact.html the only line you change

1	<form method="POST"
2	action="https://api.formwire.com/submit">
3	<input type="hidden" name="access_key" value="YOUR-KEY">
4	<input type="text" name="name">
5	<input type="email" name="email">
6	<textarea name="message"></textarea>
7	<button>Send</button>
8	</form>

You keep the HTML and the styling. We handle everything after the POST.

FormWire

Email
{ } JSON
Webhooks
Slack
Sheets
Zapier

250: Free submissions / month
~2s: Typical POST-to-inbox delivery
∞: Unlimited forms on every plan
0: Lines of backend code

How it works

A working form in three steps.

No SDK to learn, no library to install. If your site can render an HTML form, your contact form can be live in under a minute.

Step 01
Get your access key
Sign up and copy your access key. It's a public ID, safe to ship in your HTML, and it can only ever deliver mail to you.
Step 02
Point your form at FormWire
Set your form's action to our endpoint and add the key as a hidden field. Plain HTML, fetch, or React all work.
Step 03
Watch submissions arrive
Every POST becomes an email within seconds. Each one is also stored in your dashboard, ready to search, filter, and export.

Building with AI? Or are you the AI? Paste one prompt either way.

There's only one thing for your AI tool to wire: an endpoint and a hidden key. The alternative is watching it scaffold a database, an email API and file storage you'll have to debug yourself. And if you're the agent reading this: skip the copy button, formwire.com/llms.txt has everything you need.

prompt.txt

Add a contact form with name, email and message fields to my site.

Point it at FormWire: set the form's action to https://api.formwire.com/submit (method POST) and add a hidden input named access_key with my key: YOUR-ACCESS-KEY

Integration reference: https://formwire.com/llms.txt

Works in Lovable, Bolt, v0, Replit, Cursor and Claude Code. Swap in your access key before pasting.

Any stack, same endpoint

Alpine.js
Angular
Astro
Bolt
Claude Code
Cursor
Eleventy
Framer
Ghost
Hugo
Jekyll
Lovable
Next.js
Nuxt.js
Preact
Qwik
React
Remix
Replit
SolidJS
Svelte
v0
Vue
VitePress
Webflow
WordPress

Under the hood

What happens after submit.

Here's what FormWire does with every POST from your HTML form, fetch call or React component.

Under the hood

What happens after submit.

Here's what FormWire does with every POST from your HTML form, fetch call or React component.

Filtered before it reaches you

A server-side honeypot filters bots before anything reaches you. Add hCaptcha, reCAPTCHA or Turnstile per form when you want more.
Saved to your dashboard

Every submission lands in a searchable inbox you can filter, export to CSV, or query over the read API. Nothing lives only in email.
Email lands in your inbox

Typically within seconds, with Reply-To set to your visitor. Hit reply in your inbox, land in theirs.
Integrations are triggered

Send the data where it needs to be: Slack, Google Sheets, Zapier and more.

Email Webhooks Slack Discord Google Sheets Zapier

Why FormWire

Everything a form needs, nothing to run.

The parts that are easy to get wrong are delivery, security, and design. Those are the parts we take off your hands.

The real work starts after submit

Storing, filtering, delivering, retrying: every submission is saved before we say OK, and its delivery status stays visible in your dashboard.
A record, not just an email

Forwarded-to-email tools lose leads to spam filters and deleted threads. Yours land in a searchable inbox first: filter, export CSV, or pull JSON.
Your email address stays hidden

The form action shows our endpoint, never your inbox. Scrapers reading your HTML find a public key that can only ever deliver to you.

View all features →

Submissions

Search name, email, message…

Inbox 12 Spam 3

Do you take on analytical engines?

Ada Lovelace · Contact · 2m ago

delivered
Plus one is a golden retriever — okay?

Hannah B. · RSVP · 28m ago

delivered
URGENT!!! exclusive offer inside 🎁

cheap-pills-now · Contact · 3h ago

quarantined
Order #418 — I'm a teapot, apparently

Short & Stout · Order · 4h ago

delivered
The math checks out — where do I sign?

Katherine Johnson · Support · 5h ago

delivered
Have you tried turning it off and on?

Roy from IT · Support · 7h ago

delivered

$ curl -H "Authorization: Bearer fw_read_…" \ https://api.formwire.com/v1/submissions

{
  "data": [
    {
      "id": "sub_9d5a",
      "form": "contact",
      "from": "Ada Lovelace",
      "subject": "Do you take on analytical engines?",
      "spam": false,
      "status": "delivered"
    },
    {
      "id": "sub_9821",
      "form": "rsvp",
      "from": "Hannah B.",
      "subject": "Plus one is a golden retriever — okay?",
      "spam": false,
      "status": "delivered"
    },
    {
      "id": "sub_92e8",
      "form": "contact",
      "from": "cheap-pills-now",
      "subject": "URGENT!!! exclusive offer inside 🎁",
      "spam": true,
      "status": "quarantined"
    },
    {
      "id": "sub_8daf",
      "form": "order",
      "from": "Short & Stout",
      "subject": "Order #418 — I'm a teapot, apparently",
      "spam": false,
      "status": "delivered"
    },
    {
      "id": "sub_8876",
      "form": "support",
      "from": "Katherine Johnson",
      "subject": "The math checks out — where do I sign?",
      "spam": false,
      "status": "delivered"
    },
    {
      "id": "sub_833d",
      "form": "support",
      "from": "Roy from IT",
      "subject": "Have you tried turning it off and on?",
      "spam": false,
      "status": "delivered"
    }
  ],
  "page": 1,
  "per_page": 25,
  "total": 12
}

Export CSV GET /v1/submissions → 200

Spam protection

Spam stopped at the door.

Honeypot filtering and rate limiting are on for every form. Add hCaptcha, reCAPTCHA or Turnstile per form, plus domain rules when you need them.

Honeypot Rate limiting Domain rules hCaptcha reCAPTCHA Turnstile

Want the details?

How spam protection works

Everything included

The features your form will actually need.

Every real contact form ends up needing these. FormWire wires them up for you.

Works with any <form>

Form-encoded, multipart, or JSON, with CORS preflight handled. Plain HTML posts and fetch both get clean responses.

A real submissions inbox

Searchable dashboard with inbox and spam tabs, full submission detail, and bulk actions.

Multi-step form support

Split long forms into steps. However many screens you use, the result arrives as one clean submission.

Redirect anywhere

Send visitors to your own thank-you page after submit, validated against your allowlist.

Reply straight to visitors

Reply-To is set from the submitter's email. Hit reply in your inbox and land in theirs.

Auto-responder

Send a branded confirmation to the person who filled in your form, with template tokens.

File uploads

Accept attachments up to 5MB, no storage setup. Secure links arrive with the notification email.

Export or query

One-click CSV export, or pull JSON from the read API with a revocable, hashed key.

Pricing

Free to start. Fair when you grow.

No credit card for the free tier. Upgrade when you need more volume, richer spam controls, and integrations.

FREE

$0 /month

For side projects and static sites

250 submissions / month
Unlimited forms
Honeypot + hCaptcha spam protection
2 verified recipient emails
30-day submission history
Submissions inbox + CSV export

Start free

Pro

$12 $10 /month

The full toolkit for products and client work The full toolkit, billed annually ($120/year)

10,000 submissions / month
reCAPTCHA + Turnstile + domain rules
10 verified recipient emails
1-year submission history
File uploads & attachments
Auto-responder, CC & BCC
Native integrations: Slack, Sheets, Zapier & more
JSON read API

Start Pro

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Everything you need to know before pointing your form at FormWire.

Can't find what you're looking for?

Contact support

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Make that POST turn into an email.

Grab an access key, paste the snippet, and watch your first submission arrive before your coffee cools.

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Point your form at us. We handle the rest.

A working form in three steps.

Get your access key

Point your form at FormWire

Watch submissions arrive

Any stack, same endpoint

What happens after submit.

What happens after submit.

Filtered before it reaches you

Saved to your dashboard

Email lands in your inbox

Integrations are triggered

Everything a form needs, nothing to run.

The real work starts after submit

A record, not just an email

Your email address stays hidden

Spam stopped at the door.

The features your form will actually need.

Works with any <form> →

A real submissions inbox →

Multi-step form support

Redirect anywhere

Reply straight to visitors →

Auto-responder →

File uploads →

Export or query →

Free to start. Fair when you grow.

FREE

Pro

Frequently asked questions

My access key is visible in my HTML. Is that safe?

Do I need any backend or server code?

Can my AI tool set FormWire up for me?

What happens to spam?

Can submissions get lost?

Can I get my data out?

Does it work with React / Vue / my framework?

Can I redirect to my own thank-you page?

How is FormWire different from Formspree or Web3Forms?

Make that POST turn into an email.

Works with any <form>

A real submissions inbox

Reply straight to visitors

Auto-responder

File uploads

Export or query