1.2

Content Marketing, Builder Tweaks & Dashboard AI

Content Forms AI Bug Fixes
  • Blog Launched → server-rendered, SEO-optimized blog now live on the landing page
  • Option Reordering → drag to reorder choices inside multiple-choice and checkbox questions
  • Dashboard AI → create forms with AI directly from the dashboard and forms listing page
Features ▼
  • Blog Architecture → implemented a full blog system on the Astro landing page with server-rendered posts that are fully SEO-optimized and crawlable
  • Builder Enhancements → added drag-and-drop reordering of options within multiple-choice and checkbox questions directly inside the form builder
  • Dashboard AI → AI-powered form creation is now accessible directly from the main dashboard and the forms listing page, no longer limited to the editor
Bug Fixes ▼
  • Resolved various minor application bugs reported by the beta community
1.1

Deep AI Reports & Astro Landing Page

AI FRED SEO Infrastructure
  • Deep Reports via FRED → generate full structured analysis reports and receive them by email
  • Landing Page Separated → the marketing site is now a standalone codebase rebuilt in Astro
  • App Moved to beta.buildforms.so → the core application now lives at its dedicated beta domain
  • Updated OG Images → social preview images refreshed across the platform
Features ▼
  • Deep Reports → FRED can now run a full deep analysis of a form's responses and generate a structured report covering trends, outliers, sentiment, and key takeaways, with an option to email the report directly to you
  • Infrastructure Split → successfully separated the marketing landing page from the core web application into independent codebases for cleaner deployments and easier updates
  • Astro Rewrite → completely rewrote the landing page using Astro to drastically improve SEO and Server-Side Rendering (SSR) capabilities, resulting in faster page loads and fully crawlable content
  • Domain Migration → moved the core application to beta.buildforms.so to clearly reflect its current beta stage
  • Brand Updates → updated Open Graph (OG) images across both the landing page and the application for refreshed social previews
1.0

Generative UI & Automated Workflows

AI FRED Email Automation
  • Generative UI in FRED → analysis results now render as interactive charts, tables, and summaries
  • Page-Context Awareness → FRED knows where you are in the app and responds accordingly
  • Email Templates → automated emails fire on form submission with fully customizable templates
Features ▼
  • Generative UI → improved FRED's interface to dynamically generate UI elements during form and workspace analysis, replacing plain text responses with interactive charts, tables, and structured summaries
  • Context Awareness → implemented page-context tracking so FRED understands exactly where you are in the application and tailors its responses without you needing to explain your context
  • Email Automation → added customizable email templates for automated responses upon form submission, supporting dynamic fields from submission data and delivery to respondents, your team, or both
0.9

Inbox Enhancements & Routing Fixes

Inbox Bug Fixes
  • Inbound Communication → respondents can now reply, completing the two-way inbox loop
  • Inbox UI Overhaul → the communications interface has been significantly cleaned up
  • Routing Stabilization → multiple edge cases in section-based routing have been resolved
Features ▼
  • Full Inbox Functionality → implemented inbound communication capabilities, allowing respondents to reply to your messages for full two-way conversation threads
  • UI Updates → polished and updated the user interface for the communications inbox, addressing the rough state from the initial beta release
Bug Fixes ▼
  • Fixed forms with circular section references causing infinite routing loops
  • Resolved sections being skipped incorrectly under certain branching conditions
  • Corrected submission data not accurately reflecting the actual path taken by the respondent
0.8

Advanced AI Analytics & Logical Routing

AI FRED Forms Beta
  • FRED Analytics (Beta) → FRED can now analyze workspaces and individual form submissions
  • Section-Based Routing → build logic-driven forms that branch based on respondent answers
  • Automated Pro Accounts → beta testers now automatically receive Pro plan access
Features ▼
  • FRED Analytics (Beta) → upgraded FRED to analyze workspaces (response trends, form performance) and individual form submissions; early release with known rough edges
  • Logical Routing → implemented section-based routing to create advanced logic-driven forms, enabling conditional branching, skip patterns, and multi-path surveys based on user responses
  • Beta Automation → automated the provisioning of Pro accounts for our beta testing group, no manual steps required
Bug Fixes & Notes ▼
  • Initial release of FRED submission analysis has known bugs that will be addressed in the next patch
0.7

Access Control, Inbox Beta & Google Forms Import

Permissions Inbox Integrations
  • Role-Based Access Control → assign viewer, editor, or admin roles per form
  • Inbox (Beta) → outbound messaging to form respondents is now live
  • Google Forms Import → bring over your existing Google Forms along with their submissions
Features ▼
  • Advanced Invitations and RBAC → implemented fine-grained Role-Based Access Control for form invitations, allowing specific people to be invited at the form level with viewer, editor, or admin roles
  • Google Forms Importer → added a tool to import existing Google Forms along with their question structure and historical submissions
  • Basic Inbox (Beta) → launched early outbound communication capabilities, allowing you to send messages to form respondents from within Buildforms
Bug Fixes & Notes ▼
  • The Inbox UI is currently in an early state and only supports outbound messaging -> inbound replies and UI improvements are planned for the next release
0.6

Team Collaboration & Editor AI

Teams Workspaces FRED
  • Workspace Invitations → invite team members by email to collaborate within your workspace
  • Team Usage Tracking → usage limits and consumption are now tracked at the team level
  • FRED in the Editor → access the AI assistant directly inside the form builder
Features ▼
  • Workspace Invites → users can now invite team members to collaborate within specific workspaces via email, giving them access to all forms inside
  • Team Usage Tracking → expanded the usage and limit tracking system to accommodate team-based consumption, with collective visibility over plan usage
  • Editor AI → integrated FRED directly into the form editor so you can ask it to add questions, restructure sections, or get suggestions without leaving the builder
0.5

Architecture Upgrade: Convex Migration & Real-Time Sync

Infrastructure Real-time Dashboard
  • Supabase to Convex Migration → the entire backend data layer has been moved to Convex
  • Real-Time Form Sync → changes in the form editor now sync instantly across all open sessions
  • Live Dashboard → submission counts, active forms, and workspace activity update in real time
Features ▼
  • Convex Migration → successfully transitioned our backend infrastructure from Supabase to Convex, covering auth, storage, queries, and mutations for improved speed and scalability
  • Real-Time Forms → implemented real-time synchronization in the form builder so changes reflect instantaneously across all open tabs and collaborators
  • Live Dashboard → upgraded the main dashboard to reflect real-time data including submission counts, active forms, and workspace activity without requiring a page refresh
0.4

Introducing FRED: AI-Powered Form Creation

AI FRED Forms
  • Meet FRED → our in-app AI chatbot is live and ready to help you build
  • AI Form Creation → describe your form in plain language and FRED generates it for you
  • Token Tracking → advanced usage tracking for AI consumption per account
Features ▼
  • FRED Chatbot → started the implementation of our intelligent assistant to help users navigate and build within the platform
  • AI Form Creation → users can now generate complete forms from simple text prompts using AI, making form building significantly faster
  • Token Management → implemented advanced tracking for AI tokens to monitor and manage AI usage effectively per account
0.3

DODO Payments & Usage Tracking

Payments Infrastructure
  • DODO Payments Integration → laying the groundwork for paid plans and subscription management
  • Usage Tracking Deployed → full visibility over submission counts, feature usage, and plan limits per workspace
Features ▼
  • Payment Infrastructure → began the implementation of DODO Payments to handle future subscriptions and transactions, including checkout flow and webhook handling
  • Usage Tracking → deployed a new tracking system providing users with robust control and visibility over their usage limits including form submissions, response counts, and feature usage per workspace
0.2

Advanced Question Types & Form Theming

Forms Theming Workspaces
  • New Question Types → video upload and custom link questions now available
  • Theme Editor Launched → customize colors, fonts, and backgrounds to match your brand
  • Public Workspace Pages → each workspace now has a public-facing page listing all published forms
Features ▼
  • New Question Types → added support for video upload questions and custom link questions
  • Form Theming → implemented design controls allowing users to customize the visual appearance of their forms including colors, fonts, and backgrounds
  • Public Workspaces → deployed public-facing workspace pages for easier sharing and accessibility
Bug Fixes ▼
  • Resolved minor rendering bugs associated with public form views
0.1

Initial Beta Release: Forms & Workspaces

Launch Forms Workspaces
  • Form Builder Launched → create forms with core question types including text, multiple choice, and checkboxes
  • Workspaces Introduced → every account gets a workspace to organize and publish forms
  • Public Forms Live → respondents can open a link and submit responses instantly
Features ▼
  • Basic Form Builder → create simple forms with standard question types including short text, long text, multiple choice, and checkboxes
  • Workspaces → initial setup for creating and managing isolated workspaces for different projects
  • Public form sharing via link, allowing respondents to submit responses without an account