Orbeon Forms

Orbeon Forms at a Glance

Orbeon Forms is an open source forms solution designed to handle complex forms typical of the enterprise or government. It includes:

With Orbeon Forms, you build user-friendly, interactive, and good-looking forms out of the box. All the details such as as-you-type validation, error summary and form submission are handled for you. There is no more struggling with programming languages or browser incompatibilities.

On the client, Orbeon Forms only requires a standard web browser (including Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari and Opera) thanks to XForms and Ajax technology. There is no need for additional client-side software or plugins.

On the server, Orbeon Forms runs on any operating system by deploying to a standard Java Servlet container such as Tomcat.

Some Benefits of Orbeon Forms

A Truly Open Source Solution

Orbeon Forms is open source without compromise by using the business-friendly LGPL license. This allows you to use Orbeon Forms free of charge for your open source or commercial projects.

Open Standards

Orbeon not only follows standards but leads them as an active member of the W3C Forms Working Group in charge of the XForms recommendation. Orbeon also participates in the XML Processing Working Group.

W3C XForms

At the core of Orbeon Forms lies an Ajax-based XForms engine, the product of years of development. XForms is the only open standard specifically designed to handle your complex forms, thanks to its wealth of form-centric features and its declarative architecture.

Join the Community

Orbeon likes to be in the open: join our users mailing-list, follow our blog and twitter updates, send patches and contribute to our wiki.

A Supported Solution

Get free support on our active users mailing-list, or commercial support directly from Orbeon. Support contracts, sponsored features, and custom development: we do it all. For more information, contact us at: info@orbeon.com.

Form Builder
  • 100% web-based

  • No client-side installation

  • Easy grid-based layout

  • Attachments and pictures

  • Validation rules

  • Full internationalization

  • PDF support

  • XML-based persistence

  • Web Services integration

  • Expert mode with XForms

Form Runner
  • Built-in look and feel

  • Forms management

  • Built-in search

  • As-you-type validation

  • Error summary

  • Printable HTML output

  • PDF output

  • Email support

  • Full internationalization

  • Accessibility features

Orbeon Forms
  • Web-based client

  • No need for plugins

  • OS-agnostic server (Java)

  • Standards-based (XForms)

  • 100% Open source (LGPL)

  • Commercially supported

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