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HTML contact form
Free HTML contact form code.
Paste a working HTML contact form into any page and every submission is spam-filtered, stored, and emailed to you — no PHP, backend, or JavaScript of your own.
- 500 free / mo
- No PHP backend
- Zero JavaScript
No backend needed
No PHP, Node, or server route of your own — the splitforms endpoint is the backend for your HTML contact form.
Spam filtered
A honeypot, time-trap, and rate limits screen bots out of every HTML form submission before your inbox.
Instant email
Every contact form submission is stored in a searchable dashboard and emailed to you within seconds.
Copy-paste HTML
HTML contact form code, ready to paste.
Paste this HTML contact form into any page, point the action at the endpoint, and replace YOUR_ACCESS_KEY with the key from your dashboard. That's the whole integration — no server, no build step. Need more variations (dark mode, multi-column, file upload)? See the HTML contact form template collection.
<form action="https://splitforms.com/api/submit" method="POST">
<!-- Required: your free access key -->
<input type="hidden" name="access_key" value="YOUR_ACCESS_KEY">
<!-- Optional: redirect after submit -->
<input type="hidden" name="redirect" value="https://yoursite.com/thank-you">
<!-- Name field -->
<label for="name">Name</label>
<input type="text" id="name" name="name" placeholder="Your name" required>
<!-- Email field -->
<label for="email">Email</label>
<input type="email" id="email" name="email" placeholder="you@example.com" required>
<!-- Message field -->
<label for="message">Message</label>
<textarea id="message" name="message" rows="5" placeholder="Your message" required></textarea>
<!-- Honeypot spam protection (bots fill this, humans don't see it) -->
<input type="checkbox" name="botcheck" class="hidden" tabindex="-1" autocomplete="off">
<!-- Submit button -->
<button type="submit">Send Message</button>
</form>Setup
How to add a contact form to any HTML page.
Three steps, about a minute. Sign up for a free access key, paste the form, and watch submissions land in your dashboard within seconds.
Copy the contact form HTML
Copy the HTML contact form code below and paste it into any page on your website. Replace YOUR_ACCESS_KEY with the key from your dashboard.
Submit a test entry
Fill out the form and submit. The submission appears in your splitforms dashboard within seconds, and you'll receive an email notification.
What happens
What happens when someone submits your HTML contact form?
The moment a visitor hits Send, the browser's native POST hands the data to splitforms. From there it's received, filtered, stored, emailed, and — on paid plans — routed onward to your connected integrations, all without a server of your own.
- Received at the endpoint via a standard HTML form POST
- Spam filtered — honeypot, time-trap, content heuristics, rate limits
- Stored in a searchable dashboard, exportable on paid plans
- Emailed to you within seconds, free on every plan
- Routed to Slack, Discord, Sheets, Notion, or a webhook on paid plans
Spam protection
How do you stop spam on an HTML contact form?
The pasted form already ships with a botcheck honeypot, and splitforms adds a time-trap, content heuristics, and rate limiting on every request. It all runs server-side, so you can keep the page entirely JavaScript-free — a working reCAPTCHA alternative with nothing for visitors to solve.
- Honeypot field bots fill in but humans never see
- form_loaded_at time-trap rejects unrealistically fast submissions
- Rate limiting at 6 submissions per minute per IP
- Optional reCAPTCHA v2 with your own site key — not required
Customize
How do you customize an HTML contact form?
Every field name becomes a column in your dashboard, so adding fields is just adding inputs. Prefer a styled starting point? See the Tailwind CSS forms guide for a dark-mode-ready template with validation states.
- Add fields — each name becomes a dashboard column
- Redirect visitors to a thank-you page with a hidden redirect field
- Set the notification email subject with a hidden subject field
- Reply straight to the visitor with a hidden replyto field
- Attach files with an <input type="file"> on paid plans
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“I replaced a Lambda + DynamoDB + SES contact form with six lines of HTML. It took eleven minutes, and the dashboard is better than what I was going to build.”
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“The free plan gave me 500 submissions before I paid a cent, and Pro is five dollars a month. I've spent more on coffee deciding which backend to use.”
“Spam went from forty junk entries a day to zero, with no reCAPTCHA puzzle ruining the form. The honeypot and time-trap just quietly do their job.”
“Point the form action at one endpoint and you're done. No SDK, no client library, no build step. This is how a form backend should feel.”
“Leads land in Slack the second someone submits, and a copy goes to Google Sheets for the sales team. I wired both up in under ten minutes.”
“I run a static Hugo site on a five-dollar VPS. splitforms gave it a real contact form without me standing up a single server.”
Questions
HTML contact form questions.
View all FAQsHow do I create a contact form in HTML?
Create a <form> element, set the action attribute to a form backend endpoint like https://splitforms.com/api/submit, add a hidden input with your access key, then add your input fields (name, email, message) and a submit button. The form backend handles storage, email notifications, and spam filtering — no server-side code required.
Can I use an HTML contact form without a backend?
Yes. Point your form's action attribute at a hosted form backend like splitforms. The backend receives the POST request, stores the submission, sends you an email, and handles spam filtering. You don't need PHP, Node.js, Python, or any server-side code of your own.
Does the HTML contact form code work on static sites?
Yes. The form is a standard HTML form POST. It works on any static site host including GitHub Pages, Netlify, Vercel, Cloudflare Pages, Amazon S3, and any web server that can serve HTML files.
Do I need JavaScript for an HTML contact form?
No. The form uses native HTML form submission. JavaScript is optional — you can add it for custom validation or AJAX submission, but the form works perfectly without any JavaScript at all.
How do I protect my HTML contact form from spam?
The form above already includes a botcheck honeypot field — a hidden input bots fill in but humans never see. splitforms also runs a form_loaded_at time-trap (rejects submissions sent in under a couple of seconds), server-side content heuristics, and rate limiting (6 submissions/minute per IP) on every request automatically. You can add reCAPTCHA v2 with your own site key for an extra layer, but it isn't required.
Is the HTML contact form code actually free?
Yes. splitforms's Free plan covers unlimited forms, 500 submissions/month, email notifications, and spam filtering with no credit card required. Pro is $5/mo for 5,000 submissions plus CSV/XML/PDF exports, webhooks, and an auto-responder; Pro is $5/mo for 5,000 submissions plus CC/BCC and priority support.
Can I add a file upload field to my HTML contact form?
Yes — add <input type="file" name="attachment">. File storage requires a paid plan's Storage integration and supports up to 5 files per submission, 5 MB each.
How do I get notified when someone submits the form?
Email notifications to the form owner are included free on every plan, including Free. You'll get an email with the submission details as soon as someone submits, no setup required beyond your access key.
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- 500 submissions / mo
- Unlimited forms
- Email notifications included
- Honeypot spam filtering
- Submissions dashboard
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$5/ month
was $15 · save 67% · new-user price
For agencies and growing products.
- 5,000 submissions / mo
- Unlimited forms
- Every paid feature included
- Priority support (under 4hr)
- 10× free submission volume
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$59/ 36 months
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Pay $59. 3 years sorted.
- 15,000 submissions / mo
- Unlimited forms
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