FEEDBACK FORM · TAILWIND CSS

Feedback Form for Tailwind CSS

Rating + free-text feedback with optional follow-up email. Free for 500 submissions per month — no backend, no SDK, no plugin.

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form.htmlhtml23 lines

01<form action="https://splitforms.com/api/submit" method="POST">
02  <input type="hidden" name="access_key" value="YOUR_ACCESS_KEY">
03  <input type="hidden" name="subject" value="New feedback submission">
04 
05  <label for="rating">How would you rate your experience? *</label>
06  <select id="rating" name="rating" required>
07    <option value="">Choose…</option>
08    <option>★★★★★</option>
09    <option>★★★★☆</option>
10    <option>★★★☆☆</option>
11    <option>★★☆☆☆</option>
12    <option>★☆☆☆☆</option>
13  </select>
14  <label for="feedback">What can we do better? *</label>
15  <textarea id="feedback" name="feedback" placeholder="Be honest — we won't take it personally." required></textarea>
16  <label for="email">Email (optional, for follow-up)</label>
17  <input id="email" type="email" name="email" placeholder="you@example.com">
18 
19  <!-- honeypot — bots fill every field -->
20  <input type="checkbox" name="botcheck" style="display:none" tabindex="-1" autocomplete="off">
21 
22  <button type="submit">Send</button>
23</form>

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§ 00Tailwind CSS + Feedback Formplatform-specific integration guide

Why Tailwind CSS developers choose splitforms for feedback form

Tailwind CSS handles the styling side — utility classes for layout, spacing, colors, and responsive breakpoints. But styling a form is only half the job; you still need email delivery, spam filtering, webhook routing, and storage. The feedback form on this page combines Tailwind's utility-first CSS with splitforms' backend API: Tailwind makes it look right, splitforms makes it work. No form library needed — just standard HTML inputs with Tailwind classes, posting <code>FormData</code> to one endpoint. Works in Next.js, React, Vue, Astro, or any framework that supports Tailwind.

§ 00Quick answerHTML · feedback

Yes — this is the shortest safe path for Tailwind CSS.

Use the HTML snippet on this page, keep the feedback form fields visible in your Tailwind CSS UI, and let splitforms handle delivery, spam filtering, storage, and webhooks.

best implementation

Paste the HTML version, then replace YOUR_ACCESS_KEY.

The posted payload contains how would you rate your experience?, what can we do better?, email (optional, for follow-up). Required fields are how would you rate your experience? and what can we do better?.

native tailwind css reality

Tailwind is a styling layer — it has no opinion on form submission, networking, or backend.

use case fit

Customer feedback is the cheapest product research you have. The form captures NPS / CSAT plus an open comment — and routes negative responses to a Slack channel for same-day triage.

§ 01Feedback Form × Tailwind CSSwhy this combination, in 80 words

Built for Tailwind CSS developers who hate operating a backend.

Splitforms is the form backend for Tailwind CSS sites. One POST endpoint, no SDK, no plugin — drop the feedback form into a page and ship.

Splitforms is the form backend for Tailwind CSS sites. One POST endpoint, spam filtering, and a real dashboard — drop-in, no server, no PHP. Free for 500 dashboard submissions per month; Starter adds email, signed webhooks, exports, and retained uploads; Pro is $5/mo for 5,000.

✦ what you get on the free plan

✓500 form submissions per month
✓2 forms on Free; unlimited forms on Pro
✓Spam protection (honeypot + classifier)
✓Webhooks: Slack, Discord, WhatsApp, custom
✓CSV export of all submissions
✓Email notifications (CC and BCC on Pro)

§ 02Copy-paste codeHTML · 23 lines

Drop into any Tailwind CSS project.

Replace YOUR_ACCESS_KEY with your splitforms key, paste into a Tailwind CSS page, and ship. No build-time integration required.

form.htmlhtml23 lines

01<form action="https://splitforms.com/api/submit" method="POST">
02  <input type="hidden" name="access_key" value="YOUR_ACCESS_KEY">
03  <input type="hidden" name="subject" value="New feedback submission">
04 
05  <label for="rating">How would you rate your experience? *</label>
06  <select id="rating" name="rating" required>
07    <option value="">Choose…</option>
08    <option>★★★★★</option>
09    <option>★★★★☆</option>
10    <option>★★★☆☆</option>
11    <option>★★☆☆☆</option>
12    <option>★☆☆☆☆</option>
13  </select>
14  <label for="feedback">What can we do better? *</label>
15  <textarea id="feedback" name="feedback" placeholder="Be honest — we won't take it personally." required></textarea>
16  <label for="email">Email (optional, for follow-up)</label>
17  <input id="email" type="email" name="email" placeholder="you@example.com">
18 
19  <!-- honeypot — bots fill every field -->
20  <input type="checkbox" name="botcheck" style="display:none" tabindex="-1" autocomplete="off">
21 
22  <button type="submit">Send</button>
23</form>

§ 03Setup3 steps · 60 seconds · zero config

Generate, embed, receive.

Three actions stand between you and your first feedback form submission. None of them require a backend, a database, or a CAPTCHA library.

STEP 01GENERATE

Generate a free splitforms key

Create your form

key=sk_live_••••••••

STEP 02EMBED

Paste the feedback form into your Tailwind CSS project

Drop the form snippet into a Tailwind CSS page, component, or layout. Replace YOUR_ACCESS_KEY with the key from your dashboard. The form action is a hard-coded URL — no env vars or build-time wiring needed.

snippethtml

<form action="https://splitforms.com/api/submit" method="POST">
  …
</form>

STEP 03RECEIVE

Receive submissions

Dashboard updates live on Free. Starter adds email delivery, signed webhooks, CSV export, Slack/Discord forwarding, and BCC to your team.

inbox · 1 newjust now

FROM contact@yoursite.com

New feedback submission

Maya Iyer maya@studio71.co

Loved the demo — quick question about pricing on the 3-year plan. Are usage limits per project or account-wide?

§ 03bCustomer Feedback Form (NPS / CSAT / Open-Ended)template-specific playbook

The reason this feedback form exists.

Webhooks into Slack / Linear / Productboard · NPS detractor triage in minutes.

why it matters

Feedback forms cost almost nothing to ship and pay back disproportionately — every NPS detractor (score 0-6) is a conversation that prevents churn, every promoter (9-10) is a referral or testimonial source. The form is simple: 0-10 rating, an optional comment, and an email. The leverage is in the routing: detractors auto-DM your support lead in Slack within minutes, promoters get a 'mind leaving us a G2 / Trustpilot review?' follow-up, passives go into a digest. Survey tools (SurveyMonkey, Typeform, Hotjar) charge $30-100/mo for the same pattern. The form pattern is 30 lines of HTML.

route the submission

Capture rating + comment

Required: 0-10 NPS rating (or 1-5 CSAT for transactional surveys). Optional: comment textarea, email for follow-up. Keep it minimal — long surveys tank completion.

Route by score

Webhook branches on score: 0-6 (detractors) DM Slack support channel; 7-8 (passives) go to weekly digest; 9-10 (promoters) trigger a G2 / Trustpilot review-request email.

Push to your tools

Detractor comments to Linear / Productboard for product triage. Promoter quotes to a 'testimonials' Notion database for marketing. Raw data to a CSV / BigQuery / dbt warehouse for trend analysis.

§ 03cTailwind CSS production notesnative path · deploy · gotchas

What changes when this feedback form lives in Tailwind CSS.

These notes come from the Tailwind CSS platform registry and are rendered on this template page so crawlers see the framework-specific answer without opening a separate guide.

without splitforms

Tailwind is a styling layer — it has no opinion on form submission, networking, or backend. The 'native' approach means writing utility classes for visual treatment and bringing your own delivery mechanism: a Next.js route handler, a Vite + React + fetch combo, an HTMX endpoint, etc. Tailwind UI ($299 one-time) sells styled form templates but doesn't include a backend either. Tailwind v4's @theme directive changes how tokens are defined, not what forms do. The shape of the problem stays: utility classes for look-and-feel, splitforms for delivery. Drop the snippet on this page into any framework with Tailwind configured and you have a styled, working form in 60 seconds.

deploy notes

Tailwind is purely a build-time concern — utilities are compiled into your CSS bundle, then deployed as static assets. JIT mode (default in v3+) and the v4 engine both purge unused classes; if you build form HTML inside a JS template literal at runtime, Tailwind can't see those classes and purges them — add to safelist or move markup into source files. Works on every host. For dark mode toggled via class, set darkMode: 'class' in v3 config or use @variant dark (.dark &) in v4 CSS. The @tailwindcss/forms plugin resets input styles aggressively — pick one (plugin OR explicit utilities), not both.

Tailwind CSS gotcha

JIT mode purges classes inside template strings

If you build the form HTML inside a JS template literal, Tailwind's JIT can't see your classes and purges them. Either move the markup into a .html / .tsx / .vue file, or add the classes to your safelist in tailwind.config.js.

Tailwind CSS gotcha

Tailwind 4's @theme replaces tailwind.config.js — focus colors break

Tailwind 4 (released 2026) moved theme tokens into CSS via @theme { … }. If you copy a Tailwind 3 snippet using focus:ring-orange-500, the orange-500 token has to be defined in your @theme block or it falls back to no ring color. Use a CSS variable: focus:ring-[var(--accent)] for portability.

Tailwind CSS gotcha

Form gets no styling at all — Preflight not loaded

If you're embedding the form inside a Shadow DOM, iframe, or a CMS that strips global CSS, Tailwind's Preflight (the global reset) doesn't apply. Inputs render with browser-default white backgrounds, ignoring bg-white if you set it in @apply but not as a utility on the element. Always use utilities directly on the input.

Tailwind CSS gotcha

Dark mode classes need `class` strategy explicitly set

Tailwind defaults to media-query dark mode (prefers-color-scheme). If your form has dark:bg-gray-900 and you toggle dark mode via a class on <html>, you need darkMode: 'class' in tailwind.config.js (Tailwind 3) or @variant dark (.dark &) in your CSS (Tailwind 4).

PATTERN A

Pattern A — utility-first inline styles

Every input gets utilities directly on the element — explicit, JIT-safe, no @apply indirection. Works in HTML, JSX, TSX, Vue, Svelte, Astro identically. Use the same wiring for the feedback form fields on this page.

pattern-a.htmlhtml12 lines

01<form action="https://splitforms.com/api/submit" method="POST"
02  class="max-w-md mx-auto space-y-4 p-6 bg-white rounded-2xl border border-gray-200">
03  <input type="hidden" name="access_key" value="YOUR_ACCESS_KEY" />
04  <input name="email" type="email" required
05    class="w-full rounded-lg border px-3 py-2 focus:ring-2 focus:ring-orange-500" />
06  <textarea name="message" rows="4" required
07    class="w-full rounded-lg border px-3 py-2 focus:ring-2 focus:ring-orange-500" />
08  <button type="submit"
09    class="w-full bg-orange-600 hover:bg-orange-700 text-white font-semibold py-2 rounded-lg">
10    Send
11  </button>
12</form>

PATTERN B

Pattern B — dark-mode + accessible focus states (Tailwind v4)

Pairs dark: variants with focus-visible: for keyboard-only focus rings. Uses CSS variables for accent color so the same component works in light/dark without rewriting utilities. Use the same wiring for the feedback form fields on this page.

pattern-b.htmlhtml9 lines

01<form action="https://splitforms.com/api/submit" method="POST"
02  class="max-w-md mx-auto p-6 rounded-2xl border bg-white dark:bg-zinc-900 dark:border-zinc-800">
03  <input type="hidden" name="access_key" value="YOUR_ACCESS_KEY" />
04  <input name="email" type="email" required
05    class="w-full rounded-lg border bg-white dark:bg-zinc-950 px-3 py-2
06           text-gray-900 dark:text-zinc-100
07           focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-[var(--accent)]" />
08  <button class="w-full bg-[var(--accent)] text-white py-2 rounded-lg">Send</button>
09</form>

§ 04Field-by-field rundown3 fields · names you POST

What every field actually does.

Each field below ships in the feedback form template — rename, remove, or add your own. Splitforms accepts any name you POST.

ratingREQUIRED

SELECT

How would you rate your experience?

NPS / CSAT signal — quantitative complement to the comment field.

★★★★★★★★★☆★★★☆☆★★☆☆☆★☆☆☆☆

feedbackREQUIRED

TEXTAREA

What can we do better?

Free-text input — no character limit, expands as the visitor types.

placeholder · Be honest — we won't take it personally.

Email (optional, for follow-up)

Reply-to address — splitforms wires this so hitting reply goes back to the sender.

placeholder · you@example.com

§ 05Feedback Form on other frameworks21 frameworks · same backend

One backend. Every framework.

The same feedback form template works on every framework splitforms supports. Pick yours.

§ 06Questions9 answered

Feedback Form on Tailwind CSS — FAQ.

Direct answers, no marketing fluff. Missing one? Email hello@splitforms.com.

01Does this feedback form work on Tailwind CSS?

Yes. The form is plain HTML with a single POST endpoint, so it runs on any Tailwind CSS site without server-side code, plugins, or SDKs. Drop the snippet into a Tailwind CSS page or component and submissions land in your splitforms dashboard.

02How much does the feedback form cost on Tailwind CSS?

Free for 500 submissions per month — no credit card, no trial. Pro is $5/mo for 5,000 submissions, and there's a one-time $59 3-year plan (15,000 submissions/mo for 36 months). The same pricing applies regardless of which framework hosts the form.

03Can I customize the fields?

Yes. The template ships with sensible defaults (how would you rate your experience?, what can we do better?, email (optional, for follow-up)…) — add, remove, or rename any of them. Splitforms accepts whatever fields you POST.

04How does spam protection work on the feedback form?

A hidden honeypot field catches dumb bots, and a tuned classifier scores the rest. You only see real submissions in your dashboard. No CAPTCHA, no friction for human users — and it works the same on Tailwind CSS as on any other framework.

05Can I send the feedback form submissions to Slack or Discord?

Yes. Webhooks are available on Starter and above, with auto-formatted payloads for Slack, Discord, and WhatsApp (via CallMeBot). Or send raw signed JSON to any URL — Zapier, n8n, your own server. Configure in the splitforms dashboard.

06Will it work on a static Tailwind CSS site?

Yes — the form posts directly to splitforms from the browser, so no server is involved. Works on Vercel, Netlify, GitHub Pages, Cloudflare Pages, S3, or any plain Apache host.

07Should I use NPS or CSAT?

NPS (0-10) for relationship surveys ('how likely are you to recommend us?') sent quarterly or after major moments. CSAT (1-5) for transactional surveys ('how was this support ticket?') sent right after the interaction. Different questions, different cadences, both common patterns.

08Will I get response bias from a public form?

Yes — open-link feedback skews toward people with strong feelings (positive or negative). For statistically representative measurement, send the survey via email to a random sample of users. The public form catches the heat-of-moment feedback you'd otherwise miss.

09Can I push to Slack / Linear / Productboard?

Yes — webhook the JSON. Slack has incoming webhooks (free); Linear and Productboard accept inbound issue creation via Zapier or native APIs. Detractor comments showing up as a Linear issue with the rating prefilled in the title is a powerful workflow.

§ 07Comparisonvs Web3Forms · vs Formspree

splitforms vs everything else.

Same drop-in API. More free submissions, Starter signed webhooks, MCP support no other backend has.

Feature	Web3Forms	Formspree	splitforms
Free monthly submissions	250	50	500
Custom fields beyond contact	Yes	Pro tier	Free
Webhooks (Slack / Discord)	Pro tier	Pro tier	Free, signed
AI / MCP submission inbox	No	No	Yes
Long-term plan (3-year flat)	—	—	$59 every 3 years

§ 08More templates for Tailwind CSS5 adjacent patterns

Ship a feedback form on Tailwind CSS in 60 seconds.

500 submissions per month, free forever. No credit card. Copy the snippet above and paste it into your Tailwind CSS project.

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Feedback Form for Tailwind CSS

Why Tailwind CSS developers choose splitforms for feedback form

Yes — this is the shortest safe path for Tailwind CSS.

Paste the HTML version, then replace YOUR_ACCESS_KEY.

Built for Tailwind CSS developers who hate operating a backend.

Drop into any Tailwind CSS project.

Generate, embed, receive.

Generate a free splitforms key

Paste the feedback form into your Tailwind CSS project

Receive submissions

The reason this feedback form exists.

Capture rating + comment

Route by score

Push to your tools

What changes when this feedback form lives in Tailwind CSS.

JIT mode purges classes inside template strings

Tailwind 4's @theme replaces tailwind.config.js — focus colors break

Form gets no styling at all — Preflight not loaded

Dark mode classes need `class` strategy explicitly set

Pattern A — utility-first inline styles

Pattern B — dark-mode + accessible focus states (Tailwind v4)

What every field actually does.

How would you rate your experience?

What can we do better?

Email (optional, for follow-up)

One backend. Every framework.

Feedback Form on Tailwind CSS — FAQ.

splitforms vs everything else.

Other ready-to-ship Tailwind CSS forms.

Ship a feedback form on Tailwind CSS in 60 seconds.