> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.dapta.ai/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.dapta.ai/dapta-forms/developers.md).
# Developers
Dapta Forms is open source under the MIT license and you can run it on your own servers. This section points at the repository and covers self-hosting, the public API and the environment settings that
Everything in the rest of these docs describes **forms.dapta.ai**, the hosted version: free, nothing to install, signed in with your Dapta account. This section is for the other path.
Dapta Forms is **open source under the MIT license**. The full source lives at [github.com/Dapta-Tech/dapta-forms](https://github.com/Dapta-Tech/dapta-forms), and you are free to read it, fork it, change it and run your own copy.
The public repository: MIT licensed, issues and pull requests open.
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## What is in the repository
Dapta Forms is two applications that deploy independently:
* **The web app**: the public form pages and the whole dashboard (forms list, editor, submissions, analytics, settings).
* **The API**: the public submission surface plus the account-scoped dashboard endpoints.
Both ship as Docker images, both run on any host that runs Node, and neither needs a third-party service to boot. The repository also carries the documentation you need to run it: `README.md` for the local development loop, `SELF-HOSTING.md` for production, `ARCHITECTURE.md` for how the pieces fit and `.env.example` for every setting with inline notes.
> **💡 Tip:** Contributions are welcome. `CONTRIBUTING.md` in the repository explains the pull request rules, and `SECURITY.md` explains how to report a vulnerability privately.
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## In this section
* [Self-hosting](/dapta-forms/developers/self-hosting.md): the two apps, Docker images, the database, the settings that matter and what changes when you leave forms.dapta.ai.
* [Public API & rate limits](/dapta-forms/developers/public-api.md): the unauthenticated endpoints a form page uses, the OpenAPI document, and the throttle that protects them.
* [Feature flags & environment](/dapta-forms/developers/environment-flags.md): the deployment settings that change what your users actually see.
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## What's next
* [Webhooks](/dapta-forms/connect/webhooks.md): the supported way to push every submission into your own systems, no API key needed.
* [Export to CSV](/dapta-forms/results/export-csv.md): pull submissions out by hand.
* [Security & Privacy](/dapta-forms/security-and-privacy.md): what is stored, what is not, and how deliveries are signed.
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