Self-hosted alternatives to Doodle
Want group polls and date finding without handing your data to Doodle? These 8 open-source apps run on your own server. Cheapest estimated hosting starts at about $5/month.
| App | Health | Stars | License | Docker | RAM (est.) | From |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rallly direct | Actively maintained | 5.3k | AGPL-3.0 | ✓ | 1 GB | $5/mo |
| Formbricks | Actively maintained | 13.2k | AGPL-3.0 | ✓ | 1 GB | $5/mo |
| HeyForm | Actively maintained | 9.1k | AGPL-3.0 | ✓ | 1 GB | $5/mo |
| LimeSurvey | Actively maintained | 3.8k | GPL-2.0 | – | 1 GB | $5/mo |
| Claper | Actively maintained | 822 | GPL-3.0 | ✓ | 1 GB | $5/mo |
| Bitpoll | Actively maintained | 318 | GPL-3.0 | ✓ | 1 GB | $5/mo |
| Digistorm | Health unknown | – | AGPL-3.0 | – | 4 GB | $20/mo |
| Framadate | Health unknown | – | CECILL-B | – | 1 GB | $5/mo |
The options in detail
1. Rallly
Create polls to vote on dates and times (alternative to Doodle).
Actively maintained Last activity 2026-11-01. Latest release untagged-6490d7892bf741592dba (2026-11-01). Needs roughly 1 GB RAM. How to run it →
2. Formbricks
Experience Management Suite built on the largest survey stack worldwide. Gracefully gather feedback at every step of the customer journey to know what your customers need.
Actively maintained Last activity 2026-11-02. Latest release 6.1.3 (2026-11-02). Needs roughly 1 GB RAM. How to run it →
3. HeyForm
Form builder that allows anyone to create engaging conversational forms for surveys, questionnaires, quizzes, and polls.
Actively maintained Last activity 2026-11-02. Latest release v3.0.6 (2026-11-01). Needs roughly 1 GB RAM. How to run it →
4. LimeSurvey
Feature-rich web-based polling software. Supports extensive survey logic.
Actively maintained Last activity 2026-11-02. Needs roughly 1 GB RAM. How to run it →
5. Claper
Add Q&A, polls, quizzes, forms, live captions and reactions to your slides (alternative to Slido, AhaSlides and Mentimeter).
Actively maintained Last activity 2026-10-29. Latest release v3.2.0 (2026-10-27). Needs roughly 1 GB RAM. How to run it →
6. Bitpoll
Conduct polls about dates, times or general questions.
Actively maintained Last activity 2026-09-16. Latest release 0.11.0 (2026-05-22). Needs roughly 1 GB RAM. How to run it →
7. Digistorm
Create collaborative surveys, quizzes, brainstorms, and word clouds (documentation in French).
Health unknown Needs roughly 4 GB RAM. How to run it →
8. Framadate
Online service for planning an appointment or make a decision quickly and easily: Make a poll, Define dates or subjects to choose, Send the poll link to your friends or colleagues, Discuss and make a decision.
Health unknown Needs roughly 1 GB RAM. How to run it →
Why self-host instead of Doodle?
- Own your data — it lives on a server you control, with backups you decide on.
- Predictable cost — a small VPS often replaces per-seat pricing for a whole team or family.
- No lock-in — open-source licenses let you keep running the software even if a vendor disappears.
The trade-off: you are responsible for updates, backups and security. Pick an app marked Actively maintained and with Docker support for the easiest ride.
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