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Sumario now Open Source and runs on Fly.io (sumar.io)
36 points by tvaughan on Sept 22, 2023 | hide | past | favorite | 9 comments



The website doesn't mention fly.io, why is it in the title and why does it matter?


Reminds me of formspree which I used years ago. I found it's still very much alive at formspree.io


This is great. I wonder what other software people pay for that might be better as open source.


Sumario is a form handler for static websites.


Thanks, this simple sentence told me more than all of the texts on the site combined. I tend to skip introduction videos, so all my questions might have been answered there.

The site mentions "Create a Relay in the Sumario dashboard". This raises couple of questions for me:

- What is a relay? Is it just configuration?

- What is Sumario dashboard? Is this something I host as Sumario is open source or is it hosted?

Also since there's "It's free to get started. No credit card required." then what's the pricing? I'm not going to create an account if you are not open about the costs.

With little tweaks I think the site would be more appealing.


Sorry for my late response. Thanks for taking the time to checkout the Sumario website!

A relay is just a collection of settings, e.g. a name, the email address where form submissions will be sent, and the action url to be included in the form.

The dashboard is just the main view within Sumario. The dashboard lists relays, and provides an example form to test relays.

Yes, relays and the dashboard are covered in the video and animations, but I understand some people prefer written documentation. We know we need to make this better.

1000 "credits," i.e. form submissions, is $5 USD (about a 3x mark-up on our Postmark costs but excludes Fly.io). Agreed, this should definitely be included in the website.

Thanks again!


To be clear, prices are clearly displayed in the dashboard once you’ve created and account


Rick Roll for the intro video?


Sumario looks wonderful but I had faced more complex cases and building Formester.com.




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