10 Best Form Builder Plugins To Generate Forms From JSON Data

What Is Form Builder

A Form Builder (also known as Form Creator, Form generator) allows the developers to dynamically generate form controls (text fields, select boxes, radio buttons, checkboxes) from structured data model defined using JSON Schema.

It also has the ability to encode a set of form controls as a JSON object for manipulation and submission when needed.

The Best Form Builder In JavaScript

Here is a list of 10 best (top downloaded) form builders (jQuery plugins and Vanilla JS libraries) from which you can choose for your next web/mobile project. We did the research for you and hope you like it.

Originally Published Jul 26 2019, updated Mar 02 2024

Table of contents:

• jQuery Form Builder Plugins
• Vanilla JavaScript Form Builder Plugins

jQuery Form Builder Plugins:

Build HTML Form From JSON Schema - jQuery JSON Form

JSON Form is a JSON based form builder library which dynamically generates form fields from JSON data on the client side.

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JSON To Form And Form To JSON Converter - jQuery jform

jform is an easy jQuery form builder which lets you dynamically generates form fields with preset values using JSON schema.

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Populate Form Fields With JSON Data - json-form-binding.js

A dead simple jQuery dynamic form creation plugin which can be used to populate form fields with JSON data.

[Demo] [Download]

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Form Generator With JSON Schema - jQuery jsForm

A feature-rich JSON To Form generator that takes data from any JS objects and populates the form field with that data.

[Demo] [Download]

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Easy Dynamic Form Creator In jQuery - Tie.js

A simple yet robust form builder that lets you dynamically generate HTML forms from JSON data. So you get the benefit of having a dynamic form for your website or web application without having to write any HTML code.

[Demo] [Download]

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Vanilla JS Form Builder Plugins:

jsonforms

JavaScript powered Forms with JSON Form Builder.

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form-data-json

A Vanilla JavaScript library to simplify the manipulation of HTML form with 2 functionalities: Form Builder: Fill form fields with JSON data you provide; Form Output: Output form values as JSON data.

[Demo] [Download]

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Populate Form fields From JSON – populatejs

populatejs is a pure JavaScript plugin for dynamic form creation that populates existing form fields from a JSON object.

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Visual Form Builder With JavaScript – EasyJsonForm.js

A free open-source JavaScript library that provides a visual interface to help you easily create HTML forms.

[Demo] [Download]

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form-js

View, visually edit and simulate JSON-based forms.

[Demo] [Download]

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Conclusion:

Seeking more jQuery plugins or JavaScript libraries to create JSON based Form Builders on the web & mobile? See jQuery Form Builder and JavaScript Form Builder sections for more details.

See also:

• 5 Best Form Generator Components For Vue.js