SurveyKing is a self-hosted survey platform that provides an open-source alternative to commercial survey tools, deployable on your own infrastructure with a single command.
The tool addresses the need for organizations to own their survey data and workflows without relying on third-party services. It consolidates survey creation, publishing, response collection, grading, practice exercises, analytics, user management, and permissions into one unified system. The platform supports form building with over twenty question types, conditional logic, and theming. It includes AI-assisted form creation alongside traditional methods like Excel import, plain-text input, and visual editing. The system handles three distinct workflows: surveys for collecting responses with analytics, exams with automatic grading and score analysis, and question-bank practice with sequential or random modes and progress tracking.
Organizations should choose this tool if they need full control over survey data, want to avoid recurring subscription costs, or operate in environments where data must remain on-premises. It suits teams managing exams, learner assessments, or customer feedback at scale. The platform works across desktop and mobile devices. It starts with an embedded H2 database for quick evaluation and scales to MySQL for production deployments, making it accessible for both small pilots and larger rollouts.
The project maintains active development with regular updates and improvements to its feature set. The codebase demonstrates ongoing refinement of both the backend Spring Boot architecture and the React-based frontend. The tool receives consistent attention to user experience across multiple language localizations. Documentation and deployment guidance are actively maintained to support new users getting the system running quickly.
