# \[ODK Developers\] Looking for alternative to build large form beside XLSForm

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**Category:** Development\
**Created:** [May 12, 2014, 2:00am UTC](https://forum.getodk.org/t/odk-developers-looking-for-alternative-to-build-large-form-beside-xlsform/3182 "2014-05-12T02:00:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![Cory\_Zue](https://getodk.b-cdn.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/aeb1de/32.png) [@Cory\_Zue](https://forum.getodk.org/u/Cory_Zue)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2014, 2:00am UTC](https://forum.getodk.org/t/odk-developers-looking-for-alternative-to-build-large-form-beside-xlsform/3182/1 "2014-05-12T02:00:17Z")

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Hey,

What are your criteria for choosing a form builder? You might also want to  
check out vellum.

Source: [https://github.com/dimagi/vellum](https://github.com/dimagi/vellum)  
Demo: [http://vellum-develop.herokuapp.com/tests/](http://vellum-develop.herokuapp.com/tests/)

Cory

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> On Sun, May 11, 2014 at 9:47 PM, Bunhann Thou wrote:
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> > Dear all,
> > 
> > I'm looking for other alternative tools to build large and complex form  
> > beside using the Excel form (XLSForm). Would you recommend other tools  
> > beside ODKBuild, or Kobo [http://www.kobotoolbox.org](http://www.kobotoolbox.org), or PurcForms[http://code.google.com/p/purcforms/](http://code.google.com/p/purcforms/)  
> > ?
> > 
> > Thanks in advance.
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**Author:** ![yanokwa](https://getodk.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.getodk.org/yanokwa/32/1695_2.png) [@yanokwa](https://forum.getodk.org/u/yanokwa)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2014, 2:02am UTC](https://forum.getodk.org/t/odk-developers-looking-for-alternative-to-build-large-form-beside-xlsform/3182/2 "2014-05-12T02:02:36Z")

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Bunhann,

At Nafundi, most of our clients use XLSForm. A small handful who have  
very simple forms use ODK Build. My guess is that what we see at  
Nafundi is representative of the ODK community.

The only people I know who use PurcForms is the Kobo team. The Kobo  
form designer is a fork of PurcForms.

ODK is about choice. Try them all (including Vellum) and pick  
whichever one works best for you.

Yaw

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> On Sun, May 11, 2014 at 7:00 PM, Cory Zue [czue@dimagi.com](mailto:czue@dimagi.com) wrote:
> 
> > Hey,
> > 
> > What are your criteria for choosing a form builder? You might also want to  
> > check out vellum.
> > 
> > Source: [https://github.com/dimagi/vellum](https://github.com/dimagi/vellum)  
> > Demo: [http://vellum-develop.herokuapp.com/tests/](http://vellum-develop.herokuapp.com/tests/)
> > 
> > Cory
> > 
> > On Sun, May 11, 2014 at 9:47 PM, Bunhann Thou [bunhann@gmail.com](mailto:bunhann@gmail.com) wrote:
> > 
> > > Dear all,
> > > 
> > > I'm looking for other alternative tools to build large and complex form  
> > > beside using the Excel form (XLSForm). Would you recommend other tools  
> > > beside ODKBuild, or Kobo, or PurcForms?
> > > 
> > > Thanks in advance.
> > > 
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