This Docker Compose configuration sets up Formbricks with a Tailscale sidecar container, enabling secure access to your self-hosted user feedback and survey platform over your private Tailscale network. With this setup, your Formbricks instance remains private and accessible only from authorized devices on your Tailnet, keeping feedback data and analytics protected from public exposure.
Formbricks is an open-source, self-hosted alternative to tools like Typeform, Hotjar, and Google Forms. It allows you to collect user feedback, surveys, NPS scores, and product insights directly from your applications or websites, while maintaining full control over your data.
Formbricks is built with privacy, extensibility, and developer experience in mind, making it well-suited for internal tooling, SaaS products, and organizations that want insight without vendor lock-in.
- 📝 Surveys & Forms – Create surveys, forms, and questionnaires with a modern UI.
- ⭐ NPS & CSAT – Measure Net Promoter Score and customer satisfaction.
- 🎯 In-App Feedback – Embed feedback widgets directly into your applications.
- 📊 Analytics & Dashboards – Analyze responses with built-in insights.
- 🔌 API & Webhooks – Integrate feedback data into external systems.
- 🔐 Privacy-First – Full data ownership through self-hosting.
- 🐳 Docker-Ready – Designed for containerized deployments.
- 📦 Open Source – Community-driven and extensible.
Feedback data can include sensitive product insights, internal metrics, and personal information. Self-hosting Formbricks ensures complete ownership and control over your data, supports compliance requirements, and removes reliance on third-party SaaS platforms. Combined with Tailscale, Formbricks becomes a secure internal feedback system that is never exposed to the public internet.
In this deployment, a Tailscale sidecar container (for example tailscale-formbricks) runs the Tailscale client and joins your private Tailscale network. The main formbricks service uses:
network_mode: service:tailscale-formbricks
This configuration routes all inbound and outbound traffic through the Tailscale interface, ensuring that the Formbricks admin UI, APIs, and feedback endpoints are accessible only via your Tailscale network. This keeps sensitive feedback data protected while still allowing secure access for authorized team members.