Hey! Anvil founder here. Anvil’s goal is to help the world move beyond PDF’s and paper forms. We are building a simple online tool to help anyone convert their existing paperwork into online workflows that can be shared directly with customers / employees.
Imagine being able to create a TurboTax-like experience for any form or set of forms. Then instead of emailing around sensitive information, and manually typing it into other software systems, have the information automatically synced to where it is needed. This is what we are trying to do with Anvil.
As we build out our conversion tool, we have been dog-fooding it by converting a bunch of forms we need into Anvil Flows. Today we are launching a subset of these forms for anyone to experience the joy of filling out an Anvil form when compared to a musty old PDF or even worse, paper form.
If there are forms you hate filling out, post in the comments and we will prioritize getting those converted into Anvil Flows!
I would love to use this to let my clients fill out my contract forms. Right now I make a little form for them to fill out then I hand bomb the form. I Fill in additional company information then send it off for a digital signature.
Anyway I we can work on getting my forms digitized.
Other Anvil founder here. Thats great to hear! Shoot us a message at hello@useanvil.com mentioning the ShowHN and we would be happy to see what we can do for you.
I hate PDFs with a passion since it's usually linked to Adobe, which now require a subscription unless you have an old version of Reader. I love the simplicity of Anvil. Rooting for your success!
Thank you! PDF forms are why we started this company, the process of downloading, printing, filling out, scanning and then emailing drove us to build a better solution.
Imagine being able to create a TurboTax-like experience for any form or set of forms. Then instead of emailing around sensitive information, and manually typing it into other software systems, have the information automatically synced to where it is needed. This is what we are trying to do with Anvil.
As we build out our conversion tool, we have been dog-fooding it by converting a bunch of forms we need into Anvil Flows. Today we are launching a subset of these forms for anyone to experience the joy of filling out an Anvil form when compared to a musty old PDF or even worse, paper form.
If there are forms you hate filling out, post in the comments and we will prioritize getting those converted into Anvil Flows!