Form Guard

Form Guard is a lightweight gem to protect your forms from bots and spammy submissions using a simple and effective honeypot + timing strategy.

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'form_guard'

And then execute:

bundle install

Usage

1. Add hidden guard field to your forms: bash <%= form_guard_fields %>

How it works

• Bots tend to fill all fields — including hidden ones. If the honeypot is filled, the submission is rejected.

• Bots submit instantly. If the form is submitted too quickly (under 2 seconds), it’s probably a bot.

Contributing

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/amigobg/form_guard.

License

The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.