Who We Are
TileBack is built and maintained by Cyan, Blues & Mwangi, indie developers working remotely.
We're not a Silicon Valley startup chasing unicorn valuations. We're a small, bootstrapped team of developers building practical tools that solve real problems - the kind developers face every day when shipping static sites.
Why TileBack Exists
After building our tenth static site and copy-pasting form backend code yet again, something clicked. Every developer hits this wall: you want a contact form, but you don't want to spin up a server just to handle POST requests.
The existing solutions felt wrong. Too expensive. Too bloated. Too many tracking scripts. Too much friction between "I need a form" and "the form works."
So we built TileBack - the form backend we wanted to use. No account creation mazes. No credit card upfront. No analytics trackers. Just a working form endpoint in under 90 seconds.
TileBack started as a weekend project. It's now trusted by developers shipping everything from personal portfolios to agency client sites. Still indie. Still simple. Still focused on doing one thing well.
Our Mission
Forms are infrastructure. They should be boring, reliable, and invisible.
Our mission is simple: make form handling so straightforward that you forget it's even there. You point your form at TileBack, and submissions just work. No surprises. No complexity creep. No vendor lock-in.
We're not trying to be an all-in-one marketing platform or a CRM competitor. We're the backend for your forms - that's it. If you need more, you can export your data anytime and take it wherever you want.
What We Stand For
Privacy-First
We don't track your users. We don't sell data. We don't inject scripts. Your form submissions belong to you - we're just holding them for you.
Developer-Friendly
No SDK required. No complex setup. If you can write HTML, you can use TileBack. Everything else is optional.
No Bloat
We don't add features just because competitors have them. Every feature must solve a real problem or it doesn't ship.
Transparent
Flat pricing. No hidden fees. Clear documentation. If something breaks, we tell you. If we're changing something, you know ahead of time.
Just Works
Reliability over novelty. We'd rather be boring and dependable than exciting and unstable. Your forms should work every single time.
Built by Indie Developers
Bootstrapped and independent, serving developers worldwide. We're proof that great tools can come from anywhere.
TileBack by the Numbers
What's Next
TileBack is under active development. We're focused on improving reliability, adding thoughtful integrations (webhooks, newsletter tools), and making spam filtering even smarter.
We're not building a roadmap based on VC demands or competitor features. We're listening to developers using TileBack every day and solving the problems that actually matter.
Want to shape what we build next? Send us your feedback. We read every message.
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