Can people vote without creating an account?

Yes. On a public Featurevote board, a visitor taps the vote button once and the vote counts — no account, no email, no confirmation step. This is the default for every board.

How are duplicate votes prevented without emails?

Each browser gets an anonymous random token, kept in that browser. The database stores only a scrambled version of it and allows one vote per idea per token, plus a per-IP rate limit on top. Someone determined enough to clear their browser data or switch devices can vote again — it is built to keep everyday duplicates out of a priority list, not to run an election.

Can I require an email instead?

Yes. Every board has a "Require email to vote" setting. Turn it on and voters are asked for an email before their vote counts — they become contactable and get notified when the feature ships. Leave it off for one-click voting.

Does it work embedded on my site?

Yes. The embed widget keeps the same one-click flow, and with the current embed script the vote memory is stored on your own domain — so returning visitors see what they already voted for, right inside your site.

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— No login · no email · one click

Voting without the signup wall.

Share a link to your board. Visitors tap the vote button once and their vote counts — no account to create, no email to hand over. That is the entire flow.

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— How it works — honestly

Three steps, one trade-off.

Share the linkYour board lives at a public URL. Drop it in a Discord server, a newsletter, a support reply, or embed it on your site.
One clickA visitor taps the vote button. No account form, no email dialog, no confirmation link to dig out of an inbox.
CountedThe vote lands on the board immediately, and the list re-ranks by real demand. Tap again to take it back.

How duplicates are prevented without emails

Each browser gets an anonymous random token the first time it votes. The token lives in the visitor's browser and is sent along with each vote — the database never stores the raw token, only a scrambled version scoped to your account, and allows one vote per idea per token. A rate limit per IP address sits on top as a second bound.

The honest part: this stops everyday duplicates, not a determined ballot-stuffer. Someone who clears their browser data or switches devices gets a fresh token and can vote again. For deciding what to build next, that is usually enough. For anything election-shaped, it is not — and we would rather tell you that here than have you find out later.

What you give up

An anonymous vote comes with no email — so there is no way to follow up with that voter, and they will not get a notification when the feature ships. Anonymous voters count on the board but never appear in your contacts.

If contactable voters matter more to you than frictionless ones, flip the per-board “Require email to vote” setting. Voters are then asked for an email first, and everyone who votes hears about it when you ship. Both modes are one toggle apart, per board.

— Not just for software

Let any group vote on a shared list.

Feature boards were built for product teams, but a list anyone can vote on without an account turns out to be useful anywhere a group has to pick from options. These are real ways boards are used today.

A game-art community: A Discord server of artists votes on which designs become the next merch print run. Nobody makes an account for a t-shirt poll — with a shared link, nobody has to.
A university dorm: Sixty people deciding what to buy for the common room. The link goes in the group chat, votes land in minutes, and the list settles the argument.
A reading group: A shared list of candidate books, ranked by the whole group before the next meeting — including the members who would never sign up for a tool to do it.

— the common thread: the people voting would never have made an account.

— The page, proving its own claim

Try it right now.

This link opens Featurevote's own public board. Pick a request and vote on it — you will not be asked to log in, because there is nothing to log in to.

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ideas.featurevote.app/board/ideas-features

— Questions, answered short

The fine print, in plain words.

Can people vote without creating an account?: Yes. On a public Featurevote board, a visitor taps the vote button once and the vote counts — no account, no email, no confirmation step. This is the default for every board.
How are duplicate votes prevented without emails?: Each browser gets an anonymous random token, kept in that browser. The database stores only a scrambled version of it and allows one vote per idea per token, plus a per-IP rate limit on top. Someone determined enough to clear their browser data or switch devices can vote again — it is built to keep everyday duplicates out of a priority list, not to run an election.
Can I require an email instead?: Yes. Every board has a "Require email to vote" setting. Turn it on and voters are asked for an email before their vote counts — they become contactable and get notified when the feature ships. Leave it off for one-click voting.
Does it work embedded on my site?: Yes. The embed widget keeps the same one-click flow, and with the current embed script the vote memory is stored on your own domain — so returning visitors see what they already voted for, right inside your site.

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