Ship your backendbefore the coffee lands.
Forge turns one schema into a typed API, reversible migrations, and deploy config. One command, no YAML, no platform lock-in.
npx forge init- ✓MIT licensed
- ✓Node 18+
- ✓No telemetry
- ✓Zero config
// one schema, everything else generated
model User {
id uuid @primary
email string @unique
plan Plan @default(free)
createdAt datetime @now
}
model Project {
id uuid @primary
owner User @relation
name string
}// generated · do not edit
export type User = {
id: string
email: string
plan: 'free' | 'pro'
}
// GET /users/:id
// POST /users
// GET /projects
// POST /projects
✓ 4 routes
✓ 2 tables
✓ types emittedDeploys anywhere you already run
14.2k
GitHub stars
11.4s
Median deploy
<40ms
Cold start
0
Config files required
Why forge
The boring parts,
already done.
You describe the data once. Forge handles the API surface, the migration history, and the deploy, then gets out of the way.
$ forge deploy --env production reading schema.forge ✓ 2 models, 4 routes resolved ✓ migration 0042 applied (reversible) ✓ types emitted to ./forge/types.d.ts building edge bundle… ✓ bundle 84kb gzipped ✓ deployed to production live in 11.4s → https://api.acme.dev01
Types that follow the schema
Rename a column and your build fails in the right place, with the file and line. No drift between client and server.
// rename plan → tiersrc/billing.ts:42 Property 'plan' does not exist Did you mean 'tier'?02
Migrations you can read
Every change becomes a reversible, reviewable migration. No hand-edited SQL at 2am, no guessing what shipped.
-- 0042_add_tier.sqlALTER TABLE users ADD COLUMN tier text DEFAULT 'free';03
No runtime to adopt
Output is plain TypeScript and standard SQL. Run it on your own infra, in a container, or at the edge.
// no proprietary importsimport { db } from './forge'// that's the whole runtimeThe pipeline
Schema in. Production out.
- 01
Describe your data
One schema file. Models, relations, defaults. No decorators, no config directory.
- 02
Forge generates
A typed client, REST and RPC handlers, and a reversible migration, all from that file.
- 03
Deploy anywhere
Push to your own infra or any host. Output is plain TypeScript and standard SQL.
- checkout0.4s
- install deps2.1s
- forge generate1.2s
- typecheck3.0s
- migrate --dry-run0.9s
- deploy edge3.8s
No lock-in
Your stack. Your call.
Forge is a build step, not a platform. It targets the databases and runtimes you already pay for, and leaves nothing proprietary behind.
Bring your own database
Point Forge at an existing Postgres and it introspects your tables into a schema you can version.
$ forge introspect --url $DATABASE_URLRuns in CI unchanged
The same command works locally, in GitHub Actions, and in your deploy step. No special mode.
$ forge deploy --env staging --ciEject whenever
Generated code is yours. Delete Forge and the TypeScript and SQL keep working.
$ forge eject --out ./serverTrusted by teams that ship
Fewer files. Fewer incidents.
We deleted 4,000 lines of hand-rolled CRUD and the API got faster. The migration story alone paid for the switch.

Daniel Okafor
Staff Engineer
northbeam
Typecheck catches schema drift before review. We have not had a column-rename incident since.

Mei Tanaka
Platform Lead
clearpath
Ejecting was a real option, which is exactly why we never needed to. Output is just TypeScript.

Adam Reyes
CTO
driftline
Featured migration
Rails monolith to typed edge API in one sprint
How Northbeam introspected 41 existing tables, generated a typed client, and cut p95 latency without rewriting their product code.
41
tables introspected
-4,012
lines of CRUD deleted
-62%
p95 API latency
1
sprint to production
14.2k
GitHub stars
380+
Contributors
2.1M
Weekly downloads
99.98%
Deploy success rate
Pricing
Free to build on. Paid to scale on.
The engine is open source and always will be. You pay when a team needs to share it.
Open source
The full engine, MIT licensed, forever.
$0/mo
- Unlimited projects
- Schema, types, migrations
- All deploy targets
- Community Discord
- No telemetry, ever
No account required
Team
Shared schemas and CI for a real team.
$32/seat/mo
- Everything in Open source
- Shared schema registry
- Preview environments
- CI deploy gates
- Migration approvals
- Priority support
No credit card required
Enterprise
Compliance, SSO, and a name to call.
Custom
- Everything in Team
- SSO and SCIM
- Audit logs
- Self-hosted registry
- SLA and dedicated support
- Migration assistance
Custom pricing
One command. Then back to the product.
Scaffold a typed API in under a minute. No account, no credit card, no platform to adopt.
npx forge init