Forge
Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.
3recommend
0warn against
Jan 4, 2026first mention
Jul 28, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“I use forge, and I have been inpressed with what it can do given all the limitations of local models.”
“I'm guessing it's going to be an absolute banger of a month for forge[1] and the like.”
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“I now use Forge to plan css too because I don't want to show broken css states”
limited agentic coding experienceon “Ask HN: Are we going to see more job postings asking…”
“"Lightweight formal methods" meaning you build a model of some program logic and test it's properties hold.”
Caveats and dissent
No one in these comments warned against it.
Who recommends it in their own words
From the makers not counted in the ranking
“I built Forge to solve this.”
Threads where it came up
- Show HN: I was tired of opening 2 tabs for every HN link, so I made a userscript 1 mention
- Local Qwen isn't a worse Opus, it's a different tool 1 mention
- MTG Bench: Testing how well LLMs can play magic 1 mention
- Is This the Dawn of the Tokenpocalypse? 1 mention
- Ask HN: Are we going to see more job postings asking for only agentic coding? 1 mention
- Forge – Transform nested JSON into governed dbt models for BQ/Snowflake 1 mention
Also written as forge. Data: forge.json. Quotes are verbatim; the verdict and theme labels are written by a model from these comments, and every clause links to its sources.
All comments 6
“I'm currently using Forge (https://github.com/forge-ext/forge) but sadly it's becoming unmaintained.”
“I use forge, and I have been inpressed with what it can do given all the limitations of local models.”
“I do still wonder if adapting something like card forge for llm use would result in engaging gameplay with an llm.”
“I'm guessing it's going to be an absolute banger of a month for forge[1] and the like.”
“I now use Forge to plan css too because I don't want to show broken css states”
“"Lightweight formal methods" meaning you build a model of some program logic and test it's properties hold.”