Download FORGE

Current version: … · · in-app live updates included

🪟 Windows 11

Requires WSL2 (auto-configured by the installer) · NVIDIA GPU recommended · Python 3.11+

# unzip anywhere, then double-click:
setup\00-wsl2-setup.ps1     (once, as admin)
FORGE.lnk                   (the app)

🐧 Linux

Ubuntu 22.04+ / any systemd distro · Python 3.10+ · NVIDIA GPU optional (CPU fleet works everywhere)

Download for Linux (.tar.gz)

curl -fsSL https://www.shadow-lancer.com/releases/install-linux.sh | less   # read it first — we mean it
bash install-linux.sh        # installs to ~/.forge, adds a desktop entry
forge                        # → http://localhost:8090

⬆️ Live updates

FORGE checks this site's version manifest on launch. When a new version ships, an update banner appears in the app — one click downloads and applies it. No reinstall, no background daemon, nothing phones home beyond fetching one JSON file (and only if update checks are enabled).

Bring your own model. FORGE drives any OpenAI-compatible server. The recommended flagship — Qwen3.8-27B NVFP4 on vLLM — needs a 32 GB Blackwell GPU; the in-app Models tab downloads CPU-friendly GGUFs for everything else. Nothing is bundled: weights come straight from HuggingFace.