Why we built Forger

Apps have been static for too long.

You download something, and it works the way the developer decided it should work. Maybe it’s great. Maybe 80% of it is great and the other 20% drives you insane. Either way, you adapt to the app — not the other way around.

We think that’s backwards.

The future of apps is personal

What if you could tell an app to rename that button you always misclick? Or ask it to add a column to a table because you track something the developer didn’t anticipate? Or just make the whole thing darker, tighter, more yours?

That’s what Forger is about. Not a better app store — a different idea of what an app even is. One where the user is a first-class citizen with actual power to shape the tool to their needs.

The AI is just the interface that makes this possible today. The real idea is the customizable, living app.

Why now

We’re at a weird inflection point. AI is capable enough to understand intent and make targeted changes to software. Running a decent model on a consumer computer isn’t really there yet — and we know it. For now, Forger works through your ChatGPT credentials: we’re making the most of a subscription with the people who currently own this technology. That will change. And users are starting to expect more from their tools.

So we’re building now. Early, rough around the edges, but pointed at something real.

What the catalog meant at launch

At launch, we used an early example app to test what a Forger-native app should feel like. That app is no longer available publicly.

The larger point still stands: Forger is built around local apps that can be installed, used, and adapted around one person’s workflow.