Forge is source-available. Self-hosting gets you the identical stack we run for managed customers — deploys, databases, storage, SSL, backups, auth, the AI services, the dashboard — with no license key and no feature gates. Unlimited sites, forever.
Budget about fifteen minutes, most of it waiting on DNS.
A fresh Linux server (Ubuntu or Debian, 2 GB RAM minimum, 4 GB recommended) with Docker installable, plus a domain whose DNS you control. A wildcard record pointed at the server gives every app its own subdomain automatically.
The install script sets up Docker, generates secrets, writes your .env, and starts the stack — Postgres, Redis, MinIO, Caddy, and the Forge server itself.
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/fariebee/forge/main/scripts/deploy.sh | sudo bashPrefer to read it first? The script and everything it runs are in the repository.
Open your domain, sign in with the admin password from the install, and point Forge at a git repo. HTTPS certificates issue themselves; your first app is live minutes later.
The same binary managed customers run: unlimited apps, databases, storage buckets, auth projects, and the full API, CLI, and MCP surface.
New releases publish to a public container registry; updating is a pull and a restart. No paid update channel.
Licensed FSL-1.1: use it, modify it, run your agency on it. Each release converts to Apache 2.0 after two years. The one restriction — don't resell Forge itself as a competing hosting product.
Uptime, OS patching, and disaster recovery are yours. Community support is best-effort via GitHub issues; paid support contracts with guaranteed response times are available if you want a safety net.
Managed Forge is the same platform on dedicated hardware, with monitoring, backups verified, and migration done for you — priced for predictable agency margins.
Questions first? Write to brian@beesworx.co.za.