Forge Engine

install

bash <(curl -Ls https://raw.githubusercontent.com/forge-engine/installer/main/installer.sh)

Forge is a simple PHP framework and module system I built to serve my own projects. It’s fully open source under the MIT license.
— take what helps, ignore what doesn’t, fork it if you need to.

This organization contains:

• 🧱 The Forge Engine — a minimal, dependency-free PHP framework.
• 🧩 Forge Modules — self-contained, optional packages that extend functionality.
• 🛠️ Utilities & Installers — scripts and helpers for easier setup and tooling.

philosophy

This isn’t a product. There’s no company behind it. No support SLA. No roadmap you should depend on.

Forge exists because I like to understand and own my stack. If others find value in it — awesome. If not — that’s cool too.

You’re not a user here. You’re a builder.

• If you use Forge, it’s yours now. Your rules. Your path.
• If I publish updates, they’re for my use case. Pull them in if they help.
• If my direction doesn’t match yours, fork it. Change everything. That’s the point.

want to build your own thing?

You can fork the entire framework and module ecosystem to start your own direction. Check out FORGING-YOUR-OWN.md in the main repo for notes on how everything is structured and how to get started.