InsForge

InsForge

The all-in-one, open-source backend platform for agentic coding. InsForge gives your coding agent database, auth, storage, compute, hosting, and AI gateway to ship full-stack apps end-to-end.

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How it works

Coding agents interact with InsForge through one of two interfaces:

• MCP Server (self-hosted and cloud): exposes InsForge's operations as tools any MCP-compatible agent can call.
• CLI + Skills (cloud only): a command-line interface paired with Skills that agents invoke directly from the terminal.

Both interfaces let coding agents operate the backend like backend engineers:

• Read backend context and state: Pull documentation, schemas, metadata (deployed functions, bucket contents, auth config), and runtime logs, so the agent has what it needs to write code, verify what it built, and debug when something breaks.
• Configure primitives: Deploy edge functions, run database migrations, create storage buckets, set up auth providers, and configure other backend resources directly.

graph TB

    subgraph TOP[" "]
        AG[AI Coding Agents]
    end

    subgraph MID[" "]
        SL[InsForge]
    end

    AG --> SL

    SL --> AUTH[Authentication]
    SL --> DB[Database]
    SL --> ST[Storage]
    SL --> EF[Edge Functions]
    SL --> MG[Model Gateway]
    SL --> CP[Compute]
    SL --> DEP[Deployment]

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    class AUTH,DB,ST,EF,MG,CP,DEP card

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Core Products

• Authentication: User management, authentication, and sessions
• Database: Postgres relational database
• Storage: S3-compatible file storage
• Model Gateway: OpenAI-compatible API across multiple LLM providers
• Edge Functions: Serverless code running on the edge
• Compute (private preview): Long-running container services
• Site Deployment: Site build and deployment

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Quickstart

Cloud-hosted: insforge.dev

Self-hosted: Docker Compose

Prerequisites: Docker with Compose v2.

1. Setup

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/InsForge/InsForge/main/deploy/setup.sh | sh -s ~/insforge

Fetches the files the stack reads and generates JWT_SECRET, ENCRYPTION_KEY, POSTGRES_PASSWORD, ROOT_ADMIN_PASSWORD, and the two access keys into ~/insforge/.env (mode 600). Nothing is started. Re-running refreshes the files and keeps every value you have set — it only ever adds COMPOSE_FILE, or points it at this checkout's compose file if it still names the development one.

cd ~/insforge
$EDITOR .env          # API_BASE_URL, VITE_API_BASE_URL — the URL browsers will use
docker compose up -d

.env sets COMPOSE_FILE, so plain docker compose commands work from that directory — no -f flags to remember.

[Deploy on Docker]

For working on InsForge itself. docker-compose.prod.yml reads the same variables but generates nothing, so set the secrets in .env yourself before starting anything you expose.

git clone https://github.com/InsForge/InsForge.git
cd InsForge
cp .env.example .env
$EDITOR .env
docker compose -f docker-compose.prod.yml up

Set JWT_SECRET, ENCRYPTION_KEY, POSTGRES_PASSWORD, and ROOT_ADMIN_PASSWORD — .env.example ships placeholders for them, and the compose file falls back to published defaults for any you leave unset. Set ACCESS_API_KEY and ACCESS_ANON_KEY too if you want to know your own keys; left empty, the backend generates a pair only it knows.

This path passes -f explicitly, which overrides COMPOSE_FILE. Add overlays as further -f flags rather than editing that variable.

2. Connect InsForge MCP

Open http://localhost:7130

Follow the steps to connect InsForge MCP Server.

3. Verify installation

To verify the connection, send the following prompt to your agent:

I'm using InsForge as my backend platform, call InsForge MCP's fetch-docs tool to learn about InsForge instructions.

4. Running Multiple Projects

Give each project its own directory:

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/InsForge/InsForge/main/deploy/setup.sh | sh -s ~/project1
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/InsForge/InsForge/main/deploy/setup.sh | sh -s ~/project2

Then give each a project name and its own ports. Both .env files start with COMPOSE_PROJECT_NAME=insforge, and two directories sharing that name share containers — the second up -d adopts the first's, rebuilt with the second's config. Set it before starting anything.

~/project1/.env keeps the default ports — which collide with the ~/insforge instance from the quickstart above if it is still running. Stop that one, or give project1 its own ports the way project2 has:

COMPOSE_PROJECT_NAME=project1

~/project2/.env:

COMPOSE_PROJECT_NAME=project2
POSTGRES_PORT=5442
POSTGREST_PORT=5440
APP_PORT=7230
AUTH_PORT=7231
DENO_PORT=7233

Now each directory is a separate instance with its own containers, volumes, database, and secrets:

cd ~/project1 && docker compose up -d
cd ~/project2 && docker compose up -d

docker compose ps, logs -f, and down operate on whichever directory you run them from.

5. Storage Backends (Optional)

InsForge stores files on the local filesystem by default. Backing storage with an S3-compatible store also enables the S3-compatible gateway at /storage/v1/s3 (use aws CLI, rclone, or any AWS SDK against your InsForge Storage).

Append one overlay to COMPOSE_FILE in .env. Bundled MinIO, whose store stays internal to the Docker network:

COMPOSE_FILE=deploy/docker-compose/docker-compose.yml:docker-compose.minio.yml

Or RustFS, an Apache-2.0 licensed alternative:

COMPOSE_FILE=deploy/docker-compose/docker-compose.yml:docker-compose.rustfs.yml

Keep one — the file is read as shell assignments, so a second line replaces the first. Then docker compose up -d as usual.

The overlays ship with default store credentials — set MINIO_ROOT_USER/MINIO_ROOT_PASSWORD (or RUSTFS_ACCESS_KEY/RUSTFS_SECRET_KEY) in .env before production use.

Or bring your own S3-compatible store (AWS S3, MinIO, RustFS, Wasabi, R2, Tencent COS, Aliyun OSS ...) by setting S3_BUCKET, S3_REGION, S3_ACCESS_KEY_ID, S3_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY — plus S3_ENDPOINT_URL for non-AWS providers — in .env. If the endpoint is not reachable by browsers (private network), also set S3_USE_PRESIGNED_URLS=false to enable proxy mode.

See the self-hosted storage guide for provider notes, presigned vs. proxy mode, and upgrade tips.

One-click Deployment

In addition to running InsForge locally, you can also launch InsForge using a pre-configured setup. This allows you to get up and running quickly with InsForge without installing Docker on your local machine.

Railway	Zeabur	Sealos	RepoCloud	ZopDay
[Deploy on Railway]	[Deploy on Zeabur]	[Deploy on Sealos]	[Deploy on RepoCloud]	[Deploy on ZopDay]

Contributing

Contributing: If you're interested in contributing, you can check our guide here CONTRIBUTING.md. We truly appreciate pull requests, and all types of help are appreciated!

Support: If you need any help or support, we're responsive on our Discord channel, and also feel free to email us info@insforge.dev too!

Documentation & Support

Documentation

• Official Docs - Comprehensive guides and API references

Community

• Discord - Join our vibrant community
• Twitter - Follow for updates and tips

Contact

• Email: info@insforge.dev

License

This project is licensed under the Apache License 2.0 - see the LICENSE file for details.

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