The AI-powered dev environment on your own infrastructure. Claude Code, Gemini CLI, VS Code — from your phone. No vendor lock-in. No surprise bills.
Real invoices from real developers. This is what "cloud convenience" costs.
SaaStr founder hit with $607 in overage charges in 3.5 days. CEO: "we don't care about professional coders anymore"
Source: @jasonlk on X →Per engineer. $0.18/hr compute + storage. Enterprise teams pay $1,000+/yr per dev. Locked to GitHub.
Source: alexkehayias.com →Cara app went viral — 56M function invocations/day. No spend cap. "Serverless" ≠ free.
Source: @zemotion on X →1 vCPU · 4 GB RAM · NVMe SSD · Your server · Your rules · No surprises
A complete dev environment in your pocket. No compromises.
Claude Code, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot — pre-configured. AI pair programming from your phone.
Full code-server on your VM. Extensions, themes, settings sync. Real IDE, not a toy.
Background service keeps connections alive. Switch apps — come back to your session intact.
Cloudflare Tunnels. Deploy → live URL instantly. Zero ports, zero DNS, zero cost.
Your code on YOUR server. No vendor lock-in. No data harvesting. You own everything.
Any fresh Linux VM — Forje auto-installs Node, Python, Docker, Git in seconds.
No complex setup. No DevOps degree required.
Any Linux VPS works. We recommend these for price and speed.
🇺🇸 US, 🇪🇺 EU, 🇬🇧 UK, 🇸🇬 SG data centers available
Enter your server IP, tap Connect. SSH keys auto-generated.
Forje bootstraps your VM. Terminal + VS Code + AI tools — ready.
No per-seat fees. No usage surprises. No enterprise sales calls.
Competing on philosophy, not just features.
| FORJE | REPLIT | CODESPACES | VERCEL | TERMIUS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cost | $5/mo | $20+ | $63/mo | $20+ | $10 |
| Self-Hosted | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| AI Tools | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Mobile | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| VS Code | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Deploy | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ |
| No Lock-in | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Surprise Bills | Never | $2,500+ | $1K+/yr | $96K | No |
Works with any Linux VPS. Servers available in US, EU, Asia, and more.
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