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Build more. Spend less on the tools to do it.

Essential business tools and a professional numerical computing IDE, priced at infrastructure cost plus a transparent margin. Built AI-first, verified to the standards of safety-critical engineering.

Finite element stress field around a circular hole, rendered in Forge
Von Mises stress field, computed and rendered in Forge
817 Functions
29 Toolboxes
1,992 Validated tests
15x Faster than Octave on eigenvalues
Flagship Product

Forge™ IDE

A complete computational engine and desktop IDE, replacing a commercial product that costs around ten thousand dollars a seat. Every function is numerically validated against Octave. Your data stays on your machine.

Priced at cost

Infrastructure cost plus a transparent margin. Every number is published. When our costs drop, your price drops. No feature-gating, no per-seat escalators, no surprise invoices.

Forge Pro: $29/yr · Scheduling: ~$0.75/mo · Email: ~$4.60/mo

Runs on your machine

Forge is a desktop application. Your code, your data, your variables never leave your computer. The only network calls are license validation on startup and update checks. No telemetry you can't disable.

Source-available IDE · Apache 2.0 engine · SQLite locally

Verified, not approximated

Every function passes a differential test against the reference implementation. 1,992 of them. We can prove behavioral equivalence because we measured it, not because we assumed it.

V-model discipline · Traceable requirements · Open audit

What you can use today

Alpha · Free access available

Forge™ IDE

Desktop IDE for numerical computing. 29 toolboxes, 817 functions. Signal processing, control systems, optimization, statistics, finite elements. Free engine, $29/yr Pro, $9 academic.

$10,000+/seat commercial Free / $29/yr
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Coming Soon

Scheduling

Calendar sync, booking pages, automated confirmations and reminders. Same functionality as Calendly, priced at actual cost.

$12/mo ~$0.75/mo
Coming Soon

Email Marketing

Subscriber lists, HTML campaigns, A/B testing, automation, deliverability tracking. Pay per email sent, not per name on your list.

$100/mo ~$4.60/mo
The cost of building software has collapsed. Prices have not. That gap is the whole opportunity.
From Why Your Software Costs Too Much
Noah, founder of The Commons

Built by one person with AI discipline

Noah is a systems engineer with thirteen years in high-assurance software, an MS in computational engineering, and an allergy to tools that charge rent. He built Forge in three months under strict V-model discipline, using Claude Code to write code only after it passes a verification gate.

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Build the next tool on The Commons.

Infrastructure, AI-assisted development support, managed operations, and distribution. You build the product. You keep 70% of the revenue. Your code stays yours.

No venture funding. No growth targets. No reason to raise prices. · Data stays on your machine. Forge runs locally. Nothing is sent anywhere you haven't approved. · Open for audit. Published margins, open-source engine, source-available IDE.