# InsForge

> InsForge is the agent-native cloud infrastructure platform. Model gateway, compute, deployment, database, auth, and more, with every service built for AI coding agents to operate end to end through CLI and skills.

InsForge is an open-source (Apache-2.0) backend platform for agentic coding. A coding agent gets a Postgres database, authentication, storage, edge functions, compute, hosting, and an AI model gateway, driven through the InsForge CLI and agent skills. An agent authenticates with `npx @insforge/cli login` and links a project to start building.

## Start here

- [Agent setup workflow (skill.md)](https://insforge.dev/skill.md): The canonical, copy-paste workflow for adding an InsForge backend to a project. Fetch this first; it supersedes guesses about the CLI, signup, or API.
- [Documentation](https://docs.insforge.dev): Full product documentation.
- [CLI on npm (@insforge/cli)](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@insforge/cli): Run `npx @insforge/cli` to create and manage backends. Never install globally.
- [Agent skills (InsForge/insforge-skills)](https://github.com/InsForge/insforge-skills): Official InsForge agent skills that drive the CLI from inside a coding agent.

## Core concepts

- [Authentication](https://docs.insforge.dev/core-concepts/authentication/overview): Users, sessions, OAuth, and JWT-based row-level security.
- [Database](https://docs.insforge.dev/core-concepts/database/overview): Postgres with schema management, RLS policies, and raw SQL.
- [Storage](https://docs.insforge.dev/core-concepts/storage/overview): S3-compatible object storage with bucket-level access policies.
- [Edge functions](https://docs.insforge.dev/core-concepts/functions/overview): Deno-based serverless functions.
- [AI model gateway](https://docs.insforge.dev/core-concepts/ai/overview): A unified gateway to LLMs via OpenRouter.
- [Realtime](https://docs.insforge.dev/core-concepts/realtime/overview): Realtime subscriptions over database changes.

## Comparisons

- [InsForge vs Supabase](https://insforge.dev/alternatives/insforge-vs-supabase): How the agent-native backend compares to Supabase.
- [InsForge vs Firebase](https://insforge.dev/alternatives/insforge-vs-firebase): How InsForge compares to Firebase.
- [InsForge vs hosted Postgres](https://insforge.dev/alternatives/insforge-vs-hosted-postgres): A full backend versus a bare hosted Postgres.

## Product and company

- [Pricing](https://insforge.dev/pricing): Plans and free tier.
- [Changelog](https://insforge.dev/changelogs): Product updates.
- [Blog](https://insforge.dev/blog): Engineering and product writing.
- [Customer stories](https://insforge.dev/customers): How teams build on InsForge.
- [GitHub (InsForge/InsForge)](https://github.com/InsForge/InsForge): The open-source monorepo.

## Optional

- [JavaScript SDK (@insforge/sdk)](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@insforge/sdk): The `@insforge/sdk` client for application code.
- [Discord community](https://discord.gg/DvBtaEc9Jz): Questions and support.