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insforge

Postgres-based backend platform that coding agents operate through an MCP server

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Stars: 13.1k
License: Apache-2.0
Last commit: Oct 2026
Last release: Oct 2026
Language: TypeScript

Stars, last 29 weeks+8,697

4,421 on 25 Mar 202613,118 on 14 Oct 2026

From GitHub's daily star counts.

Checked 15 Oct 2026 on GitHub.

Overview

InsForge bundles Postgres, auth, S3-compatible storage, edge functions, an OpenAI-compatible model gateway and site deployment behind an MCP server. Coding agents read docs, schemas and logs, and run migrations, deploy functions and create buckets as tools. Self-hosting uses Docker Compose with generated secrets; a hosted cloud edition also exists.

Who it is for: Developers giving coding agents a self-hosted or cloud backend

Strengths

Covers auth, Postgres, storage, edge functions and model gateway in one stack
MCP server exposes schemas, logs and config so agents can verify their own work
Setup script generates JWT, encryption and database secrets into a mode 600 .env
Storage can use local disk, bundled MinIO or RustFS, or any S3-compatible store

Weaknesses

CLI + Skills interface is cloud only; self-hosted gets the MCP server only
Compute (long-running containers) is in private preview
Resource requirements such as RAM are not documented in the README
Running several instances needs manual per-project names and port overrides

What it needs

no GPU
Docker + Compose
Needs Docker with Compose v2, Postgres, S3-compatible store (optional)
Models: OpenAI-compatible gateway across multiple LLM providers
port 7130

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How to choose

Check what you get self-hosted versus only in the managed cloud.
See how it handles auth, row-level security and file storage.
Look at the client SDKs for your stack.

Health

Releases: 56 in the last 12 monthsLast one 2 days ago
Top contributor: 30% of commits967 of 3,198 in the last 12 months
Security advisories: NoneOn GitHub, in the last 12 months
OpenSSF Scorecard: Not checked

Read from GitHub, deps.dev and OpenSSF on 15 Oct 2026. Bots and coding-agent accounts are left out of the commit counts. Not part of the score: how we check.

License in plain words

Apache-2.0 Permissive

Use it at work: Yes
Change it and rebrand it: Yes
Sell it or host it for others: Yes

Your part: Keep the notices and mark the files you change. It also grants you the contributors’ patent rights.

A plain summary, not legal advice. Read the license on GitHub ↗ (opens in a new tab)

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