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Why Forge ​

Archora Forge is not a replacement for every OpenAPI generator. It targets the frontend layer that generic generators usually leave to teams.

Forge is currently positioned for public preview, private beta and paid pilot evaluation. Use it when the cost of hand-maintaining frontend resource contracts is high enough to justify a focused pilot.

Compared with openapi-generator ​

openapi-generator is broad and mature. It can generate clients for many languages and frameworks.

Forge is narrower:

  • TypeScript-first;
  • local-first;
  • frontend resource oriented;
  • generated query keys, resource metadata, permissions, i18n and mocks;
  • CI drift checks and schema readiness diagnostics.

Use openapi-generator when you need broad language support. Use Forge when the frontend contract around the client is the expensive repetitive part.

Compared with Orval ​

Orval is strong for TypeScript clients and TanStack Query style workflows.

Forge focuses on a different layer:

  • resource detection;
  • schema-driven form/table metadata;
  • generated mocks and permissions;
  • HTML/JSON/Markdown reports;
  • contract drift and frontend-readiness checks.

Use Orval when client/query generation is enough. Use Forge when frontend teams need a committed resource contract that also informs UI metadata and CI.

TanStack-style usage is currently an integration pattern. Forge generates query keys and operation helpers that can be wrapped by the consuming app, but a finished first-party TanStack adapter is not part of the preview claim.

What Forge Generates ​

  • typed clients;
  • operation helpers;
  • query keys;
  • TypeScript schema types;
  • schema-derived form/table metadata;
  • permissions constants;
  • i18n label scaffolds;
  • mock fixtures, handlers and scenarios;
  • JSON, Markdown and HTML reports.

What Forge Does Not Generate ​

  • application pages;
  • framework components;
  • design-system components;
  • OAuth token acquisition;
  • a hosted registry;
  • custom business workflows.

The consuming application owns UI, state management and runtime auth policy.

Pilot Fit ​

Forge is a strong paid pilot candidate when a Vue/OpenAPI team wants to answer:

  • what resource layer would be generated from a real schema;
  • which schema issues block better frontend generation;
  • whether CI drift checks catch contract changes early;
  • how generated metadata maps into the team's table, form and permission conventions.

It is not a broad production-license pitch yet.