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About ForgeStack

Software that gets out of your way

We build the tools we wished existed when we were running stores ourselves — open, honest about pricing, and quick to get out of the way once they've done their job.

  • 12K+

    Businesses building on ForgeStack

  • 4

    Products in the suite

  • 38

    Countries served

  • 99.9%

    Platform uptime

Our Story

We started because the tools kept charging us to grow

ForgeStack began in 2021 as an internal tool. We were running online stores on a hosted platform that billed us more every time we did well, and locked the features we needed behind the tier above the one we were on.

So we built our own. Then a few other people asked to use it, and it turned out the frustration was not ours alone. Shopora opened to the public in 2022 with a free plan that is still free today, and the rest of the suite followed.

Today ForgeStack is four products sharing one account: a store, a chatbot, a page builder and a CRM. They work on their own and better together, and every one of them will let you take your data and walk away. That constraint keeps us honest.

What We Believe

Four things we won't trade away

They cost us revenue now and then. That is rather the point.

  • Open by default

    Our products are open-source friendly because the people who depend on software deserve to see how it works — and to leave if it stops serving them.

  • Useful before clever

    We ship the boring thing that solves the problem today rather than the elegant thing that might solve it next quarter.

  • Priced without tricks

    Free plans that stay free, no per-seat surprises, and no feature held hostage to force an upgrade you did not need.

  • Built to be left

    Your data is exportable and your store is portable. We would rather earn the renewal than trap you into it.

How We Got Here

A short history

  1. 2021

    The first line

    ForgeStack starts as an internal tool for a handful of stores that outgrew their hosted platform.

  2. 2022

    Shopora goes public

    The ecommerce platform opens to everyone, and the free forever plan ships with it.

  3. 2024

    One platform, four products

    ChatBot, Page Builder and CRM join the suite, sharing one account and one admin.

  4. 2026

    Twelve thousand businesses

    The suite now runs storefronts, support desks and pipelines across 38 countries.

Like how we think? Come build with us.

We're hiring across engineering, design and support.