ImpForge App

Open-source freemium tier of ImpForge — local-first AI workstation built in Tauri + Svelte + Rust, with the DigiImp animated companion.

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What this is

ImpForge App (this repo) is the MIT-licensed freemium tier of ImpForge, our local-first AI workstation. The Pro version (source-available, commercial) is sold at €25/month permanent.

This repo contains the stripped-down freemium build:

• Local Ollama chat with streaming
• SQLite FTS5 knowledge base
• Local file watch + RSS auto-digest
• 5-tier privacy architecture
• DigiImp animated companion (Heartbeat Ribbon + 16x16 pixel actor)
• Static slash-commands

The Pro version adds: 50,000-pattern intent classification, persistent cross-session memory, 3-tier knowledge fabric (SQLite+DuckDB+LanceDB), Universal Messenger Hub for Slack/Discord/Telegram/Signal/WhatsApp/Teams, 5,020 industry SaaS templates, 4-Model Pipeline orchestration, and 472 personas.

Install

cargo install impforge-app
# or
brew install impforge/tap/impforge-app
# or
scoop install impforge-app
# or download a binary from https://github.com/AiImpDevelopment/impforge-app/releases

Run

impforge-app

Or for development:

git clone https://github.com/AiImpDevelopment/impforge-cli.git /tmp/impforge-cli
git clone https://github.com/AiImpDevelopment/impforge-app.git
cd impforge-app
pnpm install
pnpm tauri:dev

Architecture

Two-codebase MIT-rewrite model:

• This repo (MIT): freemium UI shell + local features + DigiImp shell
• ImpForge Pro (source-available, commercial): full intelligence stack (private repo)

The Pro source code is never in this repo — every freemium feature is a fresh MIT-licensed rewrite of its Pro counterpart.

See docs/superpowers/specs/2026-04-19-hyperchat-freemium-split-design.md for the full architecture.

Why open source?

We believe local-first AI workstations should respect users:

• No telemetry. No tracking. No data leaving your machine.
• EU AI Act compliant.
• 5-tier privacy architecture (Fortress → Open).
• Funded by Pro subscribers, not VCs.

The Pro version (€25/mo permanent) funds development. There is no free trial of Pro requiring a credit card. There is no enterprise pricing tier we'll squeeze you with later. Single permanent price, forever.

Status

• Sprint 16 — Phase 1 (Skeleton) complete
• Phase 2-8 in progress per docs/superpowers/plans/

Contribute

See CONTRIBUTING.md. We welcome:

• Templates / skills / MCP manifests (cross-published to impforge-cli)
• Bug reports + reproduction steps
• Translation contributions (English + German first)
• Documentation improvements

License

MIT (this repo). See LICENSE.

The Pro version (separate private repo) ships under a source-available commercial licence.