Photo Forge first: how the Forge suite will be sequenced
The suite will be built one application at a time. Photo Forge comes first, Light Forge second, and the rest of the lineup follows only after real milestones.
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Eleven applications is a long-term ambition, not a launch plan. We would rather ship one tool that works well than eleven that do not. So the suite is sequenced.
The order
- Photo Forge: professional raster, vector, and text editing. The only application in active development.
- Light Forge: photo library and RAW development.
- CinemaForge: video editing.
- VectorForge: vector illustration and graphic design.
- AudioForge: audio production.
DesignForge, InterfaceForge, PDFForge, WordForge, DeckForge, and GridForge follow later. Their names may still change.
What has to happen first
Light Forge implementation starts only after Photo Forge reaches a release-readiness milestone. Until then, related work is limited to research and to shared imaging components in the Rust engine that also serve Photo Forge directly.
Why this order
Photo Forge exercises almost everything the later applications need: a document model, a History system, color handling, a native engine for heavy pixel work, and an interface that stays responsive. Getting those foundations right once is the fastest way to build everything after it.
The roadmap shows the specific engineering tasks behind each stage.
