Graph-based IDE and architecture explorer for backend projects.

Arcforge turns your backend into a navigable graph: controllers, services, models, and their dependencies become nodes and edges you can explore, understand, and refactor with more confidence.

• ⬡ Graph-first backend view — controllers, services, models, and relations as one navigable graph
• </> Open node, read code — click any node to jump to the exact source file and line
• ⟶ Trace request flows — follow a request from HTTP entry through middleware, services, to the database
• ✦ Design with Arcspec — design architecture from scratch and export AI-ready prompts for any language
• 🔌 Plugin-powered — every language adapter is a plugin; install official or community plugins, or build your own
• 🛡 Safer refactors — explore all dependencies before touching code

Open Beta · Windows desktop · Plugin SDK open for community contributions

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Arcforge is built around a plugin system. A plugin is a folder with three files:

Your parse(input) receives the project root path. Walk the source files, read them, and map code constructs to nodes and edges:

const fs   = require('fs').promises;
const path = require('path');
const glob = require('fast-glob');

exports.parse = async function parse(input) {
  const nodes = [], edges = [], nodeMap = {};

  // 1. Find all files you want to parse
  const files = await glob('app/**/*.php', { cwd: input });

  // 2. Read each file — extract class name → one node per class
  for (const file of files) {
    const src = await fs.readFile(path.join(input, file), 'utf8');
    const name = src.match(/class\s+(\w+)/)?.[1];
    if (!name) continue;

    const n = node('controller', name, { filePath: file });
    nodes.push(n);
    nodeMap[name] = n.id;          // keep id for edge wiring below
  }

  // 3. Read again — extract "use" imports → one edge per dependency
  for (const file of files) {
    const src = await fs.readFile(path.join(input, file), 'utf8');
    const owner = src.match(/class\s+(\w+)/)?.[1];
    if (!owner || !nodeMap[owner]) continue;

    for (const [, dep] of src.matchAll(/use\s+[\w\\]+\\(\w+);/g)) {
      if (nodeMap[dep]) edges.push(edge('depends', nodeMap[owner], nodeMap[dep]));
    }
  }

  return { nodes, edges };
};

Official plugins:

• Laravel — Models, Controllers, Routes, Views, Migrations
• Arcspec Designer — free-form architecture design, exports AI-ready prompts (.arcspec)

Build your own: grab the SDK templates and AI prompt from /SDK.

⚠️ Plugins run with full Node.js access to your file system. Only install plugins from sources you trust.

Open Beta · Windows (x64) · v1.3.0

Updates are distributed via GitHub Releases and a static updates.json manifest checked on startup. There are no background services, telemetry, or tracking.

• Latest Windows build (.zip)
• Direct link for v1.3.0 (.zip)

• Arcforge focuses on reading and visualizing your codebase — it will not modify your code automatically.
• Best suited for understanding and planning, especially small-to-medium projects.
• For very large production monoliths, performance may vary — share feedback with project details if you hit issues.

See the LICENSE file for details.