Edmonton, Alberta
Good tools you can keep.
13forge makes software that lives on your own computer. It works without the internet, it does not watch you, and what you make with it stays yours.
Who we are
We are a small Alberta company, 2748684 Alberta Ltd., based in Edmonton. 13forge was started by Sean Morin, who spent twenty-three years in the Alberta finishing trades before he started building software.
The trade comes along with him. You check your work, you show your work, and you do not hand someone something you would not use yourself.
What we do
We build one program that does many jobs, so you are not juggling a dozen apps and a dozen accounts. Here is what you can see today:
Learning
Hands-on lessons for shapes and numbers, played like a game. See the learning tools.
Sound and music
Tools for exploring harmony, sound patterns and song structure.
A star map
A sky you can fly through, right in your browser. Open the star map.
Your own setup
Everything runs on your computer. No sign-up, no cloud account.
Why it's different
It works offline. No internet connection is needed to use it. If the Wi-Fi drops, your work does not.
It does not watch you. No tracking, no ads, nothing sent home about what you do.
What you make is yours. Your files stay on your computer, in your hands.
We show our work. When we say something works, we keep the proof. If we have not measured it, we do not put it on this page.
Who we build for
Kids who learn by doing
For kids who have a hard time with the usual classroom way, and learn better by seeing and touching.
Parents and teachers
Something you can put on a computer without worrying about accounts, ads or where the data goes.
Musicians and tinkerers
People who like to play with sound and see how it is put together.
People who want to own their tools
Anyone tired of paying every month for software that lives on someone else's computer.
Try the star map
A sky you can fly through, with music you can play along the way. It runs in your browser, so you can try it right now.
About the syllabics: 13forge only shows the syllabic symbols. It gives no meanings, translations or language teaching, and will not until community engagement.
Say hello
The learning tools are free for testers. If you want to try them, or just want to talk, write to dev@deveraux.dev.
More about the engine underneath: what the engine does.