The real cost of AI coding
of AI coding time is spent re-reading files you've already seen — on every single request.
average tokens burned to establish context on a medium codebase. That's ~$0.90 per request on Claude Opus 4.
Every new request rediscovers context that already exists. You're paying for amnesia, request after request.
The Forage approach
files re-read per complex query
tokens for the same query via Forage
What Forage does
Forage crawls your codebase once and builds an all-knowing knowledge graph of every file, function, class, import, and relationship. The graph updates incrementally as you code — always current, always queryable.
Replace brute-force file reads with surgical graph queries. Reduce AI token consumption by 50–80% on every coding session.
First-class Model Context Protocol server. Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf, and any MCP-compatible agent can query your graph instead of re-reading your files.
Your code never leaves your machine — Forage runs entirely on-prem with no telemetry or cloud sync. Full privacy is guaranteed when your inference server also runs locally.
Built-in snapshots, diffs, and history — completely independent of Git but also compatible. Track how your codebase structure evolves over time.
Ask natural language questions about your codebase directly in the Forage web UI or via MCP. Ask questions. Get answers. It's that simple!
Forage surfaces every TODO, FIXME, BUG, HACK, and DEPRECATED comment across your entire codebase — indexed, searchable, and queryable.
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Current monthly cost
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Cost with Forage
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Monthly savings
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Three steps
Run one command in your project root. Forage indexes your codebase and builds the initial knowledge graph.
forage --initForage parses every file — functions, classes, imports, calls, comments — and stores the relationships in a persistent knowledge graph.
graph · live updatesPoint Claude Code, Cursor, or Windsurf at the MCP server. Your AI agent now queries the graph instead of re-reading your files.
http://localhost:9989/mcpWorks with your stack
Forage speaks MCP fluently. If your AI tool supports the Model Context Protocol, Forage works with it.
Pricing
Developer
Free
30-day trial · then $19/mo
Everything you need to supercharge your personal AI coding workflow on your local machine.
Professional
$49
/month · billed annually
For professional developers who want the full Forage experience with priority support.
Business
Custom
volume licensing available
Volume licensing for teams deploying Forage across multiple developer machines.
The bottom line
Give it a memory. Stop paying for amnesia. Start understanding with Forage.