So you’re a creative?
What would you like to build?
Create together. Keep everything connected.
FanForge gives writers, filmmakers and creative teams one place to develop projects, organise their work, share feedback and build stories together.
Working private alpha · 18+ · Access by invitation
See a story take shape · 72 seconds
1 minute 12 seconds · Founder narration
Music: Life in Silico by Scott Buckley, CC BY 4.0. Excerpted, faded and ducked beneath narration.
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Very likely your drafts are in one place. Your notes are in another. Feedback is in messages. And references are scattered across several different apps.
A home for your ideas, your work, and the people helping you build it.
In FanForge, every project has a Forge of its own. Your current work and what needs attention stay together. Connect ideas to the work they support. Open the source, and keep creating. Make the change. Save the draft.
On another chapter, Mara has submitted a contribution. Elias recommends acceptance. His feedback stays with Mara’s work. The Project Lead makes the final decision. When it’s accepted, Mara is credited for her contribution.
You thought about it. Now build it. Join the private alpha.
From the first idea to the finished project, keep your people, files and creative work in one place.
Your project is complicated.
Your workspace shouldn’t be.
Notes in one app. Drafts in another.
Connect planning material to the creative work and references it supports.
Feedback lost in the conversation.
Keep review with the contribution, ready for the next revision.
Creative decisions without a clear owner.
Reviewers advise. The Project Lead decides. Accepted work keeps its recorded credit.
Pick a creative medium.
Choose what interests you. We’ll show you how FanForge adapts.
Explore freely. This won’t create a project.
See your Book preview ↓Book · Writing Room
Keep the manuscript and its world together.
Write chapters, keep your world close in Lore, and connect the notes and references behind the story. Bring feedback back to the work as you revise.
- Write chapters and save your drafts.
- Keep worldbuilding and references close.
- Review contributions with feedback and attribution.
Give the chapter your attention.
A focused view of the manuscript, with the writing tools close to the work.
Real interface · Fictional example
Writing Room · The Greater Conflict
Forge Board connects planning material to real work. Follow an authored relationship into the linked document, and keep creating. Lore, Files, Tasks and Discussion keep supporting context close.
Manually connected planning material and its linked source document
Recorded attribution: Mara contributed, Elias reviewed, Javan accepted
Open roles, invite collaborators and review their contributions. Feedback stays attached to the work. Reviewer recommendations are advisory; the Project Lead makes the final decision. Accepted contributions create recorded attribution.
Publish an approved public Overview, share the link and recruit for open roles. Private working material stays inside the Forge. For tabletop and TTRPG projects, rules, playtests, campaign Lore and session preparation retain their own structure and permissions.
Javan Buchanan
Founder, FanForge
Behind the Forge
Why I’m building FanForge.
I’m Javan, the founder of FanForge. I’m building a home for creative projects that deserve more than a pile of disconnected files—whether you’re starting alone or building with other people.
FanForge is a working private alpha. I’m shaping it with early creators, and I want to hear what helps and what gets in the way.
Connect with Javan on LinkedIn ↗Support the build
One-time support helps cover the tools, hosting and development costs while I keep building FanForge.
Help us find our people
Know someone building something?
Follow the build. Tell a creative friend about FanForge. And when you’re ready, show people what you’re making.
Share a public Forge page or a piece of work you want others to see. Tag @join_fan_forge on Instagram or @fan_forge on TikTok so we can see it too.
If a writer, filmmaker, artist, game designer or Game Master came to mind, send them this page.
PRIVATE ALPHA QUESTIONS
Before you enter the Forge.
Forging the stories we all want to see. Together. · FanForge private alpha