A cross-platform desktop editor for Claude Code and Claude Desktop configuration files.
ClaudeForge is a cross-platform desktop editor for Claude Code and Claude Desktop configuration. It provides schema-validated, guided editors for settings.json, permission allow/deny/ask rules, hooks, MCP servers, environment variables, the model catalog, user-memory files, and agents/skills/slash-commands — plus backup and restore.
Downloads
| Platform | Architecture | File |
|-----------------------|----------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Windows | x64 | ClaudeForge-win-x64.zip |
| Windows | ARM64 | ClaudeForge-win-arm64.zip |
| Linux | x64 | ClaudeForge-linux-x64.tar.gz |
| Linux | ARM64 | ClaudeForge-linux-arm64.tar.gz |
| macOS (Intel) | x64 | ClaudeForge-osx-x64.tar.gz |
| macOS (Apple Silicon) | ARM64 | ClaudeForge-osx-arm64.tar.gz |
The version (2026.3.922) is encoded in the release tag rather than in
the archive filenames — publish.ps1 produces unversioned artefact names
so local dev builds and CI builds share one filename pattern.
Linux: Extract, then run the bundled linux-setup.sh to install a per-user .desktop entry so Wayland compositors render the window icon correctly:
bash
tar -xzf ClaudeForge-linux-x64.tar.gz -C ~/ClaudeForge
cd ~/ClaudeForge
./linux-setup.sh
./ClaudeForge
macOS: The binary is unsigned. Use the bundled allow-app-to-run.sh to strip the Gatekeeper quarantine xattr from every file in the extracted directory:
bash
tar -xzf ClaudeForge-osx-arm64.tar.gz -C ~/ClaudeForge
cd ~/ClaudeForge
./allow-app-to-run.sh
./ClaudeForge
What's Changed
Added
- Claude Opus 5.5. The model picker and the model suggestion list now carry Opus 5.5
(claude-opus-5-5), and the opus alias resolves to it. Opus 5 keeps its row and stays
pinnable as an exact snapshot; it simply leaves the default picker and gives up the alias.
Opus 5.5 defaults to medium effort rather than high - the only model in the current
lineup whose default differs - which is recorded in the catalog and is what an unrecognized
effort value now coerces toward under opus.
Fixed
- Enterprise policy is read from the directory Claude Code actually reads it from.
ClaudeForge looked for managed-settings.json in ~/.claude/; Claude Code reads it from a
per-OS *system* directory - C:\Program Files\ClaudeCode\ on Windows, …
| Publisher | Brian Bennewitz |
|---|---|
| Version | 2026.3.922 |
| Release date | 2026-09-22 |
| License | MIT |
| Installer type | zip |
| Architecture | x64, arm64 |
| Package ID | Bennewitz.Ninja.ClaudeForge |
winget install --id=Bennewitz.Ninja.ClaudeForge -ewinget upgrade --id=Bennewitz.Ninja.ClaudeForge -ewinget uninstall --id=Bennewitz.Ninja.ClaudeForge -eYes. ClaudeForge is free and open-source software released under the MIT license.
The latest version is 2026.3.922, released on Sep 22, 2026.
The download button links to the official installer published on github.com, the same file Windows Package Manager installs. You can verify the downloaded file by comparing its SHA-256 checksum with 89e41f04caf78be13476d5f6509c544017fcf05e22b63a361e38570be153277a.
ClaudeForge runs on Windows and is available for 64-bit (x64), ARM64 systems.
Open Settings › Apps › Installed apps, find ClaudeForge and select Uninstall. From the command line, run winget uninstall --id=Bennewitz.Ninja.ClaudeForge -e.
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