PokerForge finds the leaks in your hand histories, prices each one in bb/100 from your own results, and opens the hands behind it. So you work on what's actually costing you money.
PokerForge runs on Windows 10 & 11. On a Windows tablet? Download it here.
Windows may show a "protected your PC" screen on first run. That's normal for new indie software; here's why.
Every session adds more hands and more numbers.
VPIP, fold to 3-bet, c-bet by street and position. The numbers are all there.
Which gap is a real leak, which is noise, and which one is costing you the most?
It finds the leaks, puts a bb/100 price on each one from your own results, ranks them, and takes you straight to the hands.
A stat that's 10 points off can cost more than one that's 30 off. It depends how often the spot comes up and what it does to your results.
A ranked list is only useful if you act on it.
Stat lines don't tell you what to do against someone.
Needs PokerStars or iPoker hands: other rooms anonymise opponents.
Your database also knows how the pool plays.
Every number in PokerForge opens the hands behind it.
Results alone can't tell you.
Your hands stay on your PC.
PokerForge is a desktop app, not a website you upload your database to. It reads the hand histories your poker client already saves and keeps everything on your own machine.
To be precise: the app only goes online when you ask it to check for updates. This website counts visits anonymously and, if you arrive from an ad, uses that ad platform's conversion tag. Full privacy policy.
"I play online poker, and I had the tracker and the database: hundreds of thousands of hands. What I didn't have was an answer to one question. What should I actually work on?
So I started building PokerForge for myself. It's grown into something I think other players will get the same answers from."
Shane, who builds PokerForge · @shaneferry92 on X · @shaneferry11 on Instagram
Download it, point it at your hand histories, and tell us what it finds and what it gets wrong. Seven releases have shipped since 13 September, and every change is in the changelog.
No. PokerForge reads your hand-history files and stores everything in a local database on your own PC. There's no account and no cloud copy of your hands. The app only goes online when you ask it to check for updates. See the privacy policy for the full detail.
Yes. That "Windows protected your PC" screen is Microsoft SmartScreen. It appears for new installers from developers who haven't bought a code-signing certificate yet, and isn't a sign of a problem with the app. Click "More info", then "Run anyway".
What you'll see: click "More info" to reveal "Run anyway."
PokerStars, GGPoker, Winning Network / ACR, iPoker and CoinPoker, cash games and tournaments. GGPoker, Winning Network and CoinPoker anonymise opponents in their own hand histories, so hands from those rooms feed your own stats rather than villain profiles.
For studying your database, yes. It imports the same hand histories and focuses on finding, pricing and prioritising your leaks. It doesn't have a live HUD, so many players keep their tracker for the HUD and use PokerForge for study.
Every time you faced an open or a 3-bet, PokerForge looks at the exact two cards you held and what a 6-max, 100bb solver does with them in that spot. Where you fold too much or too little, it puts a bb/100 price on the gap from your own results. A spot needs at least 20 folds and 20 continues before it's ranked, so one big pot can't top the list.
Install it, point it at the folder where your poker client saves hand histories, and it imports them. The more hands you have, the more it can find and price.
PokerForge is free while it's in beta. Any pricing will be announced on X and Instagram first, and your imported hands stay yours, on your PC, whatever happens.
Not yet. PokerForge is a Windows 10 and 11 desktop app. If you'd use a Mac version, let us know: it helps decide what comes next.
See what PokerForge finds in yours. Free, local, and about 45 MB.
