Forge Suite · v1.2.4

Seaglass Control Center

One download that installs, configures, and operates the Forge suite

A single installer that is also a living dashboard. One download lays down a private Java runtime and the full Forge suite, makes API-key setup trivial, runs the services, manages data, and lets an operator chat with the agent — all from one window, with no prerequisites on the target machine.

1 installer
A single NSIS package carrying a private JRE 25 LTS and every suite JAR — no prerequisites on the host
3 modes
Install → Configure → Operate, all in one window — light onboarding, dark dashboard
1 key
Paste one API key, live-validated and vaulted; the suite is running moments later
The Forge Suite installer welcome screen — light onboarding with the Seaglass Foundry globe and a Begin button
Front of house: the light onboarding that installs and configures the suite.
The dark Control Center dashboard — Services tab with ForgeMind and ForgeGIS Studio service cards, MCP children, and a log rail
Engine room: the dark dashboard that runs it — services, MCP children, logs.

One window, two moods. The UI shifts from light “front of house” onboarding to the dark “engine room” dashboard once the suite goes live, so the mode you are in is always obvious.

What it is, why it matters, how it's built differently

Three short answers for the technical evaluator.

What it is

The Seaglass Control Center is the Forge suite's installer and its operations console in one application. It is built for people who would rather evaluate a running system in minutes than assemble one over an afternoon.

Why it matters

A suite of engines is only evaluable if it can be stood up. The Control Center removes every prerequisite: no JRE to install, no dependency hunt, no config files to hand-edit. Paste one API key and you are running — including on a machine that never touches the network, thanks to a bundled offline elevation dataset.

How it's built differently

The same window that installs the suite also runs it: service control, health, live logs, a data gallery, and agent chat. The UI shifts from a light “front of house” onboarding to a dark “engine room” dashboard once the suite goes live, so the mode you are in is always obvious.

From download to first result

Four steps, one window.

  1. Run one installer A single NSIS installer carrying a private Temurin JRE 25 LTS, the four suite JARs, the Studio bridge, and a sample DEM. No prerequisites on the machine. The suite applications still target Java 17 — only the runtime that executes them moved.
  2. Pass live preflight Free-disk, RAM, GPU, port, and write-permission checks run before install; a port already in use can be changed inline, so a conflict never dead-ends the install.
  3. Paste one key A provider picker (Claude / OpenAI) with the key validated live against the provider's /v1/models endpoint, then stored in the Windows Credential Manager — never written to disk — and injected into child processes at launch. The key is the connected-evaluation path; an air-gapped site runs a self-hosted model behind the same provider abstraction.
  4. Start the suite & ask a question One click launches ForgeMind, which spawns ForgeGIS and ForgeData as MCP children — health, uptime, live tool count, and a colored log tail appear at once. The streaming Ask tab shows tool-by-tool progress and the answer; a bundled offline DEM means elevation and slope work with no first-run network.
Live preflight screen checking disk space, memory, graphics, write access, and Java runtime, with editable service ports
Live preflight — system checks and inline port fixes before anything installs.
Install progress at 100% staged, listing the bundled Temurin runtime and each suite component being laid down
The install: a private Java runtime and every suite component, staged step by step. Captured on an earlier build; the current installer bundles Temurin JRE 25 LTS.
Connect your AI provider screen with Claude and OpenAI picker and a live-validated API key field
One key — picked, validated live, and vaulted in the Windows Credential Manager.

The suite it manages

The Control Center runs ForgeMind — which spawns ForgeGIS and ForgeData as MCP children — and the opt-in Studio and Seaglass Globe, giving each JVM a RAM-aware heap cap. Ports are configurable and persisted through every launch and health check, and a one-click data gallery fronts 13 ingesters (OpenTopography, Copernicus, STAC, PostGIS, and more).

ComponentRolePort
ForgeMind Agent orchestrator (HTTP + MCP host); spawns the others 8080 loopback
ForgeGIS GPU geospatial compute engine (MCP stdio child) stdio
ForgeData Dataset catalog + ingesters (MCP stdio child) stdio
ForgeGIS Studio (opt-in) Web workspace for building and running pipelines 8081 loopback
Seaglass Globe (opt-in) 3D view and the agent's presentation surface (native binary pair; needs a real GPU) 7900 loopback + bearer
The Data tab: active catalog summary and a data source gallery of elevation, vector, and imagery ingesters
The Data tab: one active catalog, and a one-click gallery over the suite's ingesters — elevation, vector, and imagery sources behind one interface.

Security posture

Local-only by construction, with the groundwork for scaling named up front.

Loopback + token-authed

Never exposed to the LAN

ForgeMind's HTTP API binds 127.0.0.1 and requires a per-install bearer token; the agent API is never exposed to the LAN.

Secrets never on disk

Vaulted, not written

LLM keys, data-source keys, and the bearer token all live in the Windows Credential Manager; the webview runs under a strict CSP.

Foundation to scale

Groundwork, not promises

A future multi-user tier — Studio behind a reverse proxy with TLS, auth, and tenancy — is a distinct shape. Env-driven ports and token auth are its groundwork, named honestly rather than shipped as a promise.

Run the whole suite on one evaluation host, disconnected if required, exercising install, configure, and operate through a single window.

Downloads

Direct download — no email gate, no form wall.

A note on licensing. The Seaglass Control Center installs and operates the Forge suite and is not sold separately. The Forge suite is commercially licensed; terms are provided on request, and evaluation builds are available to qualified teams — see how to evaluate.

Evaluate the Forge suite — see it install and run on one machine

One download, one window, first result in minutes — on Windows x64, disconnected if required. We read every email.

rich@seaglassfoundry.com