FURNACE Releases

Extension distributions and install instructions for FURNACE -- the AI-powered MCP server for structured code generation, analysis, and project orchestration.

IDE Extensions

VS Code -- "Forge with Furnace"

Download the .vsix file from this repo and install manually:

code --install-extension extensions/vscode/furnace-forge-project-0.8.0.vsix

Or search "Forge with Furnace" on the VS Code Marketplace.

JetBrains -- "furnace-project"

Download the .zip file from this repo and install via:

Settings > Plugins > Gear icon > Install Plugin from Disk -- select the .zip file.

Or search "furnace-project" on the JetBrains Marketplace (IntelliJ, WebStorm, PyCharm, GoLand, CLion, etc.).

Pre-built Binaries

Pre-built binaries are hosted on GitHub Releases.

Platform	Notes
macOS (Apple Silicon)	Also runs on Intel Macs via Rosetta 2
Linux (x86_64)
Windows (x86_64)

Install via npm (recommended)

npm install -g furnace-mcp

MCP client config

{"mcpServers": {"furnace": {"command": "npx", "args": ["-y", "furnace-mcp"]}}}

Install from binary

# macOS (Apple Silicon — also runs on Intel via Rosetta 2)
curl -L https://github.com/forgewithfurnace/furnace-releases/releases/latest/download/furnace-aarch64-apple-darwin.tar.gz | tar xz
sudo mv furnace /usr/local/bin/

# Linux (x86_64)
curl -L https://github.com/forgewithfurnace/furnace-releases/releases/latest/download/furnace-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz | tar xz
sudo mv furnace /usr/local/bin/

# Windows (x86_64) — download the .zip from GitHub Releases, extract, add furnace.exe to PATH

From crates.io

cargo install furnace-mcp

Current Version

Component	Version
FURNACE MCP Server	0.8.0
VS Code Extension	0.8.0
IntelliJ Plugin	0.8.0

What is FURNACE?

FURNACE (Formal Unified Runtime for Network-Augmented Code Engineering) is a Rust MCP server that sits between your LLM and your codebase. It provides:

• 27 MCP tools for code search, generation, validation, and automated workflows
• 9 AI agents -- Gandalf, Gimli, Trinity, Legolas, Morpheus, Elrond, Aragorn, AutoForge, SearchOrchestrator
• Tiered search -- vector (Tier 1), hybrid (Tier 2), agentic (Tier 3)
• 3 embedded databases -- SQLite, KuzuDB (graph), LanceDB (vectors)
• Zero external services -- single binary, no Docker, no cloud dependencies
• External KB sync -- ChromaDB, Pinecone, Weaviate integration
• Bidirectional sync -- Linear, Jira, Notion
• IDE extensions -- VS Code and JetBrains with live dashboards, SCROLL editors, and visual search

Learn more at github.com/forgewithfurnace/furnace.