CabinetFORGE
Coming soon

Cabinet software for small shops. Design it, nest it, cut it.

CabinetFORGE runs in your browser. Lay out the kitchen, look at it in 3D, and send cut-ready G-code straight to your CNC — no second program, no per-seat bill. Built by a working cabinet shop, for working cabinet shops.

Not for sale yet. Leave your email and I'll tell you the day it's ready — nothing else.

A kitchen designed in CabinetFORGE, shown in the 3D dollhouse view

Not bloated. Just right.

The big cabinet programs were built for big shops. A small shop ends up paying for a base license, every extra seat, and part labels on top — $340 or more a month for three seats — and still spends months learning it.

CabinetFORGE is the lean version: the things a small custom shop does every day, done well, learned in days. These screenshots are from my own build, not mockups. It's already cutting parts on my CNC.

The 3D dollhouse view with the doors off, showing the shelves inside the cabinets

What it does

From the tape measure to parts on the cart, in one program.

Plan and elevation designDraw the room, drop in base, wall and tall cabinets, and they snap to the walls, each other and the window.
3D, doors on or offWalk the customer through their kitchen, then take the doors off to show what's inside.
Face frame or framelessFull overlay, half overlay and inset face frame. Frameless (blind dado and cam-lock) is in beta.
Hardware lands where it shouldHinge cups, shelf pins, drawer runners and undermount drawer boxes are all drilled and sized for you.
Nesting built inEvery material gets its own sheets — prefinished, plywood, drawer stock — with a sheet count before you cut.
G-code for your machineCut order, the bit for every step, and the toolpath simulated on screen. Holes and dados first, outlines last.
Part labels includedPrint a label for every part with the job name and the part on it. No extra monthly charge.
Knows a hidden end from a finished oneEnds against a wall or a cabinet go unfinished with a 1/2" scribe. Pre-drill the screw holes if you want them.
The Nest screen: parts laid out on a 4x8 sheet with the cut order and G-code beside it

From the design to the machine

Click Nest and the parts are laid out on sheets, sorted by material. The cut order and every bit are right there, you can play the toolpath on screen before a sheet goes on the table, and the G-code comes out ready for your controller.

No VCarve required — the CAM is built in. If you already use DoorFORGE in VCarve for doors, that keeps working the way it does.

The price

One shop, one price. The way it should have been.

A typical setup today

$340+ / month
  • Base license
  • $50–60 a month for each extra seat
  • About $35 a month for part labels
  • Months to learn

CabinetFORGE

$79 / month
  • 3 seats included — office, machine and bench
  • Part labels included
  • No per-seat or per-machine add-ons
  • Runs in the browser — nothing to install or update

$79 is the target price at launch, not a final price list. The list gets the launch date first.

Built and backed by The Homestead Workshop — a woodworking shop trusted by 24,000+ followers, with a long track record of real shop builds. You're buying from a maker who runs this in production, and every Forge tool runs in my own shop before it goes out.

Be first in line

One email on launch day. And if you want a say in what gets built first, tell me what your current software makes harder than it should be.

Or email dennis@thehomesteadworkshop.com · Read why I'm building it

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