Changelog — ToolForge

June 16, 2026

3 days ago

v2.5 Professional Grade Upgrade

A complete overhaul of the site experience. We're now a 192-page directory, not a listicle farm.

Design New homepage with live product mockup, real stats (84 tools, 30 reviews, 49 comparisons), and an honest FAQ section. Replaced fake trust bar with real metrics.

New Added 404 page with smart redirects to popular categories. Now you can recover from broken links.

New PWA support — install ToolForge as an app on iOS, Android, and desktop. Works offline.

SEO JSON-LD structured data on every page: Organization, WebSite, Article, SoftwareApplication, FAQPage, ItemList. We're now Google-rich-result eligible.

UX Back-to-top button, breadcrumb navigation, mega menu for tools, cookie consent banner, scroll-reveal animations, reading progress bar.

Trust Removed fabricated "50,000+ creators" and "14,000+ subscribers" stats. Now showing real counts and a transparency report.

New This changelog — public update history. Subscribe via RSS to never miss a release.

June 14, 2026

5 days ago

v2.4 Content Sprint #3

New Added 20 new tool review pages including Claude 3.7, GPT-5, Gemini 2.5 Pro, Manus AI, v0, Bolt, ElevenLabs v3, and 13 more.

New Added 15 new comparison pages (Cursor vs Copilot, ChatGPT vs Claude, etc.) and 8 new "best tools for X" guides.

Update Updated all 2026 pricing across every review. Free tier limits now shown on every card.

New Added Tool Picker (4-question wizard) and ROI Calculator interactive tools.

Fix Fixed broken internal links across blog posts.

June 9, 2026

10 days ago

v2.3 Stack Quiz Launch

New Launched the AI Stack Quiz — 6 deep questions, personalized stack recommendations with reasoning.

Update IndexNow ping for new URLs. Faster indexing than waiting for Google crawl.

Design Category pages redesigned with hero search and color-coded cards.

June 4, 2026

15 days ago

v2.2 Mega Pages & Compare Hub

New Launched 4 mega pages: Best AI Tools 2026, Best Free AI Tools, Best by Budget, Best for Podcasters/Video Editors.

New Added 36 side-by-side comparison pages across all major tools.

SEO Improved internal linking — every review links to 3+ related pages.

May 30, 2026

20 days ago

v2.1 Search & Site Search

New Full-text search across all 192 pages. Try it: search.html

New RSS feed for blog (rss.xml). Subscribe in your reader.

Fix Dark mode polish — fixed contrast on category badges.

May 24, 2026

26 days ago

v2.0 The Big Rewrite

ToolForge went from a 12-page blog to a 100+ page curated directory. New design system, new tools, new everything.

New New Vercel-clean + Linear-dark hybrid design system. Geist font. CSS variables for full theming.

New Light + dark mode with system preference detection.

New Filterable browse page with category, price, and use-case filters.

New 20+ blog posts covering AI tools for beginners, professionals, and specific industries.

Design Sticky nav, frosted-glass backdrop, smooth scroll, scroll-reveal animations.

May 1, 2026

~7 weeks ago

v1.0 Initial Launch

New First version of ToolForge. 12 pages, 8 tool reviews, basic design.

New Deployed to Netlify at toolforge-io.netlify.app