At Orbital Alchemists, we believe that simple tools built with intentional boundaries are often the most durable. Today we are sharing the first working version of Signalforge, a lightweight, focused project designed to solve a deceptively tricky problem: handling inbound communications (enquiries) cleanly across multiple independent websites.
Signalforge is not a sprawling SaaS platform, and it is not trying to be an all-in-one marketing CRM. It is a small, modular inbound pipeline that gives us a unified way to collect contact form submissions, reject automated bot noise, maintain a private audit log, and deliver messages directly to where they belong. Instead of scattering form handlers or relying on opaque third-party form widgets across our ecosystem, every site now routes into a single, predictable channel that we control.
We designed Signalforge from day one to be open source. The entire architecture is intentionally small: a front-end Hugo component that slips effortlessly into static sites without heavy client frameworks, paired with a clean backend interface that verifies submissions, records them, and handles alerts. Because the contract between the front end and backend is minimal, the system stays resilient, fast, and easy to audit.
Right now, Signalforge is in active use across our own network. While its initial implementation leverages serverless cloud primitives to keep operational overhead virtually zero, our roadmap is centered on opening the codebase and expanding deployment targets. We want this to be an accessible, plug-and-play pattern for developers and independent studios who value clean architecture and data sovereignty, whether they prefer deploying to managed serverless environments or self-hosting on lightweight open-source runtimes.
Signalforge starts small, but it represents the kind of tooling we love building: transparent, purposefully constrained, and practical from day one. We are preparing the repository for its public release, and we look forward to sharing the code, documentation, and architecture recipes with the wider community soon.