DrupalForge

To run a Drupal Forge (DF) site in your local dev environment, simply create a backup of your site in the DF dashboard and then download those files (code, database, and the static files) to your local machine. 

Use the downloaded files to spin up your site locally. 

Yes. You can deploy your Dev sites to any production hosting provider of your choice. Check out the video(s) under the How-To section.

Please check out the videos on the how-to page. (Click here)

We've got you covered.

Drupal Forge hosts all your dev sites. You don't have to worry about it. 

1. Copy the cloud development password and click the link to open the VS Code editor.

Yes, all of our site templates are varieties of Drupal. 

You can also share your own Drupal apps / sites / recipes / distros through Drupal Forge. 

Since the underlying platform is language/app agnostic, you can also create decoupled/headless apps and sites.

Drupal Forge is offered as a community service. The 6-hour temporary disposable Drupal sites, with or without Dev environments are completely free.

Drupal Forge spins up pre-configured sites for you. Each site configuration is called a template. You provide some basic information and Drupal Forge sends you a link when your site is ready.

Drupal Forge is built on DevPanel. 

However, Drupal Forge uses a very limited version of DevPanel with only its basic features.

You can check out DevPanel's website to learn more about it if you like.

You can't really compare Tugboat to Drupal Forge (DF). It's like comparing Apples to Oranges. 

SimplyTest.me is a service built on Tugboat. Drupal Forge is a service built on DevPanel.

If you want to compare Tugboat to something, you can compare it to DevPanel.