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// for businesses on aging custom systems

The system runs the business.
One person runs the system.

An MS Access app, a FoxPro database, a custom ERP nobody dares touch — built years ago, undocumented, and tied to one developer. A rewrite feels too risky. dForge lets you modernize one workflow at a time, on real infrastructure, without a big-bang cutover.

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today — one point of failure
Custom ERP · Access / FoxPro
undocumented10+ years"don't touch it"
the one developer who understands it
bus factor: 1
on dForge — modernized
Same workflows, on real infrastructure
Postgresreadable metadatarole-basedsupported
bus factor: resolved
// sound familiar?

Is your business at risk?

If you recognize a few of these, the system is carrying more risk than the business realizes.

A single developer (or none) keeps a critical system alive.
It's 10+ years old, undocumented, and "don't touch it or it breaks."
A trigger just changed — that person is leaving, an audit, an acquisition.
You've priced a rewrite and it's too big, too risky, all at once.
Two or more? It's worth a conversation before the trigger forces one.Talk to us about a migration
// how dForge fits

Modernize without the big bang.

Start from your existing schema, move one workflow at a time, and end up on infrastructure anyone can read and support.

01

Map your schema into a module

Hand over your existing SQL, DBML, or even the legacy screens. We model your entities, fields, and relationships into a real dForge module — AI-assisted and reviewed with you, not a black box.

  • Bring what you have — SQL, DBML, or the legacy screens themselves.
  • We map entities, fields, and relationships into readable metadata.
  • You get a real module to review and refine — not a black box.
your schema → a dForge module
legacy.sql · schema.dbml · screens
model & build
dForge module — modeled
Customerid · name · vat → Orders
Orderid · date · total → Customer
Invoiceid · amount · status → Order
02

Migrate one workflow at a time

Move a single process first, prove it in production, then expand. dForge runs alongside the legacy system during the transition — no risky cutover.

  • Move one process to production and prove it works.
  • Runs alongside the legacy system during the transition.
  • Expand workflow by workflow — never a big-bang cutover.
phased migration
legacy system · still running
OrdersInvoicingInventory
migrate Orders first
dForge · in production
Orders ✓
one workflow at a time · runs in parallel · no cutover
03

Real, documented, supported

Postgres under the hood, metadata you can read and review, role-based security built in. The bus-factor problem goes away.

  • Standard PostgreSQL — inspectable, backed up, portable.
  • Metadata you can read and review — not code only one person understands.
  • Role-based security and audit, built in.
your module — readable metadata
entities
Order8 fields · 2 relations
Invoice6 fields · status flow
PostgresRole-based accessFull auditReviewable by anyone
// how a migration works

A plan before a single line moves.

No surprise rewrite. We map the system first, agree on scope, then migrate in phases you can stop or adjust at any point.

STEP 01

Discovery call

A short call to map the system, the stack, who maintains it, and what changed to make this urgent now. No demo, no pitch.

STEP 02

Migration assessment

A fixed-scope audit of your data model and workflows that ends in a concrete migration plan — so you decide with facts, not a guess.

STEP 03

Migrate in phases

One workflow to production first, proven, then expand — on documented, supported infrastructure, hosted by us or on your own servers.

Where to start

Modules worth installing first for this.

Try this setup in your workspace

Opens these modules, and the integrations that connect them, on one review page in your dForge workspace. Remove what you don't need; nothing installs until you confirm.

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Don't see a fit?

Tell us what you need and we'll build the module — or book a call to map your systems together.