¶ Overview
LogoForge helps founders and small brands create a usable logo without hiring a studio. Users pick a fast one shot mode or a guided chat mode, then download both raster and vector files ready for decks, sites, and products.
¶ Important info
The product is a pnpm monorepo with a Next.js 14 frontend, a Hono API, and shared packages for types and UI. Accounts use NextAuth with bcrypt and Postgres. Every AI call routes through OpenRouter so swapping image or text models is a config change. Docker and a Makefile cover install, dev, build, and infra.
¶ Problem faced
Most AI logo tools return a single raster image with no brief, no vector file, and no way to steer the result. That leaves users with a mark that cannot scale and a prompt they must rewrite to fix anything.
¶ How it was solved
Split the work into small services: one builds a structured brief, one runs the guided chat, one generates the image, one removes the background, and one converts to SVG. The UI tracks each step so users see real progress instead of a generic spinner.