SandForge — Forge your Salesforce Sandboxes

The all-in-one Salesforce sandbox ETL toolkit for VSCode. Seed test data with AI, sync orgs bidirectionally, compare metadata, monitor limits, manage bulk operations, and automate pipelines — all from a single WebView UI. No Command Palette required.

Getting Started

1. Install — Search for SandForge in the Extensions tab (Ctrl+Shift+X) and click Install
2. Connect — Click the SandForge icon in the Activity Bar, then go to Organizations and import your Salesforce CLI-authenticated orgs
3. Explore — The Home Dashboard shows your connected orgs, quick actions, and smart recommendations
4. Seed — Navigate to Seed, pick a mode (AI, CSV, or Clone), and populate your sandbox in seconds

Features

Seed — AI Generation, CSV Import & Org Cloning

Three ways to populate your sandbox, from zero-config to fully customized.

• 3 Seed Modes — AI Generate, CSV Upload, or Clone from Org via card-based mode selector
• AI Personas — 10 industry-specific personas (Insurance FR, Hospital US, Startup, etc.) with locale badges and 5-record preview
• CSV Import — Drag-and-drop upload with auto column mapping, inline validation, and 4-step wizard
• Clone from Org — Clone records between orgs with relationship-ordered insert, SOQL filters, and ID mapping CSV export
• Smart Actions — Home Dashboard analyzes your orgs and recommends the best action with a one-click "Just Do It" CTA
• Quick Seed — 1-click seed from template gallery: Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, or Minimal Demo
• Adaptive Wizard — Auto-advance for small selections, grouped accordion for large ones
• AI Generation — LLM-backed realistic data (OpenAI, Anthropic, Ollama) with customizable field patterns
• Locale-Aware — Realistic data in 6 locales (en, fr, de, es, ja, pt-BR) with geo-coherent addresses
• VR-Aware — Auto-adjusts field rules to satisfy your org's validation rules
• Dependency Resolution — Automatic topological sort of parent-child relationships before insert

Sync — Bidirectional Data Synchronization

Full-featured data sync with real-time CDC, conflict resolution, and scheduling.

• Quick Sync — 3-click flow: pick orgs, select objects, go (auto-field mapping, smart defaults)
• CDC Real-Time Sync — Change Data Capture subscriptions with live event feed, metrics dashboard, and auto-sync toggle
• Conflict Resolution — Side-by-side 2-way/3-way diff viewer with per-field resolution and bulk actions
• Sync History — Full execution history (500 entries FIFO) with detail view and one-click re-run
• Cron Scheduling — Visual builder + raw expression with timezone support, sleep/wake resilient
• Smart Object Suggestions — Top 5 most-used objects with one-click add
• Relationship Auto-Detection — Adding "Opportunity" auto-suggests "Account" as parent dependency
• Pre-Built Templates — Full Account Hierarchy, Opportunities + Products, Cases + Attachments
• 4 Sync Modes — Upsert, Insert, Update, Delete with per-object configuration
• 7 Mapping Types — Direct, Lookup, Formula, Constant, Concatenation, Conditional, External ID
• 13 Transforms — String, date, number formatting, regex replace, and conditional logic
• 5 Conflict Strategies — Source wins, target wins, newest wins, manual, or auto-merge
• Rollback — Automatic savepoints with one-click rollback on partial failures
• Config Persistence — Save, load, and reuse sync configurations across sessions

Monitor — Real-Time Org Health

Live dashboard for tracking API limits, jobs, storage, and org health.

• Health Score Gauge — Composite metric aggregating limits, jobs, storage, and error rates
• Alert System — Configurable thresholds with severity levels, VSCode notifications, and history timeline
• API Limits Tracking — Live REST, Bulk, and Metadata API quota consumption with CSV export
• Storage Breakdown — Per-object record count donut chart
• Deployment Timeline — Recent deployments with status indicators
• Trend Charts — Historical trends with predictive analytics
• Anomaly Detection — Statistical outlier detection with IQR and temporal patterns
• Governance — Custom rule definitions with evaluation engine and alert pipeline
• Dashboard Refresh UX — Panel-level loading, stale data indicator, error recovery

Compare — Metadata Diff and Permissions

Side-by-side comparison with six analysis tabs.

• Metadata Diff — Side-by-side comparison of fields, objects, flows, and Apex classes
• Permission Matrix — Visual CRUD and FLS grid across profiles and permission sets
• Drift Detection — Flag configuration drift between orgs
• Impact Graph — Interactive dependency visualization for change impact analysis
• Deploy from Diff — Cherry-pick and deploy individual metadata changes

DataOps — Backup, Compliance, and Quality

Full data lifecycle management with compliance built in.

• Backup and Restore — Full or incremental backups with point-in-time restore and retention policies
• Anonymization — PII detection and masking with pre-built GDPR/CCPA/HIPAA/PCI DSS templates
• Data Quality — 7 rule types: completeness, format, consistency, uniqueness, range, pattern, custom
• Production Guard — 3 safety tiers with double confirmation, DELETE blocking, and audit trail
• Encryption at Rest — AES-256-GCM with PBKDF2 key derivation

Automation — Visual Pipeline Builder

Build and run multi-step workflows visually.

• Drag-and-Drop Canvas — Compose pipelines from 15 step types
• Pipeline Marketplace — 15 pre-configured templates across 5 categories
• Scheduling — Cron expressions with timezone support and calendar-based exclusions
• Execution History — Searchable log with per-step timing and error details
• Dry Run Mode — Simulated execution with impact preview before running for real

Streaming & Background Execution

Enterprise-grade performance for large-scale operations.

• Streaming Pipeline — Async generator-based chunk processing for datasets > 10,000 records
• Chunked Bulk API 2.0 — Multi-upload to a single Bulk API job (2000 records/chunk)
• Background Operations — Long-running operations detach from UI, run in background with full lifecycle tracking
• Abort Support — Cancel any running background operation
• Native Notifications — VSCode desktop notifications when background operations complete while panel is hidden

AI Assistant

• NL2SOQL — Natural language to SOQL translation (English + French)
• Error Resolver — Contextual Salesforce error analysis with auto-fix
• Predictive Analytics — Trend forecasting for API limits and storage
• 10 Industry Personas — Pre-configured data profiles with locale-aware field patterns

Requirements

Keyboard Shortcuts

Configuration

Internationalization

SandForge supports 6 languages:

Author

Crafted with passion by Stephane Berthoz.

License

MIT