
NFC Forge: Tag Toolkit
Read, write & clone NFC tags
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About
NFC Forge is an open-source toolkit for reading, writing, duplicating, and managing NFC tags with your iPhone. No ads, no accounts, no trackers, and no cloud. Everything stays on your device.
READ
• Identify the chip family and decode NDEF records
• Inspect lock status and security configuration
• View the raw memory of supported tags and export a full .bin dump
WRITE
• Web links, plain text, phone numbers, email, locations, and FaceTime or WhatsApp shortcuts
• Contact cards (vCard), calendar events, App Store links, and social profiles
• Payment links (Venmo, PayPal, Cash App), Wi-Fi network tokens, and Bluetooth pairing records
• Small embedded files and custom raw NDEF records
• Stage several records and write them together as one multi-record NDEF message, with a capacity check against NTAG213, NTAG215, and NTAG216
DUPLICATE
• Scan a source tag, save it to your on-device library, and write it to one or more blank tags
TOOLS
• Erase and format tags
• Lock tags permanently to make them read-only
• Password-protect supported NTAG tags
• Byte-level memory editor, .bin backup and restore, and a raw command console for advanced users
• Optionally use your iPhone as an NFC reader for your Mac over your local Wi-Fi network
SAFETY FIRST
NFC Forge protects lock bytes, capability containers, and password pages during normal writes to help prevent accidentally bricking a tag, and it warns you before any permanent action.
SUPPORTED TAGS
• Full read and write: NTAG213/215/216, MIFARE Ultralight, and ISO 15693 (ICODE SLIX and others)
• NDEF and command passthrough: ISO 7816 Type 4 tags, DESFire, and FeliCa
• MIFARE Classic: UID detection only
PRIVACY
NFC Forge collects no data. Tags you choose to save stay in the app's on-device storage. The source code is available on GitHub under the MIT License.
Requires an iPhone with NFC. Some record types, such as Wi-Fi, write a text token that other apps can scan; iOS does not automatically join a network from an NFC tag.
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What's New in NFC Forge
1.0
October 9, 2026





