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 [![license](https://img.shields.io/github/license/electron/forge.svg)](https://github.com/electron/forge/blob/main/LICENSE)
 ![status](https://img.shields.io/badge/Status-%20Ready%20for%20Awesome-red.svg)
 
+> [!IMPORTANT]
+> We're currently beginning feature development for the next major version of Electron Forge, which is being done in the [`next`](https://github.com/electron/forge/tree/next) branch.
+> To try out experimental pre-releases, install the `@alpha` dist-tag of the `@electron-forge/*` packages via npm.
+> For more details, see issue https://github.com/electron/forge/issues/4082.
+
 A complete tool for building modern Electron applications.
 
 Electron Forge unifies the existing (and well maintained) build tools for