The first version of Forte appeared in 2005 and other versions appeared successively in 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 and 20152016.<ref name="LugertHistory"/> FORTE 6.0 was published in 2015.<ref>{{cite web | title=Ver 6.0 | work=forte | url=http://www.forteinc.com/release/notes.php?id=60 | accessdate=2015-04-19 }}</ref><ref name="ForteOverview"/> Forte is being "used by people and institutions from more than 40 countries", claims its publisher,<ref name="ForteOverview"/> which specializes in books, materials and magazines for musical education in schools, besides the scorewriter.<ref name="LugertHistory"/>
