This compatibility report describes conformance tests and compares benchmarks between Forest and Lotus. As shown in the results below, Forest is a reliable, high-performance alternative to Lotus.
We continuously validate this through conformance testing and RPC benchmarks, with results published for independent verification.
During conformance testing, Forest RPC responses are compared against Lotus responses for identical input parameters.
Since January 20, 2026, the Forest team has been publishing Conformance test results in the documentation.
Two reports are currently available:
https://docs.forest.chainsafe.io/reports/api_conformance/report_2026-01-20
https://docs.forest.chainsafe.io/reports/api_conformance/report_2026-02-01
New reports are generated and published automatically on a monthly basis.
Forest: v0.32.0 "Ember"
Lotus: v1.34.4
CPU: 6 cores
RAM: 64 GB
VUs: 20
Max Duration: 1 min