I am looking for a way to download and install forge automatically.
I found this URL that describes all versions of the forge: http://files.minecraftforge.net/maven/net/minecraftforge/forge/json
Yes, I can parse it with the help of Json, pull out the forge version from there, load the universal.jar, unpack it and get the version manifest out.
But is there really no way to make it easier? Do not do this chain to get all the libs that are required forge?