Use the platform
Different platforms have different strengths. Native controls, native accessibility, native interaction patterns, and native performance characteristics matter.
Native software. Built with care.
Fast, Reliable Software
We strive to build performant, reliable, and simple software that respects the hardware it runs on.
Performance is a core feature, not an afterthought.
Company
Software in the opposite direction
Modern software is often slow, heavy, and less reliable than it should be. We believe software can be better if it prioritizes startup time, resource management, fewer but more reliable features.
We started this software company with the aim to build and support long-term native software products that are built on these principles.
What we build
Focused applications for real use.
We build native desktop and mobile applications with platform-specific technologies and a careful approach to dependencies, architecture, and long-term support.
Applications for personal use
Tools for professionals
Software libraries
Engineering approach
Small systems that can be understood.
Keep the core understandable
A product should not depend on a pile of abstractions that nobody fully understands. We prefer smaller, clearer systems that can be reasoned about and maintained.
Choose dependencies carefully
Dependencies affect security, build times, binary size, maintainability, licensing, and long-term risk. We use them when they provide real value.
Prefer durable technology
C, Rust, and native platform frameworks are often good choices for software that needs to be fast, reliable, and maintainable over time.
Support the products we ship
We provide support, updates, and accountability for the software we publish.
Commercial and source-available
Fair pricing, visible code.
Our products are commercial software and we try to provide fair, straightforward pricing. The goal is to favor one-time purchases where practical, giving customers useful software without turning every small tool into a recurring subscription, because we believe that's not ethical.
Where possible, product source code is made available on GitHub anyone can review and study the real application code, understand engineering tradeoffs. The software remains commercially licensed, but the code can still serve a wider educational purpose and allow our customers to audit the code.
We believe good software can support a sustainable business and help people learn at the same time. That balance is part of how we want to build.
Products
Practical software, owned and supported directly.
Budget Warden is being rewritten as our first native-first local application, starting with macOS and iOS. The new version is built around a C core, native apps for each platform, source-available code, and a one-time purchase model.