Software that doesn't waste your time
Bantamweight tools that punch above their weight: zero dependencies, zero network calls, one small binary that starts before you blink.
★ How we train ★
House rules
Four rules, no exceptions. They're why every app on the card weighs what it does.
No dependencies
Every library is somebody else's supply chain. We compile against the operating system and nothing else — what you audit is what you run.
No network
If a tool doesn't need the internet, it doesn't get the internet. Nothing is sent anywhere, because nothing can be.
One file
No installer, no background services, no registry sprawl. Copy it to run it. Delete it and it's gone without a trace.
Fast is respect
We don't build in features nobody cares about. We build in speed. Cold start is measured in milliseconds — the best splash screen is none.
★ Zero third-party code ★
There is no supply chain.
Every app on this card ships without a single third-party dependency. No packages, no frameworks, nothing vendored in. We compile against the operating system, full stop. Nobody can poison a dependency we never took: there is no supply-chain vulnerability, because there is no supply chain.
Don't take our word for it. Run dumpbin /dependents on any Windows binary and the whole import list is Windows. Unzip an APK and there's nothing inside but our code.
★ Tonight's lineup ★
The card
Seven apps, each with one job. Every fighter has a full page — record, tale of the tape, downloads.
Shattercut
The video player. Opens anything, starts instantly, tracks nothing. Undefeated against bloat.
Full tale of the tape ▸
Cornerman
Works your corner. Tray-sized control for the NZXT Kraken Elite — no CAM, no account, no network, one small file.
Full tale of the tape ▸
Roost
Watches the yard. A single-window native viewer for your UniFi Protect cameras — live feeds, one-click detection playback. No cloud, no subscription, no phone-home.
Full tale of the tape ▸
Carrier
Just an email program — and only that. Straight IMAP to your own inbox, a native reader, and your own model to ask your mail questions. No vendor cloud, no telemetry, no Electron.
Full tale of the tape ▸
Standby
Takes the hit so your machine doesn’t. A tray-sized UPS watchdog that shuts the machine down cleanly while there’s still battery left to do it in. No vendor driver, no service, no account.
Full tale of the tape ▸
Coop
Runs the henhouse. Your Synology NAS in every app’s file picker: browse shares, stream video into Shattercut, save back. The vendor app stays uninstalled and nothing routes through a cloud.
Full tale of the tape ▸
Vane
Reads the sky. Weather with four home-screen widgets, the temperature up in your status bar, and a ten-day outlook that follows the phone. No ads, and nobody buys your location.
Full tale of the tape ▸