BantamwarePurveyors of featherweight softwareEst. 2026

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 and phones no one — ever.

Official weigh-in — Shattercut v1.1.1
0Dependencies
0Network calls
382 KBOn disk
92 MBRAM, playing 1080p

Main event

Tale of the tape

Shattercut, our video player, against a typical Electron app doing the same job.

Shattercut
Red corner
vs.
Typical Electron app
Blue corner
382 KB
Weight on disk
312 MBChromium ships in every box
204 MB
Memory, playing 4K
1.2 GBrenderer + GPU process
0
Third-party dependencies
1 browserChromium in a trench coat
0
Network requests at idle
Dozensupdate checks and telemetry
90 ms
Cold start to a usable window
4.2 ssplash screen included
None
Data collected
Unknowablethe privacy policy is 40 pages
Measured on an ordinary desktop. No contest.

Fighting weight

Small is a feature

Smaller than a JPG of your car

The entire player weighs less than one photo from your phone. Every byte in the binary earns its seat, or it doesn't ship.

Lighter than the tab you'd watch it in

Shattercut plays a full movie in less memory than a browser tab spends showing you a login page.

Quieter than airplane mode

There is no network code in the binary. Nothing can send telemetry, because nothing can send anything. Your files never leave your machine.

How we train

House rules

Four rules, no exceptions. They're why the numbers above are possible.

1

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.

2

No network

If a tool doesn't need the internet, it doesn't get the internet. Nothing is sent anywhere, because nothing can be.

3

One file

No installer, no background services, no registry sprawl. Copy it to run it. Delete it and it's gone without a trace.

4

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.

Tonight's lineup

The card

Main event · available now

Shattercut

The video player. Opens anything, starts instantly, tracks nothing. Undefeated against bloat.

382 KB · Win by KO Download Shattercut
64-bit Windows · signed · timestamped
Bout II · in training camp

Opponent TBA

The next tool is sparring now. Same rules: no dependencies, no network, one small file.

Announced at the weigh-in