Independent software publisher Open source by conviction

Software,
made to endure.

Privacy is the default. Performance is a feature. Craft is the standard.

Our purpose

We build useful, independent software for people—not markets, metrics, or surveillance systems.

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Small by design. Focused by choice. We take on the kinds of applications the industry has neglected and give them the attention they deserve.

Selected works · MMXXVI

Built with intent.
Kept in your hands.

Two products. One standard: software should respect the person using it.

Handwriting · Students · Open source

Vive Notes

Pen and paper, made digital.

A handwritten note-taking app built for students, combining the natural feel of pen and paper with the power of digital documents.

  • Natural handwriting
  • Digital documents
  • Built for students
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Vive Notes displaying handwritten geometry notes on a dark grid canvas
Handwriting · Documents · Focus
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Stims Manager showing selected stimmed apps and the full application list

Per-app wake control

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Utility · Android · Open source

Stims

Keep the right apps awake.

Select the apps that should prevent your screen from turning off. While a stimmed app is in the foreground, the screen stays awake; switch away and normal sleep behavior resumes.

  • Per-app control
  • Foreground aware
  • One UI resilient

Why Stims? It is designed for aggressive power managers such as Samsung One UI, where alternatives like Caffeine may not work reliably.

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The standard

What we refuse
to compromise.

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    Privacy is structural.

    Respect is not a preference buried in settings. It begins in the architecture and carries through every decision.

  2. 02

    Open means accountable.

    Source should be inspectable, ideas should be shared, and trust should be earned in the open.

  3. 03

    Performance is respect.

    Your battery, time, attention, and hardware are finite. Good software treats every one of them accordingly.

  4. 04

    Craft survives fashion.

    We favor deliberate tools, durable foundations, and details that remain useful after the trend has moved on.

CrownByte LLC

The small company
behind the work.

CrownByte is an independent software publisher focused on open-source, privacy-respecting applications. We work where care has become rare: personal tools, creative software, and neglected ideas worth bringing forward.

Not everything needs to be a platform. Some things should simply be excellent.

Independent by nature.

Open by conviction.

Built to endure.

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