A studio
of digital craftsmen.
Independent. Small. Based in Bellinzona, Canton Ticino. We build software the way watches used to be built — piece by piece, with the care of those who know their work will outlive them.
We believe software must last. That your data is yours. That the price is paid only once. And that every technical decision is also an ethical decision.
Slowness,
by choice.
We don't ship on deadlines. We ship when ready. Often it takes us three months for what others ship in three days — but then it doesn't break.
Rust, TypeScript, SQLite.
Stack chosen to last 10 years. No fashion, no frameworks that change APIs every semester. What we write today will still work in 2036.
Signed binaries, encrypted, verifiable.
Every release is digitally signed. The auto-updater verifies the minisign signature before applying the update. Swiss security.
Direct email with the developer.
No call centre, no 6-page form. Write an email, the person who wrote the line of code you need replies. In Italian, German, French, English.
No cloud, no analytics, no tracking.
Your data stays on your computer. Helvecraft doesn't see, collect, sell. Ever. GDPR compliance by default — because there's nothing to declare.
Transparency,
even about what we are.
Let's talk.
Have a product idea? A work request? Want to simply understand how we think? One email away.