Kiln
A native IDE and LLM harness. Read code, run your real shell, and work alongside assistants in a calm, focused workshop.
marginal utility
Small tools,
made with care.
A small studio building software engineering tools and focused utilities that get out of the way.
the tools
A handful of utilities.
Each one earns its place.
Every tool solves a single, specific problem — and does it with the care you’d expect from software made by people who use it every day.
Software engineering
Tools for working with code, shells, and software agents.
General utilities
Small, focused tools for the rest of your day.
Clipped
A clipboard history that lives in the background. Search, pin, and organise everything you copy. It’s the utility macOS should have shipped with.
Barred
Your menu bar, refined. Surface the icons and shortcuts you actually need, hide everything else. Simple, native, and nearly invisible until you want it.
Broadsheet
A web app plus Chrome extension for saving articles and reading them later, cleanly. An open alternative to Pocket — no ads, no algorithmic feed, just the things you meant to get to.
Keyed
Native macOS text expansion. Type a short abbreviation, get a longer snippet — case-aware, with placeholders and per-app rules.
why we build
Software is a living space.
We think utilities should feel at home on their platform. No needless ceremony, no personality that competes with yours.
But native doesn’t mean cold. We believe there’s room for a little warmth in the tools you reach for a hundred times a day. A considered animation. A colour that catches your eye just enough. The quiet pleasure of something that simply works.
Building software for other humans to use is, for us, a kind of spiritual practice — an act of care disguised as a utility. We build for developers, designers, and anyone who notices the difference between software that was made and software that was crafted.
Right toolNative or web
Privacy mindedNo ad tracking
User controlledNo algorithmic feeds
Small & focusedOne job, done well
documentation
Everything you need,
nothing you don’t.
Clear, concise guides for every tool. Written by the people who built them.