We build
our own
software products.
Softwareloods is a small Dutch software company. We build our own products and stick around to run them for years.
A small portfolio. Each one ours, end-to-end.
We build software meant to last, and once it ships we keep maintaining it instead of moving on to the next thing.
fotoloods
liveEmbeddable photo upload, viewing, and moderation for content sites. A powerful CMS handles the rest.
geoloods
liveLightning-fast geocoding API. Geonames data, kept current. Maps and routing on the roadmap.
reisgierig
liveA travel map for where you've been and where you're going next. Stats, journal entries, followers. iOS and web.
polderstack
closed testingAn EU-sovereign PaaS. Push code, get a running app, on infrastructure that stays in Europe.
- Geoloods: adding maps and routing
- Reisgierig: opening the iOS app to more travelers
- Polderstack: gathering real world feedback
It's a small operation.
A few things you might want to know about how it actually works around here.
We've been at this a while.
Fotoloods went live in 2016. It's still running, still maintained, and we expect that to be true in 2036 too.
You'll talk to the person building it.
If something breaks or you have a question, you're emailing whoever actually wrote the code, not a support queue.
We work small.
It's a small team on purpose, and the portfolio stays small for the same reason. Four products maintained properly beats forty half-abandoned ones.
No five-year plan.
No investors, no plan to get bought. We build what we want to use ourselves and charge enough to keep doing it.
A loods steers ships. We steer software.
A loods is Dutch for the harbor pilot who steers ships through the tricky parts. Same idea here, just with software: get it from rough idea to something people can rely on, then keep it that way.
It's a small shop: a handful of products, built and run by the same people who answer the support email. If something breaks at night, we're the ones who get the page.
Based in the Netherlands NL, with users across Europe and beyond.