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Software that runs on the machine in front of you: fast on large files, useful offline, and clear about what leaves the computer.

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Desktop Apps

What’s included in Desktop Apps

Some work belongs on the desktop: large files, long-running jobs, hardware, or data that stays in the building. When those are the constraints, desktop software is the right tool.
  • Windows, macOS and Linux from one codebase
  • Real performance on large files, right on the machine
  • Local-first storage, with sync as a choice rather than a requirement
  • Signed installers and an update channel your IT team can approve
  • Air-gapped operation where the work requires it

Talk through your project

What this looks like in practice

  • Media processing tool

    Gigabyte files, handled locally

  • Lab instrument client

    Talks directly to the lab's hardware

  • Offline archive browser

    A whole collection, searchable offline

How it runs

  1. 01

    We establish the constraints

    File sizes, hardware, network, and what must stay on the machine. These decide the architecture.

  2. 02

    We build the engine first

    The part that has to be fast, measured on your real data rather than a sample.

  3. 03

    We wrap it in an interface

    Once the hard part is proven, the window around it is the straightforward half.

  4. 04

    We hand over signing and updates

    Certificates, the release process and the update channel, documented and in your name.

Questions people ask

When is desktop software the right choice?
When the work is local: opening a ten-gigabyte file quickly, talking to an instrument, or running with the network unplugged.
How do updates reach users?
Through a signed update channel you control, or through whatever your IT team already uses to manage software. Both are normal.
Can it work completely offline?
Yes, and for some clients that is the requirement rather than a feature. Sync becomes something you opt into.

Let’s talk about Desktop Apps

Tell us what you are working on, and a person at Maple Open Tech will come back with how we would approach it.

hello@mapleopentech.ca