Building Northbyte Studios · Navi Mumbai, India

Northbyte is a one-person software studio. A VFX degree takes up the rest of my time.

Solo founder: I write the software, ship it, and support it myself, and I'm partway through a 3D animation degree on the side. 10 products shipped or in progress so far, none of them with a marketing team, none of them phoning home. Every case study here links to a real repository or a real download, and the version numbers stay honest even when that means saying something's still rough.

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Four things I'm shipping right now.

On Hold Open Beta

Mission OS

A privacy-first Linux OS built for developers, designers, and systems engineers who ship.

A privacy-first, offline-first Linux operating system built on Debian Stable and KDE Plasma. Four pillars: privacy-first, security-conscious, portable-first, offline-first. Ships hardened by default: sysctl hardening and Mission OS's Rust system services are enabled automatically during install, no post-install script needed. Installer is Calamares, customized with Mission OS branding and a Python post-install module. No telemetry, ever.

Debian Stable
KDE Plasma
Rust
GPLv3

Open case study

Public Beta v10.12.5

Nexus

Your private files, sealed behind one password.

Encrypted personal vault for Windows. AES-256-GCM authenticated encryption with Argon2id key derivation. Windows Hello unlock, in-app SHA-256-verified updater, portable mode. Fully offline, zero telemetry. Source is proprietary; public repo hosts releases and Discord community only.

Windows Desktop
AES-256-GCM
Fully Offline

Open case study

Final Release v5.3.0

Kanvaz

Your canvas. Your references.

Visual reference workspace for VFX and 3D artists. Plugin system with a local-only MCP Bridge: an AI agent can read and edit the active board through 30 tools, off by default and undo-reversible. Command palette, a template gallery, text cards, safer .kanvaz and .pur import, GitHub Actions CI. Free forever, MIT-licensed.

Electron
MIT
Open Source

Open case study

On Hold Pre-release

Pursue OS

One operating system for the investigation workflow.

Investigation-focused Linux OS for OSINT, DFIR, secure research, intelligence gathering, and evidence-driven workflows. Two flagship interfaces: Investigation Terminal + Investigation Browser with integrated Tor. Apache 2.0. Built by P4inz. On hold mid-implementation, no ISO yet.

Linux
OSINT / DFIR
Apache 2.0

Open case study

Visual Polish Phase v0.14.1

Project Ascent

A precision platformer where the only thing between you and the top is your own timing.

A 25-level, 5-act 2D precision platformer built in Godot 4: full moveset from the start (run, jump, wall-jump, dash, slide, ground pound, wall run, ledge grab, grapple), five boss chases on a visible countdown, and a shared cyberpunk UI across every screen. Offline-first: no accounts, no backend, no ads, no network runtime beyond an optional signed update check. Ships for Windows, macOS, Linux, and browser (playable on itch.io) from one codebase.