Software built around how you work

Bachman Software designs and builds custom desktop applications for businesses that have outgrown spreadsheets and off-the-shelf tools. Shaped to your operation, fast and offline, and yours to keep.

  • Built around your workflow
  • Runs offline
  • One maker, start to finish
Parts counted this week1,284▲ 12% vs last count
Tools checked out14
Below minimum9 parts
Reorder report ready

Software built for the job at hand

Line-of-business apps

Desktop software that runs the day-to-day — records, scheduling, counting, whatever the job actually is.

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Inventory & operations

Counting, locations, min/max levels, reorder reports, tool tracking — systems for the floor and the back office.

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Data & Excel automation

Turn manual spreadsheets and hand-built reports into something that generates itself, correctly, every time.

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Internal tools & workflows

Replace the fragile shared spreadsheet, or the process that only one person on the team fully understands.

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Integrations & migrations

Move data off an old system safely, and connect the tools you already run instead of retyping between them.

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Support that sticks around

Signed installers, automatic updates, and a maker who answers when the work changes and the software needs to follow.

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Stock owner workbooks4 exportedReady to send · one per owner

Built from how you work

When the process is specific, the software should be too. I learn how the job is actually done — on the floor and in the spreadsheets — and build a focused application in your terms, tested against your real data.

Fast and offline:

A native Windows application, not a web page in disguise. It opens instantly, works without a connection, and keeps your data on your own machines.

Yours to keep:

No subscription and no lock-in. You get an installer, your data stays in a format you can read, and the program keeps running whether or not we ever speak again.

Update availableTally 1.4.0Verified · SHA-256 matches

A simple, honest process

1

Understand the work:

We talk through how the job is done today, what breaks, and what a good day looks like. If custom software isn't the right fit, I'll say so.

2

Build it around you:

A focused application shaped to your workflow, shown to you as it takes form, and tested against your real data before it ships.

3

Deliver, then keep it current:

Installed and set up with your data brought across safely. The program checks its own update feed, verifies every download, and keeps evolving as the work does.

1 maker

Start to finish, no hand-offs

0 fees

No subscription, yours to keep

100%

Works offline, data stays local

256-bit

Every download verified by SHA-256

Programs you can download today

Featured work: Tally

  • Parts by part number and bin
  • Min / max reorder report
  • Excel workbook per stock owner
  • Tools tracked by holder

A warehouse needed to count parts across several stock owners and keep track of who was holding which tool. Off-the-shelf inventory apps didn't fit the way they worked — so we built the one that did.

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Warehouse parts counting and tool tracking · Windows 10 / 11

Find all the answers to your questions

Q: What kind of software do you build?

Custom desktop applications for Windows: line-of-business tools, inventory and operations systems, Excel and reporting automation, and internal tools that replace a fragile spreadsheet or a process only one person understands. If your need is better served by something off the shelf, I'll tell you that too.

You do. You receive an installer, your data lives on your own machines in a format you can read, and there is no subscription or licence server that can switch it off. It keeps running whether or not we ever work together again.

No. Everything runs locally and works offline. The only time a program goes online is to check its own update feed when it starts, and even then nothing is installed without asking you first.

Each program checks a small update manifest on this site when it starts and offers a newer version when there is one. The download is verified against the published SHA-256 hash before it runs, so an update can never be swapped for something else in transit.

Every project is quoted up front after we've talked through the work, so there are no surprises. Small tools take a few weeks; a full line-of-business application takes longer. You see it take shape along the way rather than waiting for a big reveal.