Software Studio · Porto, Portugal
We build software that ships and holds up.
NERDZ is a small, senior studio in Porto. We build custom Webflow sites and plugins, API-powered web apps, native macOS and iOS products, and AI integrations ready for real users.
/ What we build
Five things, done properly.
No sprawling menu. A tight set of surfaces we build to a finish, from first sketch to the thing your users actually touch.
The studio
One team, end to end.
Design, engineering, and ship in the same small room. The people who draw it are the people who build it.
/ Flagship · Shipping now
Compressor.
A fast, native Mac app that shrinks and organizes PDFs, entirely on-device, smart presets, reorder, split & merge, and send straight to email or WhatsApp. Our proof of how we build for clients too: fast, private, and finished.
/ The studio
We're a small team of nerds who think the best software feels less like a tool you fight and more like a superpower you forget you're using.
Senior hands only
No juniors learning on your budget. Everything that ships was made by someone who has shipped before.
Privacy is a feature
On-device first. If we can keep your data on your machine, we will, and usually we can.
Ship, then polish
We'd rather put one real thing in your hands than ten decks. Then we obsess over the details.
/ How we work
The people who design it, build it.
No layers between you and the work. Just senior people, in Porto, who answer their own email.
Small on purpose
You talk to the people writing the code and drawing the screens, never an account manager relaying messages.
Senior hands only
No hand-offs, no learning on your budget. The team that scopes it is the team that ships it.
Porto based, remote friendly
Working with teams across Portugal, Europe, and beyond. The same timezone as most of your calendar.
/ How a project goes
Four steps, no theatre.
A short path from an idea to a shipped thing. You always know what's next.
A tight brief
One call, one honest estimate. What we'd build, how long it takes, what it costs. No forty-page proposal.
Prototype, not pictures
You click real screens within the first week or two. The prototype becomes the product, not a throwaway deck.
Shipped increments
Senior hands, small commits, things you can run. You see it working, never a status slide.
Launch & polish
App Store review, deploy, or handoff, done properly. Then we stick around to sweat the details.