Independent productivity software
Browncoat LLC builds focused productivity software: small, sharp tools, each aimed at one thing that slows the work down. The company started in the edit bay, where a professional video editor learned on real deadlines what gets in the way of creative work. It has since branched out into writing, everyday Mac use and AI-assisted workflows.
Creates captions and motion graphics with AI, then gives editors precise manual control of timing, text, layout and style. AI changes can be reviewed and undone.
A small companion on your Mac, iPhone and Apple Watch that tells you when an AI coding agent needs an answer or has finished, so you can step away from the desk.
Turns Caps Lock into a system-wide hyper key, so any app or global shortcut is a single keystroke away.
Story development for documentaries: work across interview transcripts, keep every select traceable to its source and hand a radio-cut assembly to your editing app.
A writing app built around chat: plan, draft and revise a long project in conversation, with a knowledge base of notes and reference material alongside.
Every tool here began as a small annoyance that happened a hundred times a day.
Years of professional video editing teach you exactly where the time goes: building the same graphics by hand, hunting for the same apps, keeping files in step between machines. That habit of spotting friction soon carried over to writing, research and the rest of the day at the computer. Browncoat removes the friction one tool at a time.
Four areas, one goal: less time on the mechanics of the job, more time on the work itself.
Tools for documentary and post work. One develops a story from interview transcripts and hands a radio cut to your editing app; the other creates captions and motion graphics with AI while keeping timing, text, layout and style under your control.
A companion that lets you step away while AI coding agents work, with alerts on your Mac, iPhone and Apple Watch when an agent needs an answer or finishes. Wherever our tools use AI, changes are shown for review before they are applied.
Utilities for the things you do all day: a fast app launcher built on a Caps Lock hyper key, and a server-based sync system for development work.
Long projects planned, drafted and revised in conversation, with a knowledge base of notes and reference material within reach of every chat.
StatusOur projects are in active development. For information about individual apps and their availability, get in touch.
Every tool begins with a step that slowed a real project down and is judged by whether that step gets faster.
Your files, your process and your final call. Automation and AI should propose changes you can see, check and undo.
Some of our projects extend established open-source software. Where they do, we follow the licenses and credit the original authors.
A question about our software, a support request or a business inquiry? Write to us.
contact@browncoat.devFor app support, please include the app name, your device, its OS version and a short description of the issue.