BALANECustom software and 33 apps from Munich.
We find where company processes lose time and money, then develop the software that fixes it. From a free Mac utility to the system a whole company runs on — all written by us.
- Apps we sell
- 33
- Platforms
- 7
- Written by us
- 100%
- Office
- MUC
BALANE is one company.
Two divisions. Three ventures. 33 apps.
We find a problem in a client's process — then we build the tool that fixes it.
- Skalierungsreport
- FlowRefy
- FlowVisual
- Odoo
BALANE has five brands: Balane Tech, Balane Apps, Balane Capital, AGULHAS.ONE and KI-MS. The 33 apps sit under Balane Apps, grouped by the platform they run on. The work flows across them: the Skalierungsreport carries the Balane Flow method, Flow needed a tool so we built FlowVisual, and running it on real processes showed us the gaps our Odoo modules now close.
Advise. Build. Sell.
Everything we make.
33 apps, three Odoo modules, a few sites where we take a position — and three things that are not software at all. Grouped by what they are, not by what they run on.
Software you buy
10Free tools for your desk
07Free apps for your phone
10Odoo modules
03Where we stand
03Not software
03Four rules we keep.
- 01
We ship early
We would rather hand you a rough version this month than a perfect one next year.
- 02
We write our own code
No white-label, nothing outsourced. Every app on this page was written in this office.
- 03
Data we never collect cannot leak
Privacy and security come first, so we avoid gathering data wherever it can be avoided. Most of our apps run on your machine: no account, no login, nothing sent to us.
- 04
Small tools, not platforms
We would rather fix one annoying thing properly than sell you a suite you use ten percent of.
- Jonas Höttler
Is AI eating its own makers? I rebuilt Office
I rebuilt Office. Not decompiled, but the way I've wanted it for years. Built with AI from the US. Is AI eating its own makers, and what does that mean for our dependence?
- Jonas Höttler
Snake Oil in a Tailored Suit: Why Classic Consulting Is a Dying Model
Snake oil used to come in a brown bottle from a traveling salesman. Today it comes as a slide deck, with a day rate and a partner title. On an industry that claims expertise in eve…
- Jonas Höttler
Popper Wrote a Second Sentence
The paradox of tolerance is one of the most shared philosophy quotes online. It sits in a footnote, and right after it comes a sentence that is almost always missing. It turns a li…
Where we widen out.
Not investments in the usual sense. Three side channels for building networks and standing on more than one leg.
- 03
BALANE CAPITAL
We put developers, operations and software into a company and take shares instead of sending invoices.
- 04
AGULHAS.ONE
Software architecture and AI systems, run from Munich with engineering partners in Southern Africa.
- 05
KI-MS
Helps mid-sized companies bring AI in properly — worth the money, inside the rules, and with a human still in charge.



























