- Leopold Stokowski (almost!)
Small, useful tools to tackle tasks creatively. With accessibility and efficiency in mind. Runs in your browser. Respects your personal data. No subscriptions. No tracking. GDPR-compliant, developed in Berlin and hosted on European infrastructure.
Solving one problem at a time - creatively.
Free job-application assistant with optional AI-features
Create / Track / Manage job applications in many different languages with stats and more... PJAT is your little helpering to create, track and manage job applications with clever features and a clear workflow to stay on top of your application process.
-30% AI company research / Salary suggestions / Tagging system / Cover letter creation ...
Painting Software Credits are granted as a usage allowance for optional AI features across the Painting Software ecosystem to speed up your workflow and stay focused. Test for yourself with the small bundle - no subscription and no strings attached!
-30% [2.000 Credits + 15% Bonus]
AI company research / Salary suggestions / Tagging system / Cover letter creation ...
Painting Software Credits are granted as a usage allowance for optional AI features across the Painting Software ecosystem to speed up your workflow and stay focused. Get the medium amount to save a little and be prepared for longer AI-assisted sessions.
-30% [4.000 Credits + 25% Bonus]
AI company research / Salary suggestions / Tagging system / Cover letter creation ...
Painting Software Credits are granted as a usage allowance for optional AI features across the Painting Software ecosystem to speed up your workflow and stay focused. With the large credits bundle you save a little more and are well prepare for a long and productive session.
Creatively crafted.
Purpose-built.
Apps and programs designed by Painting Software are focused around one solution to one single problem, making them efficient tools for real productivity.
With a focus on productivity
Easy to use with a clear focus on usability and practicality. Without distraction. Without predatory ads or tracking.
Crafted in the EU with GDPR and transparency in mind and trust by design.
Painting Software in Berlin, Germany with a focus on honouring the European GDPR to protect your data.
Source code available so you can see for yourself what's behind it.
Source-available for transparency.
The source code of this software is made available for inspection and review purposes only. Painting Software grants a non-exclusive right to view the source code for a transparent and honest app-design.
Own your data.
Your data is yours! Painting Software apps run fully local in your browser's indexedDB and support local data backups, as well as encrypted cloud backups, if you want an extra layer of redundancy and cross-device sync.
No forced subscription models - Try anonymously.
No forced subscription locking essential features behind a pay-wall. Painting Software apps are fully functional for unrestricted use. Costs only apply for AI usage via Credit top-ups since these are ongoing costs that occur for Painting Software. You are free to use any app without AI features free of charge and without sign-up.
Painting Software is my way to share software with the world that I deem useful for myself and my own productivity. It is created out of dissatisfaction with corporate apps that try to take you on a user journey, track your data and are designed to become "a vital part of your life", and chain you to their services via subscription models.
One problem, one solution is the mantra of Painting Software, trying to bring back the days when software was simply a tool to fulfil a singular purpose, solving a specific problem.
Hi, I am Nik, and I am passionate about many things, including software development. Having worked as a freelance web designer for many years, I know my ways around databases, GUIs, UX-design and anything else related to modern web frameworks.
Now I also caught up with software development, fusing my pre-existing web skills with modern agentic features. This allows me to focus on the utility of applications and find creative solutions to problems that have been "bugging" me for a while. Knowing enough about software architecture to get to where I want, Painting Software is my way of expressing my creative side in code.
> A painter paints pictures on canvas. But musicians paint their pictures on silence...
is attributed to Leopold Stokowski, the renowned British conductor. Software is painted with code, emphasizing a personal note that is added to each app, combining creative design choices with purpose-driven utility to solve one problem at a time. Honest software with source code available on the Painting Software Git for transparency in mind and trust by design.
Open source is a strictly defined term and only applicable to software under specific licences, like GPL, MIT or GNU. The source code of Painting Software apps is made public to ensure a transparent app design, especially when it comes to handling sensitive user data.
Transparency whilst honouring existing copyrights.
The source code is made public via the Painting Software Git, to verify the legitimacy of Painting Software applications only, it is not Open Source and must not be modified. The source code may not be altered or distributed without prior written consent and the Painting Software Credit system must not be removed or circumvented. This ensures a fair balance between transparent software design and honouring the copyright licensing terms. See the full licence terms in the Terms of Service section for detailed allowed usage.
With regards to being digitally EU-sovereign, thus honouring the principles of the GDPR, Painting Software has opted for its own hosting with Forgejo, a lightweight, open-source Forge that is left and managed by the joint organization Codeberg eV, based in Berlin, Germany.
There are no cookies, because none are needed. Painting Software and its website do not track your personal data and so do not require cookies for you to visit or use this website. No GA, no tracking pixels, no third-party embeds. Your data is yours!
This is how you can reach Painting Software. Please bare in mind that Painting Software is a small indie studio and can currently not offer live support. I am committed to respond to each inquiry as promptly as time allows.
