About us
Krafter is a software studio founded in 2021 near Lyon, France. We design, build and operate custom tools for companies that refuse to bend their business to fit standard software. Our role: laying solid technical foundations our clients build their activity on.
The story
Before Krafter, Fabien and François saw up close what badly made software costs companies: tools shipped too fast, poorly designed, abandoned after six months. ERPs deployed without anyone understanding the processes they were supposed to serve.
In 2021, they founded Krafter near Lyon with a simple idea: a light structure, senior profiles only, zero outsourcing. No one between the person who understands the need and the person who writes the code.
The name is the program. Krafter is craft: building with care, mastering the gesture, owning what you ship. Well-made software is craftsmanship, and craftsmanship is practiced every day.
The conviction
Impressive demos that collapse in production, disposable MVPs rebuilt from scratch six months later: not for us. Software that doesn’t survive its first users hasn’t fulfilled its contract.
Every project that leaves the studio is built to last: solid architecture, clean code, careful UX, maintenance anticipated from the design stage. It has to be able to evolve for years without breaking everything.
Our own products follow the same rule. Melimelo, Trottr, Kascade and Smashr have been running in production since launch, with real users every day. That’s our best argument.
The craft
SaaS platforms, business applications, mobile apps, API integrations. For companies that want a tool aligned with the way they work, not the other way around. As a contractor, in partnership, or through dev for equity.
Melimelo, Trottr, Kascade, Smashr. Designed, built and operated at the studio, funded by service revenue. They’re where we learn scaling, retention and adoption, before applying those lessons to your projects.
In numbers
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studio founded
Founded near Lyon, bootstrapped from day one. No fundraising, no debt.
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founders
No salespeople, no subcontractors. You talk to the people who build.
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SaaS products
Melimelo, Trottr, Kascade, Smashr. From consumer to B2B, each with its own users and its own model.
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daily users
On our own products, every day. Proof of usage over promises.
Two founders. One studio. Zero shortcuts.
The ones who build
“A shipped interface has to be genuinely usable. Otherwise it goes back to the shop.”
Co-founder & CEO
Graphic design, advertising, digital marketing, then code. What remains is an obsession: the interface. Fabien carries the studio’s product vision, wearing both hats: the end user’s and the developer’s.
“What drives me is the solidity of what we build. Well-architected software is software you can still evolve three years from now.”
Co-founder & CTO
18 years building digital tools, with one specialty: software architecture and technical debt that never gets a chance to settle in. François is the studio’s technical guarantor, from the first line to deployment.
Answer within 24h. First conversation with no strings attached: a 30-minute call to frame your need. Or directly: hey@krafter.io
