The products are the proof.

716 Ventures ships its own software — 10 products on the line with live status. Judge the work, then the advice.

Buffalo street and muralPhoto: Shamir Hunley / Unsplash

IndependentSoftware

LiveRelease status

BuffaloBuilt here

ReleasedHand-built

Genus

Genus is a beautiful, native front end for Plex that provides a premium viewing experience on tvOS and macOS. It offers a modern interface designed specifically for these platforms.

ReleasedHand-built

RLineCMS

RLine is the content backbone teams use when they want editorial control, without giving up a modern web stack. RLine is designed and engineered for people who want structure, organization, speed and extensibility without hassle.

ReleasedFactory

Flickr Archive

Browse your exported Flickr data locally after leaving Flickr. Import your ZIP export once, then explore your photostream, albums, comments, and tags in a clean read-only web UI.

ReleasedFactory

716FM

716FM is the open-source, single-user Last.fm listening archive you run yourself.

in QAHand-built

ChromaServer

Chroma Server brings careful design to your personal movie and TV collection. Clear navigation, consistent layouts, and controls where you expect them make browsing, choosing an episode, and managing your library feel like parts of one app.

In DevFactory

JüK

JUK is a native macOS companion for Apple Music that puts your library and playback a keystroke away—think a focused, music-first launcher that lives in the menu bar.

In DevFactory

StoryLoop

StoryLoop pairs a native macOS writing app with an AI coach. You draft scripts or novels in the app, get focused coaching, ask direct questions, and decide what to keep or reject as you write.

In DevFactory

Rella

Rella is a private, local-first financial guide that helps you make sense of your money in plain language. Built for people who want clarity without, complexity, it turns transaction data into personalized insights, guided next steps, and realistic plans, all powered on-device.

In DevHand-built

Weekdish

A simple, shared weekly meal planner built for real life, this iPhone app lets you and your partner quickly plan meals together using natural voice or text. Just say what you want and it turns your thoughts into a structured plan, organized by day with a shared grocery list that updates in real time. Powered by Apple Intelligence.

In DevFactory

Chroma Engine

Chroma Engine is a Rust-native media engine designed to make playback infrastructure faster, smaller, safer, and more predictable than legacy all-purpose media stacks. It focuses on modern media workflows: precise probing, packet-aware remuxing, native HLS/fMP4 generation, explicit pipeline planning, and hardware-aware transcoding without carrying decades of broad compatibility baggage.

Pipeline at a glance

Where every product sits today, not a curated highlight reel. If you're weighing The Blueprint, judge the advice by the work behind it.

In design

In dev

JüK StoryLoop Rella Weekdish Chroma Engine

In QA

ChromaServer

Submitted

In review

Released

Genus RLineCMS Flickr Archive 716FM