2017
Designing and building software for businesses that outgrew their tools.
Software that fits your business. Not the other way round.
One system built around how you work. You own the code and the data, with no per-user fees.
Nine years of building taught us what holds up. Now AI speeds up how we work, and every detail still gets a careful human eye.
Projects featured in our work, from one-screen tools to full platforms.
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Industries we build for, from trading and manufacturing to clinics, education and museums.
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Your code, your data, your own server. If you stop working with us, it keeps running.
Made by people.
Faster with AI.
Trusted by Clients across several countries.
From first sketch to software that runs your business.
Design, build and support from one team. Previews use sample data.
Work that runs real businesses.
- 01 Keeladi Museum AppArtefacts from the Keeladi excavation, scanned in 3D and placed in the palm of your hand. Launched by the Chief Minister, with 10,000+ downloads and a 4.9 rating on Google Play. Tamil Nadu State Department of Archaeology Mobile app · 3D
- 02 Link HealthcareShift planning for healthcare staff is a puzzle full of rules. The system plans shifts automatically, and staff check their week on their phone. Healthcare staffing Business automation
- 03 Rieker SignsWatches roadway video, recognises each traffic sign it passes and logs it with its location. Built on YOLOv8 and Google Cloud. Rieker Inc., USA AI · Computer vision
- 04 PleatBook a saree pre-pleat from your phone and have it back at your door. It runs on its own: orders go to the nearest of 40+ pleaters, with Porter riders booked automatically. 8,000+ users and 1,900+ orders so far. Our own product Business automation · Mobile app
- 05 Stone Tool MakerOn a 55-inch touch screen, visitors shape a stone tool the way Neolithic and Palaeolithic hands once did, and learn strike by strike why each edge mattered. Porunai Museum Interactive exhibit
- 06 River Valley 360On an 85-inch touch screen, visitors step inside the river valley as it was, see the tools people used, and set them beside other civilisations of the same age. Porunai Museum Interactive exhibit
Why Brown Button
Five reasons clients stay
One studio. Every discipline.
Strategy, design, engineering and care, held together by a single team. Nothing is lost in translation, because nothing is handed over.
Our servicesDirect to the makers.
You work with the people shaping your product, not intermediaries. Progress is visible every week, in working software.
Meet the studioFixed scope, agreed price.
A written scope, timeline and price before we start, so the cost never moves under you.
Discuss a projectYours, entirely.
The code, the data and the infrastructure belong to you. Our work is built to stand on its own, with or without us.
Discuss a projectTrusted where it matters.
From museum experiences to healthcare scheduling and field-device software, our work is live and in daily use.
See our workWhat clients say.
“We needed one system for our office, our carers and our patients, and Brown Button understood home care as well as the software. Today our team plans over 2,000 hours of care a week on it. They felt like part of our team, not a vendor.”
“Livyana is about people supporting each other through health conditions, so the brand had to feel warm and trustworthy. Brown Button got that from our first conversation, and the identity they built is something our community connects with.”
“From migrating more than 20 million records to building sign detection from roadway video, Brown Button has taken on some of our hardest technical work. They ask the right questions, they're honest about trade-offs, and they deliver.”
“They gave Turiyatree a brand and a website that finally look like the company we're building. Clear thinking, quick turnarounds, and a team that genuinely cares about the details.”
“Brown Button brought 300 Keeladi artefacts into people's hands, in 3D and AR, in English and Tamil. Seeing it launched by the Chief Minister, and used by thousands of visitors, made us proud of what we built together.”
“Brown Button turned our printed Common Worship book into an app congregations carry everywhere, and built a website and CMS our own team can run. Patient, thoughtful and always available when we needed them.”
Insights for growing businesses.
All insights
Cost and ownership · 5 min readSaaS seat fees vs a system built for you: what ten users really cost
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AI and automation · 5 min readAsk your business, don't log in to it: how an AI assistant works on your own data
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