Atharva Patil · Navi Mumbai, India

I identify unmet needs in software and turn them into products.

Spot the gapSomething people keep working around
Build itAlone, end to end
Ship itA real version, a real download

I'm Atharva, a solo founder in Navi Mumbai, and a second-year 3D animation student on the side. 13 products so far, each one starting from something that annoyed me or someone I know. No marketing team, nothing phoning home. Every case study links to a real repository or download, and the version numbers say so when something is still rough.

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Products, shipped or in progress: 13
Linux operating systems: 2
Trackers on this site: 0
People on the team: 1

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Five projects to start with.

On Hold v10.12.5

Nexus

Your private files, sealed behind one password.

Encrypted personal vault for Windows. AES-256-GCM authenticated encryption with Argon2id key derivation. Windows Hello unlock, in-app SHA-256-verified updater, portable mode. Fully offline, zero telemetry. Source is proprietary; public repo hosts releases and Discord community only.

Windows Desktop
AES-256-GCM
Fully Offline

Open case study

v11 design mockup

Flagship Active · v9.8.2

Kanvaz

Your canvas. Your references.

Visual reference workspace for VFX and 3D artists. Live 3D model preview (glTF, OBJ, FBX, STL, USD, and more), typed connections with a Map View, a Scratch Board drawing layer, a Task Tracker, shared cards across boards, MoodLock (a read-only, always-on-top view for working from references), and 14 board templates. Plugin system with a local-only MCP Bridge: an AI agent can read and edit the active board, off by default and undo-reversible. Windows, macOS and Linux builds. Free forever, MIT-licensed, no telemetry.

Electron
MIT
Open Source

Open case study

Kanvaz reference board in the dark theme: image, note, color and URL cards joined by a Related To connection.

Under Rework v0.14.1

Project Ascent

A precision platformer where the only thing between you and the top is your own timing.

A 25-level, 5-act 2D precision platformer built in Godot 4: full moveset from the start (run, jump, wall-jump, dash, slide, ground pound, wall run, ledge grab, grapple), five boss chases on a visible countdown, and a shared cyberpunk UI across every screen. Offline-first: no accounts, no backend, no ads, no network runtime beyond an optional signed update check. Ships for Windows, macOS, Linux, and browser (playable on itch.io) from one codebase.

Godot 4
GDScript
Cross-Platform

Open case study

Active V1 Beta (hardware testing)

Pursue OS

One operating system for the investigation workflow.

Investigation-focused Linux OS for OSINT, DFIR, secure research, intelligence gathering, and evidence-driven workflows. It has two main interfaces: the Investigation Terminal and the Investigation Browser, which has Tor built in. Case Vault uses content-addressed SHA-256 storage with an append-only, hash-chained audit trail. Apache 2.0. Built by P4inz. Core V1 implementation is complete: a candidate ISO exists and has passed automated QEMU boot and live-flow validation. It is not a public download yet; hardware and manual testing is the current phase.

Linux
OSINT & DFIR
Apache 2.0

Open case study

GitHub repository card for p4inz-code/pursue-os. — Banner art from the project README

On Hold Open Beta

Mission OS

A privacy-first Linux OS built for developers, designers, and systems engineers who ship.

A privacy-first, offline-first Linux operating system built on Debian Stable and KDE Plasma. The other priorities are security and portability. It ships hardened by default: sysctl hardening and Mission OS's Rust system services are switched on during install, with no post-install script needed. The installer is Calamares, customized with Mission OS branding and a Python post-install module. No telemetry, ever.