Salix Limited builds web, embedded, and AI-assisted software for schools, shopkeepers, and the people who design hardware. Every project is hands-on, considered, and built to last past launch day.
We keep our teams deliberately tight so that one team can take a project from architecture to delivery — without the handoffs and translation losses that drain bigger shops.
Considered web products — marketing sites, dashboards, internal tools, and full SaaS platforms. We pick the simplest stack that still scales with you.
Firmware and edge software for the people building hardware — sensors, controllers, connected devices. C, C++, and Rust where it earns its keep.
Practical AI features built into your existing product, or new tools designed around a model from day one — never AI for its own sake.
We don't try to be everything for everyone. These are the people our work fits best — and the ones we love working with.
Tools that respect a teacher's time. Our work in this area focuses on AI-assisted reporting, classroom analytics, and giving educators back the hours that admin steals.
Beautiful, fast, ownable websites for small businesses — from halal butchers to specialist suppliers. We build it so you can run it without a developer on call.
The firmware, edge software, and cloud companion for the device you're building. We've shipped on microcontrollers, edge Linux, and everything in between.
Four principles we keep coming back to.
Every engagement starts with two weeks of listening — interviews, current-state walkthroughs, and an honest technical scope. We'd rather lose a project at proposal than mis-scope it at handover.
The people who scope your project are the people who write the code. No layered agency dance, no offshore translation gap, no junior dropouts after the contract is signed.
We pick technology you can maintain after we leave: TypeScript, Postgres, C, Rust, well-trodden cloud primitives. Novelty lives in the product, not the plumbing.
Documentation, runbooks, recorded walkthroughs, and a six-month handover window. The goal is a product you can truly own — not one that needs us forever.
Salix Limited is a New Zealand company building software for schools, shopkeepers, and hardware teams. We named ourselves after the willow — a tree that bends without breaking and spreads by quiet, deliberate growth.
We started Salix because we wanted to do careful, lasting work for clients we like — projects where craft matters and where someone is still around two years later to answer the phone. If that sounds like the kind of partner you're looking for, we'd love to hear from you.
We read every enquiry ourselves and reply within two working days. Quick chats, long briefs, half-formed ideas — all welcome.
Send a short note about what you're trying to build, who it's for, and roughly when you need it. We'll come back with a few questions and, if it's a fit, a scoping call.