HoBo Runtime — Software with somewhere to go.

HoBo Runtime · Independent software studio

Software with somewhere to go.

We build useful software for the road, the web, intelligent tools and privacy. Then we follow the next worthwhile problem to wherever it happens to live.

Each product has its own name, its own job and its own users. HoBo Runtime is the engineering studio that connects them.

  • Mobile
  • Web
  • AI-assisted tools
  • Privacy
  • Transportation
  • Automation
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Products

What we build

Three very different products, one studio behind them. Each one is a real thing you can go and look at.

  • Mobile / Transportation

    Closed beta · Android

    LASTWAGON

    A trucking companion built around the work of professional drivers. It puts the road first and the rest of the phone second.

    • Truck-aware navigation
    • Nationwide truck-stop discovery
    • Weather awareness
    • Driver tools and other road-focused features
    Join the LastWagon beta

  • WordPress / Assistance

    Live on WordPress.org

    Ask Adam

    The original know-your-website AI. Ask Adam goes beyond a simple chatbot: it helps run your WordPress site and keeps learning to manage more of it. It is the flagship of a whole suite of WordPress products.

    • Website assistance
    • Increasingly capable site-management tools
    • AI tools for WordPress
    Get Ask Adam

  • Privacy / Messaging

    Beta · Android

    Zitrone

    A privacy-first encrypted messenger built for conversations that aren’t meant to last. The server never sees your plaintext, by design.

    • End-to-end encryption
    • Disappearing messages and burn-on-read
    • Identity-free communication
    • Zero-knowledge architecture that keeps plaintext off the server
    Zitrone on GitHub

  • Next

    More projects in progress

    This slot is waiting for whatever problem we take on next.

Character

Independent by design

We answer to the problem in front of us, not to a category someone picked earlier.

Independence gives us room to experiment and move quickly. It lets us follow unusual ideas across industries without asking permission first.

It also keeps us honest. We build around actual problems instead of forcing every project into the same business shape.

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  1. Experiment

    Try the odd idea early, while it is still cheap to be wrong.

  2. Move quickly

    Small team, short path from decision to working code.

  3. Cross industries

    Trucking, WordPress and private messaging have more in common than you would think.

  4. Build around real problems

    Start with something that could work better, then build the software to match.

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Engineering

How we build

Every product sits on the same stack of habits. Here is what that stack looks like.

Interfaces

  • Mobile applications
  • Web applications
  • WordPress

Systems

  • APIs and backend systems
  • Automation
  • Privacy-focused systems
  • AI-assisted engineering

Practice

  • Real-world problem solving
  • Continuous iteration

Studio

Why HoBo Runtime exists

We build things because useful ideas deserve to become working software.

Some projects solve practical everyday problems, like finding a truck stop before the weather turns. Others explore unusual technical ideas that we simply wanted to see work.

The common thread is simple. Build the real thing, test it, improve it and ship it. Then do it again.

Next

Follow what we build next

Look at the software we have shipped, and keep an eye on what is coming.