We build software that transforms how you work.

ByteBarn designs and builds custom software for businesses in every industry: web and mobile apps, fast desktop tools in Rust, APIs and backends in Python, and payments that work with M-Pesa out of the box.

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// services

Nine disciplines, one team.

From the first sketch to production and beyond. Bring us one piece or the whole system.

01

Web apps

Fast, accessible web applications, from company sites to full customer platforms.

02

Mobile apps

Android and iOS apps for your customers and your field teams.

03

Desktop apps

Native, memory-safe desktop software with fast cross-platform binaries.

04

APIs & backends

Backend services, web frameworks and integrations built for quick iteration.

05

SDKs & integrations

Typed, well-documented SDKs that make your API easy for other developers to adopt.

06

Payments & M-Pesa

STK Push, C2B, B2C and more, built on our open-source mpesakit.

07

Automation & scripting

Scripts and pipelines that take repetitive operations work off your team.

08

Internal tools

Dashboards and admin tools shaped around how your team works.

09

UI/UX design

Research, flows and interfaces designed before a line of code is written.

// how we work

From idea to production.

01

Discover

We learn your business, your users and the problem worth solving.

02

Build

We design and build in short cycles, with working software to review early.

03

Launch

We ship to production with monitoring, documentation and a proper handover.

04

Evolve

Ongoing support, improvements and new features as your business grows.

// products

Products we're building.

All work →
Open source · Python39★ · Apache-2.0

mpesakit

Developer-friendly SDK for integrating M-Pesa payments effortlessly.

Open source · Rust24★ · Apache-2.0

gitcraft

The go-to tool for generic GitHub templates.

ProductRetail

ByteBarn POS

Cloud-based point of sale system with inventory management and advanced analytics.

ProductAI

OptiBiz AI Agent

Automated business intelligence and customer support agents powered by AI.

// open source

Built in the open.

We believe in transparency and community-driven innovation. Many of our tools are open source, and we welcome contributions from developers across Kenya and beyond.

39★
mpesakit
24★
gitcraft
Apache 2.0
licence
github.com/Byte-Barn
checkout.py
$ pip install mpesakit

from mpesakit import MpesaClient

client = MpesaClient(
    consumer_key=os.getenv("MPESA_CONSUMER_KEY"),
    consumer_secret=os.getenv("MPESA_CONSUMER_SECRET"),
    environment="sandbox",
)

client.stk_push(amount=250, phone_number="254712345678", ...)

Have a project in mind?

Tell us what you want to build. We'll take it from there.