What Newbound does

Newbound, LLC is a privately held, founder-owned US software company that has operated since the early 1990s (firmographic year 2004) and currently maintains a 1-10 person team. Its core product, the Newbound Software Library, is a complete Rust-based application stack combining an app server, development environment, content management system, peer-to-peer communications protocol, and a functional programming API builder supporting JavaScript, Java, Python, Rust, and the proprietary Flow/Flowlang 3D visual dataflow language. The platform is distributed open-source for non-commercial use with a commercial licensing price of $5 per install, alongside companion applications including MetaBot (control editor), Nebula (app management UI), DiscordBot, Email Bot, Filebot, Peer Bot, Push To Talk, Port Forwarding, and a NoSQL database.

The business operates as a boutique development shop with two revenue streams: one-time commercial license sales and tiered professional support subscriptions priced at $200/month (Discord support), $2,000/month (Personal Contact), and $20,000/month (Full Time Equivalent integration assistance). Distribution is entirely self-serve through newbound.io and GitHub, with no disclosed sales force, partnerships, institutional investors, or geographic restrictions beyond countries prohibiting encryption. Marc Raiser is the founder and CEO, and the active GitHub repository under the handle "mraiser" indicates founder-led development.

Customer segmentation is horizontal, addressing both individual developers/makers (free use) and enterprises needing custom integration (paid licenses and support tiers). No named enterprise customers, no revenue figures, no funding rounds, and no recent product launches since the January 2023 Raspberry Pi DVR blog post are disclosed. The company is bootstrapped, profitable by appearance, and operates at a sub-scale relative to comparable developer-tooling peers.

Name

Newbound

Legal name

Newbound, LLC

Website

https://newbound.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1990

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Newbound is a bootstrapped US software company offering the Newbound Software Library, a Rust-based peer-to-peer app stack with a custom Flow dataflow language, sold via $5-per-install licensing and tiered support subscriptions to developers, makers, and enterprise integrators.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Application Server / Peer-to-Peer Networking Software Library

NAICS

Software Publishers (513210), Custom Computer Programming Services (541511)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372), Services-Computer Programming Services (7371)

akta.pro primary industry

Low-Code/No-Code Application Platforms (HDAEAKAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Developer Experience Platforms for Enterprise (IDEs, CI/CD, Dev Portals) (HDAEAKAI), Custom Application Development (Web/Mobile/Desktop) (BPAEAFAA)

Keywords

• Peer-to-peer networking
• Software development library
• Application server platform
• Secure communications software
• IoT connectivity SDK

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Commercial Software Licensing: The Newbound Software Library is free for non-commercial use. Commercial licensing is $5 per install. If customers want to sell something with Newbound in it or use it at work, they must purchase commercial licenses.
2. Professional Support Services: Tiered professional support including Discord Support ($200/month), Personal Contact ($2,000/month), and Full Time Equivalent ($20,000/month) for hands-on integration assistance.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Newbound develops and licenses the Newbound Software Library, a complete peer-to-peer software stack written in Rust that includes an app server, development environment, content management system, peer-to-peer communications protocol, and functional programming API builder supporting JavaScript, Java, Python, Rust, and Flowlang. The company also operates a boutique development shop offering commercial support subscriptions and bespoke project work, and distributes the library free for non-commercial use with a $5-per-install commercial license required for production or workplace use.

Product overview

Newbound is a software technology company offering the Newbound Software Library, a complete peer-to-peer networking software stack. The core product consists of the Newbound Software Library (an app server, development environment, content management system, peer-to-peer communications protocol, and functional programming API builder) along with associated applications including MetaBot (control editor), Nebula (app manager UI), DiscordBot (Discord bot framework), Email Bot, Filebot, Webcrawler, App Manager, Blockchain App, Peer Bot, Push To Talk, and Port Forwarding. The company also offers the Flow 3D visual dataflow programming language and supports development in JavaScript, Java, Python, Rust, and Flowlang. Professional services include commercial support tiers and project work, with commercial licensing at $5 per install.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Newbound Software Library Complete software stack written in Rust combining an app server, development environment, content management system, peer-to-peer communications protocol, and functional programming API builder. Supports JavaScript, Java, Python, Rust, and Flowlang, and embeds secure communications, real-time transactional protocols, and 3D UI capabilities. Free for non-commercial use; commercial license sold at $5 per install.
• MetaBot All-in-one control editor application featuring Material Design, flexible modern code editors, and an intuitive flow-based programming interface for building and managing Newbound applications.
• Nebula Nebula app providing a simple user interface for installing, configuring, and managing Newbound applications.
• DiscordBot Application for creating and writing Discord bots using Python or Java on the Newbound Network.
• Email Bot Application for sending and receiving email privately and securely over the Newbound Network.
• Filebot Application for sharing files over the Newbound Network.
• Webcrawler Application for downloading resources from websites over the Newbound Network.
• App Manager Application for starting up and configuring the Newbound Network.
• Blockchain App Application designed to simplify blockchain technology access for users running on the Newbound Network.
• Peer Bot Application providing a three-dimensional visualization of the user's personal Newbound Network.
• Push To Talk Application for private voice conversations over the Newbound Network.
• Port Forwarding Application for sharing servers and services (e.g., Minecraft server) over the Newbound Network.
• NoSQL Database NoSQL database system for creating data-centric web applications on the Newbound platform.
• ProxyBox DIY tunneling proxy server project for secure network connections over the Newbound Network.
• Flow A 3D visual dataflow programming language based on Prograph, with an implementation written in Rust as part of the Newbound stack.
• Flowlang Newbound's functional programming API builder allowing applications to be expressed as dataflow and integrated with the Newbound Software Library across supported languages.
• Professional Support Services Full-service boutique development shop offering commercial support subscriptions (Discord Support, Personal Contact, Full Time Equivalent) and bespoke project work for rapid prototyping, software architecture, and integration consulting.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Appian: Low-code process and case management platform with visual modeling. Comparable to Newbound's process and case-management-adjacent capabilities, with focus on enterprise process automation.
• OutSystems: Enterprise low-code application platform with visual development environment and multi-language export. Most directly comparable to Newbound's Flow visual dataflow programming model and integrated stack approach.
• Bubble: No-code visual application builder with freemium and paid tiers for developers and SMBs. Comparable go-to-market motion (freemium → paid) and integrated stack approach (app server + dev environment).
• Mendix: Low-code platform for building and deploying enterprise apps with a visual modeling environment. Comparable to Newbound's integrated app server + visual Flow development paradigm, though at vastly greater scale.
• libp2p: Open-source peer-to-peer networking library used by IPFS and other decentralized systems. Direct technical overlap with Newbound's P2P communications protocol and Rust-based networking stack.
• Node-RED: Open-source visual flow-based programming tool for wiring together hardware devices, APIs, and services. Closest analog to Flow's visual dataflow paradigm and to Newbound's peer-to-peer/IoT use cases.

Emerging players

• Replit: Cloud-based multi-language IDE and deployment platform with strong PLG and freemium motion targeting developers and learners. Comparable self-serve developer funnel and multi-language support to Newbound Software Library.

Broad incumbents

• GitHub Codespaces: Cloud-hosted developer environment supporting multiple languages with integrated IDE. Comparable to Newbound's MetaBot IDE/dev environment offering but as part of GitHub's broader platform.
• Cloudflare Workers: Edge compute platform supporting JavaScript, Rust/WASM, Python and more. Comparable developer platform with multi-language runtime and standards-based protocols, though at vastly greater scale.
• Microsoft Power Apps: Incumbent low-code platform with visual designer and enterprise integrations. Comparable visual development paradigm but bundled inside Microsoft's enterprise stack rather than as an independent product.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• GitHubgithub.com/mraiser/newbound
• Facebookfacebook.com/NewboundNet
• Xx.com/NewboundNet
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/newbound-inc.

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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