DownFy
In developmentDownload management
A download manager for organising transfers, keeping a queue of files in order, and picking up where you left off.
Downloads and File Transfer
Independent software publisher
Useful software. Thoughtfully built.
AcadeFy builds practical applications for downloading, communication and productivity. Everything published here is free to download, and anything still in development says so plainly.
Every download is free. No account, no paywall, and support is welcome rather than required.
The portfolio
Four products, each with a job of its own
Nothing here has a public build yet. Each title below shows what it is being built to do and links to its own page, where its verified status lives.
LanFy
In developmentLocal network communication
Messaging for the people and devices already on your local network, rather than routing a conversation through a third-party server.
Networking and Communication
OfficeFy
In developmentProductivity and office software
A productivity suite where documents, spreadsheets and presentations work together as one application.
Office and Productivity
TorrentFy
In developmentTorrent client
A torrent client for finding, downloading and seeding files over a peer-to-peer network.
Downloads and File Transfer
What "in development" means
The bar for putting something in your hands
All 4 titles are being built right now and none has been released yet. We would rather show you a short catalogue than a long one padded with builds we have not finished.
See the full catalogue- A real, dated releaseA version number is not enough. A build ships with the date it was actually finished, and it is not back-dated.
- A verified downloadThe file is served from a controlled source, and the size and digest are computed from the bytes we actually stored.
- A scan before releaseAn upload is held in quarantine and scanned. A file nobody has scanned is not offered to anyone, whatever its checksum says.
Explore by purpose
What are you looking for?
Grouped by what the software is for, so you can narrow the catalogue before reading a word.
Downloads and File TransferTools for fetching, organising and verifying the files you download.2 productsNetworking and CommunicationSoftware for talking to the people and devices already on your network.1 productOffice and ProductivityApplications for documents, spreadsheets and everyday office work.1 product
Our approach
Publishing software honestly is a series of small decisions
- Usable before impressiveSoftware should do its job without a tutorial. We favour clear interfaces and predictable behaviour over novelty.
- Transparent releasesVersion history, real release dates and published checksums. If a build is not ready, it is labelled as such rather than shipped quietly.
- Privacy-conscious developmentWe aim to collect only the data each product genuinely needs. Before a product is released, its data collection and telemetry behaviour will be documented clearly.
- Built to be maintainedPublishing platforms should outlive their launch. Content is managed in a database, not in markup, so the catalogue can grow.
Open source, where we have it
A title appears on the open-source page only when we hold a published link to its source repository. Software that is not listed there is not claimed to be open source.
Support the work, if it is useful to you
Development takes time. If something here saves you time, funding the next release is a genuinely helpful thing to do — but it is entirely optional, and nothing on this site is locked behind it.