A small workshop for successors to software that stopped getting updates.

Useful tools sometimes stop keeping up with new versions of the system. Their authors have their own reasons, and we respect the work those tools did. Noroshi Lab builds new apps that keep that work possible on current systems. We write them from scratch and do not reuse the original code or design.

Mac apps (reservations opening soon)

Starting with macOS 28, Rosetta will be available only for certain older games, so Intel-based apps will no longer run (Apple Support). We are building native Apple silicon successors to small utilities that will stop working.

In developmentKaifu

Open winmail.dat (TNEF) attachments on Apple silicon Macs

Planned price $12 one-time (no subscription)

In developmentToridashi

Mount notifications and one-click eject for external drives

Planned price $8 one-time (no subscription)

In developmentKirikae

Switch between Japanese and English input with the ⌘ keys

Planned price $6 one-time (no subscription)

How we work

We pick jobs that people still need done but whose tools are no longer maintained.
Small, one-time purchase, runs on your Mac without a server.
We build in earnest once enough people join the waitlist or reserve. Reservations are fully refundable at any time before release.

We also make WordPress plugins for Japanese websites. They are described in Japanese.