About Limeleaf

Our mission is to use our experience building software to help others.

Limeleaf is a Worker Cooperative

We are proud to be a member-owned, democratically managed company, based in Saratoga Springs, New York. We strive to embody the Seven Cooperative Principles in our work. You can download our Operating Agreement here.

We are members of the Patio network of tech cooperatives and the U.S. Federation of Worker Cooperatives.

Limeleaf Has Decades of Tech Experience

Our members have worked at Google, ngrok, Kinetic, Harvard University, RSA Security, JWP (JW Player), and others on a wide range of projects.

After long careers in Big tech, we started Limeleaf to help others and share our expertise. Our team's skills in software engineering, systems design, project and product management, technical planning, R&D, and mission-critical deployments enable us to enhance your competitiveness in the tech industry. We aim to ensure your technology not only succeeds but also remains sustainable and secure, with a strong commitment to privacy and ethical practices.

Limeleaf Loves Open Source

Limeleaf and our member-owners are involved in a number of open-source projects.

As Maintainers

Limecast, a privacy-first podcasting platform.
Libera.Codes, a free, privacy-first, QR code generator.
static-httpd, an HTTP static file server written in Hare.
pprof.sh, user-friendly CLI utility for running Benchmark*() Go tests.
Various Go modules, a collection of Go modules
Various Hare modules, a collection of Hare modules

As Contributors

fast_afpacket, for raw socket networking with support for Linux's AF_PACKET and SO_TIMESTAMPING.
firewall_toolkit, a high level wrapper for programmatically managing nftables' expressions, rules, and BPF filters.
Go Programming Language, an easy to learn programming language built for concurrency, networking, and performance.
Hare Programming Language, a systems programming language designed to be simple, stable, and robust.
Helix Editor, a post-modern text editor written in Rust.
Starship, a cross-platform, minimal, blazing-fast, and infinitely customizable prompt.

Our Founding Members

Mubashar Iqbal (Mubs)

Mubs is a long-time veteran of the software industry, having worked at Founderpath, AREA 17, Mad Glory Interactive, and other companies, as well as in an independent consulting capacity.

Blain Smith

Blain has spent 27 years working in web, video streaming, gaming, cloud services, distributed systems, and networking. He has held many technical lead roles and worked closely with product leadership to build software solutions.

Erik Straub

With a wealth of experience across video streaming platforms, legendary AAA live-service games, and helping startup ventures bring their products to market, Erik is well-equipped to offer practical solutions to real-world challenges.

John Luther

John has worked in web, media, and cloud software product management for over 25 years. In that time, he’s become a recognized industry leader, contributing to standards at the W3C, IETF, CTA, WebM Project, and elsewhere.