I thought building was the hard part.
I was wrong. 2months ago
I started — Akhouri Systems — a solo software company.
Just me, my laptop, and a deadline from my father.
2 years. 1 lakh revenue. 10k downloads. Or hostel.
Here’s what actually happened: I built 4 Windows apps completely solo: 🔒 ATLOCK — kills Task Manager, blocks Alt+Tab
📝 ANOTE — everything Notepad should have been
🧮 ACALCU — 30+ themes, video button backgrounds
🖼 APIC — advanced image processing
Then I spent 2months trying to get people to notice. I posted on every platform. Dev.to. Peerlist. Medium. Product Hunt. Hacker News. Reddit banned me 3 times. YouTube Shorts got 2 views after 9 hours of editing. 120 downloads. In 2months. One of them was me. I’m not writing this for sympathy.
I’m writing this because nobody tells you how hard distribution actually is. Building is the easy part. Getting people to care — that’s the real challenge. But here’s what 120 downloads taught me: 120 real strangers trusted my software enough to download it. Without knowing me. Without any recommendation. That’s 120 people who gave me a chance.
I’m still here.
Akhouri Systems is still alive.(struggling but still always ready to dominate and change the window's default apps)
"We build what others forgot to fix."
Akhouri Systems believes that success is not about gaining money, respect and power it is about doing something which is not done by others because other fears they will fail.
I may feel demotivated after seeing akhouri systems not reaching full potiential but in same time I will feel motivated because I done something which is feared by others to even try.
GitHub: https://github.com/Akhouri-Anmol-Kumar
Website: https://akhouri-anmol-kumar.github.io/Akhouri-systems
contact us- akhourisystems@gmail.com
"Akhouri Systems is not just about a software
manufacturer built by a kid. It is now about
a word called EGO.
I will either make Akhouri Systems the world's
biggest software manufacturer and direct competitor
of Microsoft's Windows default apps — or make this
company a legend in the software field.
If I fail — which many say is the most likely outcome,
especially when I stand alone with no support — then
I will still make sure Akhouri Systems reaches a level
where Microsoft recognizes us and takes inspiration
from our apps to build theirs better.
Because if they don't — maybe one Akhouri Systems
failed. But another will rise."
— Akhouri Anmol Kumar
Founder, Akhouri Systems
Top comments (13)
HEY!! Anmol how are you?
I need some marketing tips. It will be great if you can give akhouri systems some marketing tips(for 0 budget)
because, Akhouri systems aims to cross 500 downloads till my birthday(31august)
also 500downloads + (maybe revenue of 500rupees also till 31aug.. 1st revenue target)
After revenue akhouri systems will use that revenue to ads, and in company itself but till no revenue we need someone to guide us.
You said you know marketing. Also it will be my pleasure to have marketing tips from IITian.
Founder & CEO @ Akhouri Systems
Akhouri Anmol Kumar
Dev.to then only a good marketing place can be found for you.
Fine but struggling now days.
Why?
Just slow downloads, burn out I came home from school at 3pm then have a coaching class and courses classes till 8pm and then from 8pm to night 11pm work at akhouri systems loop repeat and in Sunday's whole day on coaching courses and classes like after doing hardwork akhouri systems is still not doing good. But I will try my best..
Stay passionate; I am confident this will reach the level of crores, not just hundreds.
Can you give me the full details of this?
Yeah now I am much more confident as a IITIAN said this. Thanks. Your support towards akhouri systems is praisable.
What type of more details? Like about akhouri systems or me or my apps
Your target 🎯
my target is to make akhouri systems not just a brand but a name that will be spoken by all window's users who are frustrated with window's apps, akhouri systems app will replace window's current apps, like notepad++ replaced window's default notepad like that in same way but way bigger. Akhouri systems will be used by users who hates window's ecosystems and want to enter a ecosystem which is way better than of anyone that's akhouri systems. akhouri systems's 1 update notification will make the all microsoft window's app shake, my main goal is like for customization there is windhawk, and for many things which windows lack are full filled by 3rd party apps, akhouri systems will also do samething but in way bigger scale, Akhouri system's target is not limited. but for now aim is just-make window's worry and make them improve there apps nd take inspiration from us. in simple words-make microsoft scared
Microsoft get ready.
Be ready Satya Nadella(CEO), be ready Amy Hood(EVP and CFO), be ready Carolina Dybeck Happe(EVP and COO), be ready kevin scott(CTO.
BE READY-
Brad Smith: Vice Chair & President(BE READY)
Amy Coleman: EVP & Chief People Officer(BE READY)
Kathleen Hogan: EVP, Office of Strategy and Transformation(BE READY)
Judson Althoff: EVP & Chief Commercial Officer(BE READY)
Scott Guthrie: EVP, Cloud + AI Group(BE READY)
Mustafa Suleyman: CEO, Microsoft AI(BE READY)
Melanie Nakagawa: Chief Sustainability Officer(BE READY)
Lili Cheng: CTO, Business and Industry Copilot(BE READY)
"WE BUILD WHAT OTHER FORGOT TO FIX"