Client work
Lafayette Engineering: warehouse control systems
- Outcome
- The systems run at multiple customer sites. Lafayette says we hit every milestone and calls our support rock solid.
Custom software from Lexington, KY
Software for the work your tools
can't handle.
Ignyte Software builds and modernizes the software businesses run on. We replace spreadsheets and aging databases, connect the systems you already use, and build the tools you can't buy. AI helps us move quickly, our core team reviews every change, and you own all the code.
Running on spreadsheets?
Turn shared spreadsheets and Access databases into one system your whole team can use
Systems that don't talk?
Connect your ERP, CRM, accounting, and other tools so data moves on its own
Drowning in paperwork?
Automate invoices, forms, and approvals with AI, with a person approving anything that matters
What We Solve
The Problems Slowing
Your Team Down
Tell us which of these four problems sounds like yours.
Outgrown Your Spreadsheets?
Shared spreadsheets and Access databases break as a team grows. We turn them into one reliable application several people can use at once, without losing the rules your team already relies on. When off-the-shelf software doesn't fit, we build the tool that does.
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Paperwork Eating Your Day?
We automate invoices, forms, and approvals, using AI where it reads documents well. A person approves anything that cannot be undone, and everything is logged.
Explore document automation 
Systems That Don't Talk?
We connect your ERP, CRM, accounting, and other tools so data moves on its own. When a sync fails, a person gets an alert instead of a quiet gap in your data.
Explore systems integration 
Old Software Nobody Wants to Touch?
We take over aging or undocumented systems, get them stable, and move them to current platforms in small steps. Every cutover has a tested way back.
Explore legacy modernization Service
Custom Application Development
Web and desktop applications for work your current tools can't handle.
See the service ServiceDatabase Design & Development
Databases and reports your team can trust, with backups we test by restoring them.
See the service ServiceSoftware Rescue & Takeover
Inherited a system the last vendor or developer left behind? We make it safe to change.
See the service ServiceCare Plans
Updates, monitoring, and fixes after launch, from the people who built it.
See the service For IT teams.NET Upgrades
.NET 8 and .NET 9 support ends November 10, 2026. Plans for Web Forms, WCF, and WinForms.
See the serviceClient Trust
Teams That Build With Us
Our software runs inside other companies' operations: warehouses, insurance agencies, and national conferences.
+ many more
"Ignyte built our QuickQuote application, and it changed how our agents work. Quotes that used to take a call to the office now happen on the spot, accurately, every time. We couldn't be happier with it."
Kevin Russell
President & Treasurer, Hurst Home Insurance Co.
"Ignyte planned, built, and now supports custom Warehouse Control Systems for us across multiple customer sites. They learned our industry fast, hit every milestone, and their support has been rock solid."
Jason Kim
Project Manager, Lafayette Engineering Inc.
"CheckPoint sped up and simplified check-in at our conferences dramatically. Lines that used to wrap around the registration desk are gone, and our attendees loved the new experience."
Jimmy Adams
Director, NASDTEC
Industries Served
Industries
We Know
We learn how your business works before we design anything. Our client work so far covers warehouse control systems, insurance quoting, and conference check-in for a national association. See our work for manufacturing and warehouse operations.
Warehousing & Logistics
Manufacturing
Insurance
Education
Associations
Who We Work With
Small Businesses.
Growing Operations.
Small businesses. You don't need an IT department to get software that fits. We start with how your business works, scope the smallest useful version, and give you a clear estimate. Choose a fixed price with set milestones, or pay as the work evolves. After launch, we support what we built, and the code is yours if you ever want to take it elsewhere.
Operations teams at larger companies. You own a process, and the software behind it is slowing it down. We work with your team and your IT group to fix that. We document what we build, keep it in source control, and release changes in steps that can be rolled back. You talk to the owners and engineers doing the work. There are no account managers or handoffs.
Small on purpose. The people who own Ignyte do the work, and our core team reviews every change. You always know who is building your software. We're based in Lexington, KY, meet clients on-site across Central Kentucky, and work with businesses nationwide remotely.
Meet the team behind the workHow We Build
Technology Chosen to Fit the Job
Most of what we build runs on .NET and SQL Server. They are proven platforms with long support lives, and they are easy for your team or a future vendor to maintain. We work with the systems you already have. When a project needs a different tool, we use it or tell you plainly if someone else is a better fit.
.NET / C#
SQL Server
ASP.NET / MVC
Blazor
Web APIs & Integration
Reporting & Analytics
Desktop Applications
React
Label & Badge Printing
Access & Excel Migration
Our Work
Software Running in Real Operations
Most of our work runs inside other companies' operations: warehouses, insurance agencies, and national conferences. Here is some of it.
Client work
Hurst Home Insurance: QuickQuote
- System
- QuickQuote, a desktop quoting application for Hurst Home Insurance's field and office agents, built in C# and .NET on SQL Server.
- Problem
- Agents had to call the office to get a quote.
- What we did
- We built a quote program with a simple login and workflow, so agents produce quotes themselves.
- Outcome
- Agents now quote on the spot, accurately, without a call to the office.
Client work
NASDTEC: CheckPoint conference check-in
- System
- CheckPoint, conference attendance software for NASDTEC, a national association, built on Blazor and SQL Server.
- Problem
- Check-in lines at NASDTEC's conferences wrapped around the registration desk.
- What we did
- We built a tablet check-in kiosk that prints name badges, attendee imports before each event, year-round attendance tracking, and a web reporting back end.
- Outcome
- Check-in is faster and simpler, and the lines at the registration desk are gone.
We Also Build and Run Our Own Products
Running our own software for years taught us what it takes to keep a system working long after launch. Top25Rankings.com has run a weekly data pipeline since 2000.
Sports Data Platform
A weekly data pipeline running since 2000
A college sports polling archive that records all five weekly Top 25 polls, football Media, Coaches, and Playoff committee rankings plus men's and women's basketball, and keeps every week back to 2000. Team and conference histories, email alerts when a poll drops, and a read-only JSON API.
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SaaS / Web App
In production as a commercial service
A secure document storage, tracking, reporting, and expiration reminder service. It keeps retained documents indexed and sends alerts before anything expires.
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Developer Tool
Real-time label rendering for developers
A web-based ZPL (Zebra Programming Language) code editor and label preview tool. Lets developers write, format, and render shipping labels in real-time with support for barcodes, QR codes, and Data Matrix symbols.
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Gaming Platform
Live and free, 22 variants documented
A free reference for the poker variants people actually play at home. Clear rules, four-player example hands, and reader ratings for 22 dealer's-choice games, plus a browser table for practicing our own variants against AI opponents. No account needed to browse, rate, or comment.
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Gaming Platform
Master of the Bracket
Ad-free platform for major tournaments
An interactive, ad-free sports tournament bracket platform. Offers fans traditional, fantasy draft-style, and randomized selection strategies to engage with major collegiate and professional sports tournaments.
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Your Project Here
This spot is reserved for your idea
Every project on this page started as a conversation. Whether you need a web application, an integration, a database, or a modernization, we'll help you carry it from idea to production, and support it long after launch.
Talk About Your Project How We Work
A Clear Path from
Idea to Launch
Every project starts with how your business works today. You see working software at regular demos, not a big reveal at the end. See how a project works, step by step.
1
Free Fit Call
A conversation about the problem. Afterward you get a short written note with our view and a next step, even if that step is not us.
2
Paid Review
A Workflow & AI Review for a new build, or a Production-Readiness Review for software you already run. Fee credited toward the build.
3
First Version
One workflow built end to end at a fixed price, with written acceptance criteria. You use it at regular demos as it grows.
4
Launch
We move your data, check it against the old system, and cut over with a tested way back.
5
Care Plan
Updates, monitoring, and small changes after launch, with a reply within one business day.
Common Questions
Answers, Up Front
The questions buyers actually ask us, answered plainly.
We build and modernize custom software for businesses: web and desktop applications, integrations between the systems you already use, databases and reporting, and replacements for spreadsheets and aging systems. We work with small businesses and with operations teams at larger companies across the United States.
Yes. Many projects start small, such as one spreadsheet process or one integration. We scope the smallest version that solves the problem and give you a clear estimate before any work begins.
The owners. Ignyte is a small firm, and the people who own it do the work. There are no account managers or handoffs, and our core team reviews every change.
It depends on the workflow and the systems involved. A new project starts with a paid Workflow & AI Review. It ends with three priced options and a fixed-price offer for a first version, and the review fee is credited toward the build. We also offer time-and-materials engagements for long-running work.
Timelines depend on scope. A focused tool or integration takes far less time than a full application, and the review ends with a schedule for the first version. Our process delivers working software iteratively, so you see progress at regular demos rather than waiting for a big-bang launch.
We pick the technology that fits the problem. Most of our work runs on .NET and SQL Server because those platforms are well supported and easy to maintain. We also work with the systems and tools you already have. If something isn't the right fit for us, we'll tell you honestly.
Yes. We're based in Lexington, KY and work with clients nationwide. We meet nearby clients on-site around Lexington and Central Kentucky, and discovery, demos, and delivery all work smoothly as remote engagements.
Yes. We move aging applications, Access databases, and spreadsheet-based systems to current, supportable platforms, and we take over software that a previous vendor or developer left behind. A takeover starts with a Production-Readiness Review.
Ready to Build Something?
Tell us what's slowing your team down. One of the owners will reply within one business day with a few questions and some times to talk.
Start the ConversationA free 30-minute conversation, no commitment, no pitch deck. Prefer to talk? Call (859) 429-2846.
"They learned our industry fast, hit every milestone, and their support has been rock solid." Jason Kim, Lafayette Engineering
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Let's Start a Conversation
Tell us what's slowing your team down. We reply within one business day, and the first conversation is free.
Contact Info
Service Area
Lexington & Central Kentucky, on-site
and nationwide, remotely
Phone
(859) 429-2846
"We couldn't be happier with it."Kevin Russell, Hurst Home Insurance Co.