Black Elephant builds tools for professional work — the ones people spend their whole working day in. Not websites or storefronts, but environments where an engineer runs a project, an estimator prices the job, and a developer writes code.
We have two products of our own that we have been developing for years and use ourselves. We take on custom projects when they strengthen the products, not replace them.
Platform first, applications second. DockStudio came before ProMatrix because without a solid framework any large system turns into a tangle of patches within three years.
Our products run in an air-gapped environment, without internet access and with no mandatory ties to our servers. The data, the updates and the system's lifespan stay in the owner's hands.
We are a small team, and that is a deliberate choice. Engineers and developers who have worked together for years run large projects end to end — from architecture to rollout: our own platform, an enterprise ecosystem of dozens of modules, and a design system for every building discipline.
There is no chain of managers between you and the developers. The engineers who discuss your task are the ones who solve it.
We design and build engineering systems ourselves, so we know the work of designers, site managers and buyers first-hand.
Our own platform and automated routine work let a small team run projects that usually need a whole department.
We take on projects that live for years and stay with you after launch: updates, improvements, support.
DockStudio is the framework professional applications are built on. ProMatrix is a client-server environment for design and construction companies: documents, tasks, estimates, procurement and design on shared data.
A workspace framework, not just another UI framework
DockStudio is a platform for building applications people work in all day. The windowing system, docks and panels, tabs, modules and plugins, commands and hotkeys, themes, settings and updates work out of the box. You write the domain logic — the framework assembles the workspace.
One environment: processes, documents, engineering and communication
ProMatrix is a client-server system for design and construction companies: documents and issues, tasks and deadlines, remarks, cost estimates, procurement, Technical Office, HR and correspondence on a single server. The main client is a desktop application built on the DockStudio platform; browser and mobile clients come next.
R2O The ecosystem is built on the R2O approach: from spec to operation — in one model.Application frameworks, windowing systems, plugin systems, SDKs. The things products are later built on — ours and the customer's.
Document management, finance, personnel, manufacturing, warehouse. End-to-end processes instead of a set of disconnected programs.
Systems for design and engineering data management: product structure, documentation, calculations, automation of the design engineer's routine.
We deploy AI agents where rules don't work: preliminary document analysis, comparing revisions, finding equivalents and assignees. The model can run inside your own infrastructure.
We connect the new with what already works: 1C, AD directories, EDI, CAD systems, equipment. And we stay close after launch.
Layered architecture, versioned contracts, backward compatibility. A system must outlive a change of team, OS versions and a hardware generation.
Offline is not an emergency mode but a standard one. The client works autonomously, accumulates changes and syncs when the server is available.
Every product is deployed on your own infrastructure. No hidden outbound calls and no mandatory telemetry.
Processes, forms, reports and permissions change without a programmer. Code is written only where it is truly unavoidable.
DockStudio is not tied to any industry: the set of modules defines what the application becomes. ProMatrix covers a company's entire operations.
A development environment built your way
Tabs, dock panels, floating windows, commands with hotkeys and a plugin system are the foundation of any IDE, and DockStudio already has it. A development environment on this foundation is planned.
A workspace for working with data
A dense interface with a dozen panels is exactly what data analysis calls for: sources on the left, the table in the center, parameters on the right, the query log at the bottom. The layout is saved for each task.
A terminal for your strategy
Multi-monitor work, dozens of windows, streaming data and an instantly responsive interface — the very scenario the window system was designed for.
One window instead of ten terminals
Developing for ROS and embedded systems means constantly switching between consoles, logs, telemetry charts and video streams. DockStudio brings it all together in a single layout.
No months of presentations: in 2–4 weeks you are working with a prototype on your own data.
We examine processes as they are, pin down bottlenecks, and size data volumes and user counts. The result is a technical specification, not a presentation.
In 2–4 weeks we build a working prototype of the key scenario on DockStudio. You click through a real interface, not mockups.
We deploy the environment, migrate data, configure routes and permissions, and train users. A phased launch, not “everything in one day”.
Updates, enhancements, new modules and support under an agreed SLA. The system grows with the company instead of going obsolete in a year.
We will demo the products live, estimate the timeline and propose an option: a ready-made solution, development on the platform, or extending what you already have.
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