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Ops for software teams: for builders, not admins.

Track time against sprints, run a founder-led pipeline, and invoice the work, without a heavyweight PSA that needs its own person to maintain.

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  • Keyboard-first
  • No admin overhead
Fig. 1Sprints, capacity and delivery. Sample data.

One workspace, not a PSA rollout.

Toggl for time, a heavy CRM nobody updates, a spreadsheet for budgets, a separate invoicing tool. Pistacio is the lightweight version people actually use.

Today

  • Toggl
  • a heavy CRM
  • Google Sheets
  • a billing tool

With Pistacio

  • Time on projects
  • Lightweight CRM
  • Budgets
  • Invoicing

Lightweight by design.

Every part works on the same hours, clients and projects.

Track time where the work is.

Log against projects and tickets from a keyboard shortcut, so developers barely notice it’s there.

Time tracking
Search projects…

  • Acme Redesign

    Acme Co.

  • Northwind CRM

    Northwind

  • Helix Launch

    Helix Labs

Billable
Design QADevelopmentReview
Fig. 2Time on work. Sample data.

A pipeline you’ll actually use.

A lightweight CRM for founder-led deals, no fields nobody fills in, next to the delivery work.

CRM & leads
Fig. 3Founder sales. Sample data.

Fixed-bid without the bleed.

Budgets and burn in real time, so a fixed-price build doesn’t quietly go underwater.

Clients & projects
Fig. 4Budgets. Sample data.

Bill without switching tools.

Turn tracked time into an invoice and share a link, milestones and retainers included.

Invoicing

Invoice #INV-0042

Acme Inc.

Draft
  • Design QA 38h × €953.610 €
  • Development 41h × €1104.510 €
VAT 19%1.542,80 €
Total€0
Fig. 5Invoicing. Sample data.

One set of numbers.

Revenue, utilization and margin from one dataset, so the reports don’t contradict each other.

Business ops
Fig. 6Numbers. Sample data.

How software teams run on Pistacio.

A sprint on Pistacio.

  1. Track the sprint1 / 5

    Time logs against projects and tickets from a shortcut, no context-switch.

    Fig. 7Track the sprint. Sample data.

  2. Tag the project2 / 5

    Every hour lands on the right client and project, billable by default.

    Search projects…

    • Acme Redesign

      Acme Co.

    • Northwind CRM

      Northwind

    • Helix Launch

      Helix Labs

    Billable
    Design QADevelopmentReview
    Fig. 8Tag the project. Sample data.

  3. Keep the pipeline warm3 / 5

    Founder-led deals move through a lightweight pipeline in the same tool.

    Fig. 9Keep the pipeline warm. Sample data.

  4. Invoice the milestone4 / 5

    Billable time becomes an invoice with a client link, milestones and retainers included.

    Invoice #INV-0042

    Acme Inc.

    Draft
    • Design QA 38h × €953.610 €
    • Development 41h × €1104.510 €
    VAT 19%1.542,80 €
    Total€0
    Fig. 10Invoice the milestone. Sample data.

  5. Read the numbers5 / 5

    Revenue, utilization and margin update from one dataset.

    Fig. 11Read the numbers. Sample data.

We run Pistacio on Pistacio.

It's how we replaced five separate tools for our own company. We hit the rough edges before you do, because we're in here every day too.
  • Bootstrapped
  • Made in Stuttgart
  • DATEV export
  • Working-time compliance

Free time tracking for up to 3 users.

Time tracking and invoices cost nothing for small teams. Add modules when you need them, and pay per user only for those.

  • Time tracking + invoicesTimer · Tasks · Invoices · Reports · Time off · DashboardFree up to 3 users

Questions, answered.

No, and that’s the point. It’s the lightweight version, time, projects, a simple CRM and invoicing, that a small team actually keeps up to date.

Yes. A keyboard shortcut and per-project tagging, so tracking is a keypress, not a chore.

Budgets and burn are live, so a fixed-price build flags before it goes underwater.

No. It’s a lightweight pipeline for founder-led sales, next to the work, not a system with its own admin.

Yes, free forever for a small team; Growth adds budgets, utilization and unlimited seats.

It’s the lightweight version of one. Project time tracking, budgets, a simple CRM and invoicing, the PSA jobs a small software team needs, without the rollout a full PSA demands.

The standards Pistacio is built on.

Built for German business.

Pistacio creates e-invoices in the XRechnung and ZUGFeRD formats, Germany’s standards for electronic invoicing.
E-Rechnung (Bund)
Invoices and receipts are kept GoBD-compliant, with clean sequential numbering and proper retention.
GoBD (BMF)
The books export cleanly to DATEV for your Steuerberater at quarter-end.
DATEV
Working time is checked against the limits of the German Working Hours Act (ArbZG).
ArbZG (Gesetze im Internet)

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Free for up to 3 users, no credit card. Set up before the coffee is cold.

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