Macecraft Software

{{Short description|Software company}}

{{Infobox company

| name = Macecraft, Inc.

| logo = Macecraft Software logo.jpg

| type = Family business

| foundation = Helsinki (2001){{cite web|url=http://www.macecraft.com/about-macecraft-software/|title=About Macecraft Software|work=Macecraft website|accessdate=24 February 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130411084441/http://www.macecraft.com/about-macecraft-software/|archive-date=2013-04-11|url-status=dead}}

| industry = Software

| homepage = [http://www.macecraft.com/ www.macecraft.com/]

}}

Macecraft Software is a Finnish computer software company founded in 2001 by Jouni Vuorio and Jani Vuorio. The company is mainly known for its utility software jv16 PowerTools. Other products include standalone registry cleaners, RegSupreme Pro and RegSupreme.

Before 2003, as a hobby Jouni Vuorio developed a freeware software called RegCleaner. The transition from creating freeware software to shareware products also generated heated discussion.{{cite web | url = http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/jv16_PowerTools_2007/987567453/1 | title = Discussion of jv16 PowerTools and Macecraft Software|accessdate=24 February 2013}}

In December 2013, a crowdfunding campaign was launched at indiegogo with the aim of making Jv16 PowerTools free and open source.[https://archive.today/20140322223024/http://www.macecraft.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=40&t=5503 Macecraft Software — jv16 PowerTools as Open Source] The Thunderclap Web site said that the campaign reached 252% of its goal of 500 supporters with 1,258 subscribers,{{cite web |url=http://www.thunderclap.it/projects/7633-jv16-powertools-as-open-source |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141111060030/www.thunderclap.it/projects/7633-jv16-powertools-as-open-source |archive-date=2014-11-11 |title=Thunderclap: jv16 PowerTools as Open Source |website=Thunderclap|date=23 January 2014|author= |accessdate= 17 July 2019}} but Macecraft said that the campaign did not reach its financial goal, so the software was not made free and open source.{{cite web |url=https://www.macecraft.com/about-2014-crowdfunding-campaign-open-source/ |title=About the 2014 Crowdfunding Campaign for Open Source |website=www.macecraft.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190718034244/https://www.macecraft.com/about-2014-crowdfunding-campaign-open-source/ |archive-date=2019-07-18}}

Instead, contributors were given software updates. The Macecraft discussion forum went offline for a prolonged period at about this time but eventually came back online, with apologies for the prolonged absence for maintenance.{{cite web |url=https://www.macecraft.com/new-powertools-x-forum-is-back-and-crowdfunding-status/ |title=Updates and crowdfunding statement |website=Macecraft Software|date= 30 March 2015|author= |accessdate= 31 August 2016}}