Hillyard Tech

Automation · AI integrations · Open-source software

Software that does the busywork,
and keeps on running.

Hillyard Tech builds scrapers, workflow automations and AI features that run in production, not just in a demo. We also publish our own Windows and developer tools as free, open-source software.

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  • 9 open-source projects
  • MIT licensed tools
  • Self-hosted AI when privacy matters

Services

Tell us what you do by hand. We'll automate it.

Fixed-scope quotes, working software, and handover notes you can actually follow.

Web scraping & data extraction

Pull data from one site or dozens, on a schedule. Logins, pagination and messy pages are handled for you.

  • Clean CSV, JSON, Sheets or database output
  • Deduplication and change tracking
  • Scheduled runs with alerts

Workflow automation

Connect the tools you already use so data moves and tasks run without anyone touching them.

  • APIs, webhooks, n8n / Make or custom code
  • Form and portal automation
  • Error handling and retries

AI & LLM integration

Add summarization, extraction, classification, chat or transcription to your app or workflow.

  • OpenAI, Claude or local models
  • Agents and retrieval over your data
  • Prompt tuning and output checks

Self-hosting & deployment

Private AI stacks, Linux services and home or small-office automation, set up so they stay up.

  • Linux, Docker, systemd, GPUs
  • Home Assistant, MQTT and cameras
  • Logging, monitoring and backups
  1. 1

    Describe the job

    What you do by hand today, and what "done" looks like.

  2. 2

    Get a fixed quote

    A tight scope and a price. If it isn't a good fit, we'll tell you straight.

  3. 3

    Receive working software

    Deployed and tested on real data, with notes on how to run it.

  4. 4

    Support after launch

    Fixes and tweaks after handover, so it keeps working.

Software

Free, open-source tools

Built for our own use first, then released under the MIT license. Downloads come from GitHub Releases.

AVSuite

Windows

Antivirus that runs alongside Microsoft Defender: ClamAV and YARA scanning, PE heuristics, a tray app, encrypted quarantine and signed auto-updates.

Go · MIT · v0.3.5

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Driver Forge

Windows

Find, install, back up and roll back Windows drivers. Windows decides every match, using its own driver APIs.

C# · MIT · v0.2.0

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Viper IDE

Windows

A Python IDE that installs the packages your code needs, with a debugger, linting, and an AI assistant for any OpenAI-compatible model.

Python · MIT · v1.10.1

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PDF Forge

Windows

An Acrobat-style PDF editor: annotations, text editing with OCR, form filling, true redaction, watermarks and password protection.

Electron · MIT

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ShellTab

Cross-platform

A tabbed terminal emulator with a built-in FTP/SFTP client, saved hosts and timed nudges.

Electron · MIT · v1.6.1

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Icarus Agent

CLI

A fully local command-line coding agent for llama-swap. It sizes context to your VRAM and drives models that have no tool-calling template.

Python · MIT

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More from the lab

  • Open-Iris: a self-hosted Linux NVR with a live camera grid, AI motion detection, dual-stream recording and PTZ.
  • Open AuDDiobook: a self-hosted audiobook platform with TTS narration, scene art and series libraries.
  • Wyze Bolt Wi-Fi Bridge: an ESP32 bridge that brings a Bluetooth-only smart lock into Home Assistant.

Selected work

Systems we've built and still run

Private transcription & summaries

Audio goes in and comes back as a transcript and a structured summary. Speech-to-text and the language model run locally, so the audio never leaves the building.

Python · FastAPI · local STT & LLM

Portal & form automation

A multi-step web portal workflow, automated end to end: login, multi-page forms, file uploads and reliable submission, with logging and retries.

Python · headless browser · session handling

Self-hosted LLM stack

Local model serving with routing, hot-swapping and GPU scheduling, shared by many apps. Private, fast and far cheaper than paying per token.

llama.cpp · model routing · CUDA · Docker

AI voice agent on a phone line

An AI agent that holds a real conversation over a live phone call and follows task logic from start to finish.

Telephony · LLM · Python

Camera AI & smart-home automation

Camera person detection and dozens of devices tied into one automation hub, with state-aware triggers like closing a garage door once nobody is around.

Home Assistant · MQTT · Python

Data pipelines & dashboards

Scheduled collectors that scrape, clean and publish data to live dashboards and web pages, then update themselves every week.

Python · Node.js · scheduled jobs

Contact

What are you trying to automate?

Send a few lines about the job. You'll get a straight answer on whether we can help, and a fixed-scope quote if we can.

Helpful to include

  • What you do by hand today, and how often
  • The sites, apps or files involved
  • Where the results should end up
  • Your deadline and rough budget

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