Xiaoyao Systems builds reliable custom software, MVPs, web applications and backend systems for founders and businesses in Cape Town and across South Africa. Independent work, and collaborations with the people who need software that holds up.
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Selected Work
Products under Xiaoyao Systems, built in Cape Town — each with its own craft, shared standards of clarity and care.
Education / Mathematics
A mathematics learning platform designed around mastery. Axioms breaks mathematics into concepts, methods and representative practice so learners can build genuine understanding rather than simply complete more exercises.
Social / Games
A social location-guessing game where people share photos with friends and compete to guess where each photo was taken.
Build with us
We work with founders and businesses in Cape Town and across South Africa to turn ideas into useful, working products. From focused proofs of concept to launchable MVPs, we help determine what needs to be built, reduce unnecessary scope, and engineer the first version properly.
The same care applies to custom software and business automation.
01/POCPOC
Test the core technical or product assumption before investing in the entire system.
02/MVPMVP
Create a focused product that real users can actually start using.
03/PRODUCTPRODUCT DEVELOPMENT
Ongoing product design, engineering, infrastructure and feature development as the product grows.
Catalogue
Custom software, MVPs, web applications and backend systems — built in Cape Town for use anywhere they need to hold.
Software designed and developed as complete products — from first useful version to a system that can keep growing.
MVP development in South AfricaSoftware that uses modern AI and automation where those technologies genuinely improve the product or the operation behind it.
Business software and automationFast, thoughtful web applications and backend systems built for real people and real use, from Cape Town.
Custom software development in Cape TownHow we think
We believe good software should be useful, understandable and carefully made. Xiaoyao Systems builds products with an emphasis on clarity, engineering quality and the experience of the person using them.
We prefer small, thoughtful systems that work well over unnecessary complexity.
About
Xiaoyao Systems is an independent technology company based in Cape Town, South Africa.
We build our own software products and explore ideas across education, AI, tools and consumer technology. We also build with founders and businesses who need custom software that holds up.
More about Xiaoyao SystemsContact
If you want to talk about custom software, MVPs, systems, or collaboration in Cape Town or elsewhere in South Africa — reach out.
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hello@xiaoyaosystems.com