Websites and web apps built to grow with your business.
From a fast, accessible marketing site to a full web application, we design and build the whole thing ourselves — no page builders, no outsourced hand-offs. Primarily serving clients across the US, with a growing base throughout North America.
Core frameworks kept production-ready
Weeks, typical small-site turnaround
Regions served — US first, Canada second
Built in-house, no subcontracting
We're a new studio. Here's what that actually gets you.
No twenty-year track record to point to yet — so instead of a wall of logos, here's what we commit to in writing on every project.
You own 100% of the code
Every line we write is yours outright, built on standard, portable tech — no proprietary lock-in and nothing held back if you ever want to move it elsewhere.
Built in-house, not subcontracted
The same people who scope your project write every line of it — no outsourced team you never actually meet.
Direct line to the builders
You reach the people who'd actually build your project, not an account manager relaying messages back and forth.
Scope fixed in writing, upfront
A written brief fixes scope and budget before any design work starts, so there's no surprise invoice later.
Marketing sites, content platforms, and custom web apps.
Web development at OpenPress covers everything from a fast, editorial-grade marketing site through to a fully custom web application with its own backend, database, and user accounts.
We build and maintain the platform ourselves end to end — the same people who scope the project write the code, so nothing gets lost between a sales call and a developer who's never seen the brief.
Performance-first
Fast by default, not as an optimisation pass at the end.
Accessible
Built to WCAG-aligned standards from the first component.
Privacy-law aware
Data handling built with US state privacy laws (like the CCPA) in mind.
Supported
We stay reachable after launch, not just until invoicing.
Platforms and technologies we build with.
We stay deliberately narrow — a short list of tools kept genuinely production-ready, rather than a long list kept up half as well.
Frontend
Interfaces that feel fast and stay maintainable.
Backend & CMS
The platform behind the interface, matched to the project.
Infrastructure & Data
Where it runs and where the data lives.
A short, predictable path from brief to launch.
Discovery & scope
3–5 daysA short call plus a written brief to fix scope, platform, and budget before any design starts.
Design
1–2 weeksWireframes through to a full visual design, reviewed together at each stage.
Development
2–6 weeksBuilt on the platform chosen at scoping — WordPress, Django, or a React/Node.js app — with regular check-ins.
QA & launch
3–5 daysCross-browser and accessibility checks, performance passes, then a scheduled go-live.
Post-launch support
OngoingFixes, small updates, and monitoring after the invoice clears — not before.
US first, wider North America second, remote-friendly everywhere.
Every engagement is remote-capable, but our working hours, contracts, and communication style are built around the US and North America first.
United States
Our home market — core hours across US time zones (ET–PT), video calls as standard, and US-standard contracts and invoicing.
Canada
A growing share of our client base — North America-wide overlap hours, US privacy-law-aware builds, and remote collaboration as the default.
Everywhere else
Outside the US and Canada, we still take on the right project — async-first communication, no timezone assumed.
Web development, answered plainly.
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Tell us what you're building — US-based or elsewhere in North America, we read every message ourselves and reply within a couple of days.