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Desktop embroidery studio · Win · Mac · Linux

Serious tools.
Fair price.
Always improving.

Professional embroidery digitising built for craft businesses and hobbyists alike - realtime stitch previews, custom fonts, and auto-digitising to start every design fast. One payment. Every update, free.

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One-time payment Free updates, forever 30-day money-back

£40

Once · no subs

One payment £40 Windows · macOS · Linux Free lifetime updates 30-day money-back guarantee Instant download

The workspace

A full desktop digitising studio, built for real work.

Vector-style drawing tools, a true thread library, stitch styles and custom decorative stitches, all in one fast desktop window.

Realtime stitch preview Stitch styles & options Real thread library

Octostitch workspace with stitches panel, thread library and stitch styles

What's inside

Everything you need to digitise and sell.

Realtime stitch previews

See real stitches the moment you draw, then play back the full sew-out — catching problems before a single thread is laid.

Professional stitch types

Satin with automatic underlay, tatami and guided fills, appliqué, bean stitch and cut lines.

Custom fonts, fills & stitches

Build your own fonts, decorative patterns and tatami fills, then save, reuse and share them. Your library, not ours.

Redwork routing

Sew a whole line drawing as one continuous thread, not stroke by stroke.

Wide run stitches

Thicken any line into a band of parallel rows, patterns and all.

Guided auto-digitising

Crop, pick your threads, brush out the background, assign stitches.

Real thread library

Madeira, Isacord, Robison-Anton, Sulky, Gunold & Brother.

Autosave & recovery

Work for hours - a crash never costs you the file.

Hoops & references

Hoop outlines, trace images and alignment aids built in.

Multi-format export

Save to every machine format your customers need.

QR codes & pixel art

Stitch a scannable code or a pixel image, then re-edit it.

Taper anything

Vary stitch width and angle along a path with meta nodes.

Supported file formats

Reads and writes the formats your machines speak.

Import an existing design to edit, then export to whatever your hardware, or your customer's, requires. No converter app, no extra fees.

.PES .DST .JEF .VP3 .EXP .XXX .HUS .TAP

// Every format above both imports and exports. Brother, Tajima, Janome, Pfaff, Melco, Singer, Husqvarna & Happy machines covered.

Watch it work

From artwork to a digitised patch.

Watch a patch digitised by hand: drawing over the artwork with the pen and shape tools, assigning stitch types and choosing thread colours.

Introduction to Octostitch Embroidery - Patch Tutorial Watch on YouTube

Pricing

One price. No subscription. Ever.

Pay once, own it forever, and get every future update for free. The way software used to be.

No subscription

£40

one-time payment · yours for good

// no £/month · no £/year · no lock-in

Buy Octostitch — £40

Secure checkout · instant download

Everything included

Every feature unlocked — no tiers
Windows, macOS & Linux
Free updates, forever
Use it for commercial work
30-day money-back guarantee

Questions

Good to know before you buy.

Is it really a one-time payment?

Yes. £40 buys Octostitch outright — no monthly or yearly fee, no hidden upgrade tiers. You own this version and every future update at no extra cost.

Do I get future updates for free?

Always. New features, format support and fixes are included free, forever. Buy once and your copy keeps getting better.

Which platforms does it run on?

Octostitch is a native desktop app for Windows, macOS and Linux. One purchase covers all three — install it on your own machines.

Can I try it before I buy?

Yes — download and install Octostitch for free and explore the full digitising workflow as long as you like. Saving projects and exporting to machine formats stay locked until you activate a licence, so you can be sure it fits your workflow before you pay. Every purchase is also backed by a 30-day money-back guarantee.

What file formats can it open and save?

Octostitch reads and writes the major embroidery formats — PES (Brother), DST (Tajima), JEF (Janome), VP3 (Pfaff), EXP (Melco), XXX (Singer), HUS (Husqvarna) and TAP (Happy). Every one imports and exports, so you can bring in existing work and save for your machine.

Can I use it for my embroidery business?

Absolutely — it's built for small craft businesses selling embroidered goods. Use it for commercial work with no extra licence or per-design fees.

How do I receive the software after buying?

Checkout is handled through a secure payment page. You'll get an instant download link and your licence by email the moment your payment goes through.

Keep up with Octostitch

See what's new.

Real sew-outs digitised in Octostitch. Follow along on Instagram for the latest designs, tips and behind-the-hoop moments, and subscribe on YouTube for full tutorials.