# Fog Creek Software (now Glitch)

> Publicly sourced profile assembled by Optimly, in the Optimly AI Brand Index. Last refreshed 2026-10-04.

- **Business Profile:** https://optimly.ai/brand/fog-creek-software
- **Dataset:** https://optimly.ai/brand/fog-creek-software.json
- **Markdown:** https://optimly.ai/brand/fog-creek-software/llms.txt
- **Official website:** https://glitch.com
- **Slug:** fog-creek-software
- **Categories:** collaboration-productivity, developer-tools, edtech-platforms, web-hosting-domains

## Overview

- **Tagline:** Provides an 'instant-on' development environment where users can 'remix' existing projects with zero configuration and live collaboration.
Source: Brand's website (https://glitch.com) · 2026-10-04

- **Description:** Originally founded as Fog Creek Software, a premium software consultancy and product incubator, the company rebranded to Glitch in 2018 to focus on its collaborative coding platform. It is historically significant for developing FogBugz and successfully incubating Trello and Stack Overflow. In 2022, Glitch was acquired by the edge cloud platform Fastly.
Source: Brand's website (https://glitch.com) · 2026-10-04

## Offerings

- **Core capabilities:** Glitch (Collaborative Web Development Platform)
Source: Brand's website (https://glitch.com) · 2026-10-04

- **Pricing:** Freemium (Free for public projects, 'Pro' subscription for private projects and enhanced resources)
Source: Brand's website (https://glitch.com) · 2026-10-04

## Audience

- **Target industry:** Web developers, students, creative technologists, and prototyping teams.
Source: Brand's website (https://glitch.com) · 2026-10-04

## Landscape

- **Competitors:**
  - Replit Ripout
  - CodeSandbox
  - Netlify
  - GitHub (Codespaces)
Source: Brand's website (https://glitch.com) · 2026-10-04

Page last updated 2026-10-17.