We built SlabOS because the countertop fabrication industry is underserved by software that hasn't meaningfully evolved in over a decade. Moraware's JobTracker and CounterGo are the incumbent products in this space. The founding team brings nearly a decade in the countertop fabrication space — we understand the problem deeply and built SlabOS from scratch to solve it differently.
This document explains why SlabOS is a wholly independent product with no intellectual property concerns, and addresses the common questions an investor or legal team might have.
SlabOS shares zero source code with any Moraware product. Every line was written by our team from a blank repository. Our technology stack is entirely modern and different:
| Dimension | SlabOS Ours | Moraware / CounterGo Theirs |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | Modern monorepo — Next.js 15 + NestJS + Prisma | Legacy monolith — ASP.NET / classic server-rendered |
| Drawing Engine | Centerline-based polygon model with shoelace area, miter joins, per-segment depths | Segment/rectangle overlap model — different math approach |
| 3D Preview | React Three Fiber — real-time extruded polygon meshes | Static 2D only |
| AI Features | Built-in AI assistant — queries live business data, imports price lists from PDFs | None |
| Pricing | Polygon-area shoelace formula with per-segment depth, per-color thickness pricing | Rectangle-based with overlap compensation |
| Database | PostgreSQL + pgvector (AI embeddings) | Microsoft SQL Server |
| Hosting | Railway (containerized, auto-scaling) | Self-hosted / Moraware-managed |
| Multi-tenant | Built-in from day one — row-level tenant isolation | Per-client database instances |
We recently completed a comprehensive UI audit and redesign to ensure our visual presentation is distinctly our own. Here's what we did:
SlabOS includes significant functionality that Moraware has never offered:
SlabOS offers customers the ability to migrate their existing data (jobs, accounts, calendar activities) from Moraware via Moraware's own published API (JobTracker API5). This is standard practice in the SaaS industry:
We have never decompiled, disassembled, or reverse-engineered any Moraware software. Our product was built from first principles based on domain expertise in countertop fabrication. The quoting workflow (draw → set edges → add cutouts → pick materials → price) reflects the physical reality of fabrication, not any proprietary Moraware methodology.
Every countertop software — including Slabsmith, Actionflow, and custom shop tools — follows a similar workflow because the fabrication process itself dictates the steps. You cannot patent "draw a countertop, then price it."
We have audited all public-facing content and removed any reference to Moraware or CounterGo:
| Potential Claim | Our Position | Risk |
|---|---|---|
| Copyright (code copying) | 100% original codebase, different language, different architecture | None |
| Trade dress (UI copying) | Distinct color scheme, modern card layout, unique components | None |
| Patent infringement | Different geometry engine, different algorithms, no known Moraware patents on fabrication workflows | None |
| Trade secret misappropriation | No reverse engineering, no ex-Moraware employees, no access to their source code | None |
| Trademark infringement | No use of Moraware/CounterGo names in any public-facing content | None |
| API misuse | Using their published API to help customers migrate their own data — standard SaaS practice | Minimal |
We welcome any technical due diligence. Our entire codebase is available for review. A side-by-side comparison of our source code, architecture, database schema, and geometry engine against Moraware's products will confirm that these are two completely independent products built on entirely different technology stacks with different mathematical foundations.
We are confident in our position and happy to address any specific questions or concerns.
Respectfully,