Stardock

Stardock Corporation
Company typePrivate
IndustryComputer software
FoundedLivonia, Michigan (1991)
HeadquartersPlymouth, Michigan, United States (June 18, 2005)
Key people
Brad Wardell (CEO)
Revenue$15 million (2009)[1]
Number of employees
50+ (May 2012)
Websitewww.stardock.com
Stardock headquarters building

Stardock Corporation is an American software development company founded in 1991 and incorporated in 1993 as Stardock Systems. Stardock initially developed for the OS/2 platform, but was forced to switch to Microsoft Windows due to the collapse of the OS/2 software market between 1997 and 1998.[2] The company is best known for computer programs that allow a user to modify or extend a graphical user interface as well as personal computer games, particularly strategy games such as the Galactic Civilizations series, Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion, Elemental: Fallen Enchantress, and Ashes of the Singularity.

Stardock created and maintains WinCustomize, a graphical user interface customization community, and developed the Impulse content delivery system before its sale to GameStop. Many of the skins and themes featured on its site are for software that is part of their Object Desktop windows desktop suite. They are based in Plymouth, Michigan.

  1. ^ Dustin Walsh (2010-03-14), "Super-secure IT center becomes economic-development tool", Crain's Detroit Business, archived from the original on 2010-09-11, retrieved 2010-03-30
  2. ^ "Stardock's OS/2 history". www.stardock.com. Archived from the original on 2022-12-25. Retrieved 2022-12-25.