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About Overslep

A Portuguese technology company that works across the whole chain.

Overslep builds and looks after the technology businesses run on: the website, the software and automatic tasks behind it, and the servers it all runs on. We work from Guarda and Lisbon, in English and Portuguese, with clients in Portugal and the United Kingdom.

The granite cathedral (Sé) of Guarda, Portugal
Photo: Alexkom000 (resized), CC BY 4.0

Who we are

Engineers who also understand the business side.

Lisbon's red rooftops, the Tagus and the 25 de Abril bridge

Most companies buy their technology in pieces: a website from an agency, hosting from a provider, automation from a freelancer, IT support from someone else again. Each piece works on its own, and the gaps between them are where enquiries get lost, sites slow down and problems bounce between suppliers.

We set Overslep up to cover those gaps. The same team plans the website, writes the software, connects your tools so they pass work to each other, and runs the servers underneath, so every decision is made with the whole picture in mind.

We also build software of our own, including Overslep Queue, a ticket and queue system for service counters. Running our own products every day keeps us honest about what it takes to keep software working.

How we work

Four principles we hold ourselves to

  • 1

    We say what we can prove

    No invented statistics, borrowed logos or guarantees nobody can keep. If we haven't measured it, we don't claim it.

  • 2

    We build for the long run

    Proven, open technology that stays supported for years, with everything written down, so you are never tied to us.

  • 3

    We stay after launch

    The people who build it also host it, watch over it and improve it. Our job doesn't end on launch day.

  • 4

    We explain the trade-offs

    Every recommendation comes with what it costs, what it rules out and what we would choose in your position.

Pedro Brioso, founder of Overslep

People

Founder-led, and hands-on.

Overslep was founded by Pedro Brioso, who remains directly involved in the technical work. When you talk to us, you talk to the people who will design and build your system, not to an account manager relaying messages.

We share what we learn. In May 2025, for example, Pedro facilitated a session on alternatives to WordPress at the 1056 Tech Summit, hosted by the Polytechnic Institute of Guarda, and has co-authored research papers with researchers there.

More about Pedro

Social responsibility

Good technology shouldn't depend on a big budget.

Since March 2022 we have offered reduced rates and practical help to social projects: non-profits, associations and small organisations doing work that matters to their communities.

Projects in the programme

Running a social project and need help with your website or systems? Tell us about it.

Where we work

Guarda · Lisbon

Based in Portugal, working on site where it helps and remotely everywhere else.

English and Portuguese

Projects run in either language, with documentation in the language your team uses.

Get in touch

Have something to build, automate or fix? Let's talk.

A few lines are enough. We reply personally, usually with a couple of questions or a time to talk. No obligation, no automated sales sequence.