Octostitch

What Octostitch is

Octostitch is desktop embroidery digitising software for craft businesses and hobbyists, available on Linux, macOS, and Windows. It displays stitches as you draw and can play back a full sew-out, so you can inspect a design during the digitising workflow. Stitch options include satin with automatic underlay, tatami and guided fills, appliqué, bean stitch, and cut lines. Guided auto-digitising starts with artwork that you can crop, assign threads to, brush out in the background, and map to stitches. The thread library includes Madeira, Isacord, Robison-Anton, Sulky, Gunold, and Brother. You can create and share reusable fonts, decorative patterns, and tatami fills. Octostitch imports and exports PES, DST, JEF, VP3, EXP, XXX, HUS, and TAP machine formats. A free trial lets you explore the digitising workflow, but saving projects and exporting machine formats require a licence. The one-time price is £40; purchase includes commercial use, free lifetime updates, and a 30-day money-back guarantee, with no extra licence or per-design fees for commercial work.