Stardock
| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Computer software |
| Founded | Livonia, Michigan (1991) |
| Headquarters | Plymouth, Michigan, United States (June 18, 2005) |
Key people | Brad Wardell (CEO) |
| Revenue | $15 million (2009) |
Number of employees | 50+ (May 2012) |
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 transitioned to Microsoft Windows with the collapse of the OS/2 ecosystem between 1997 and 1998. The company is best known for software that allow a user to modify or extend a graphical user interface as well as PC games, particularly strategy games such as the Galactic Civilizations series.
Stardock created and maintains WinCustomize, a graphical user interface customization community, and developed the Impulse digital distribution system before its sale to GameStop and its 2014 discontinuation. It offers skins and themes for software that is part of their Object Desktop desktop suite. The company is headquartered in Plymouth, Michigan.