Meet Screenly

Learn how we turned a side project into one of the most popular digital signage solutions on the web.

Screenly team

From hacked-together hardware to commercial-grade, cloud-based digital signage software powering thousands of screens around the world, here's our journey in a nutshell.

10,000+

Screens Powered

10+

Years of digital signage

75+

Countries
Partnered with big brands like
Ubuntu Digimarc NEC

Screenly's journey

2011

Founders use hacked-together hardware to manage digital signs.

2012

First version of Screenly OSE published on Raspberry Pi forum.

2013

Screenly Pro launched with added commercial features. 100% bootstrapped.

2014

Screenly Pro powers 5,000+ screens.

2015

Screenly Pro v2 launched with revamped codebase.

2016

Screenly appears at events like BBVA's IoT, TechCrunch Disrupt & Cloud Expo Europe.

2017

Added functionality, including Power over Ethernet (PoE) and multi-screen video walls.

2018

Ubuntu Core OS adopted for robust security.

2020

Screenly now powers 10,000+ screens across 75 countries.

Meet the founders

Viktor and Alexander lead our team of engineers, developers and designers.

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Viktor Petersson
CEO and Co-founder of Screenly

Viktor is passionate about turning ideas into real products. You can frequently find him on the global speaking circuit, where he waxes poetic about DevOps and IoT security.

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Alexander Ljungberg
CTO and Co-founder of Screenly

Alexander loves all things product development and software design. His specialty is coding in unchartered territory - to boldly go where no man has gone before!

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