Naroman

Naroman is a web design and development studio based in Dili, Timor-Leste. It was launched in 2012 as a one-person studio shipping early-stage web platforms for civil society and government clients, and it has since become the software studio behind a portfolio of production platforms operated by OniT Enterprises Lda. According to the company's own account, Naroman's work is the product of one continuous engagement with Timor-Leste rather than a series of one-off projects. The studio designs, builds, and operates digital infrastructure for tourism, hospitality, education, HR, government, and the news in Timor-Leste. Its portfolio includes Rezerva, a tourism booking marketplace; Rezerva PMS, a hotel operating system; Rezerva TV, a guest-room television module; Timor Media Monitor, an AI news-monitoring service; the Tetun Translator, a machine-translation engine for Tetun; Xefe, an HR, payroll, and accounting platform; and other products such as HariSuku. These products are described as live and used by real users, and are operated in-house by OniT. Naroman's approach is characterized as local-context and AI-first: Tetun-first interfaces, compliance with Timor-Leste's INSS and WIT rules, and offline-capable progressive web apps for rural connectivity, built on a modern stack including React, Next.js, Expo, and Postgres. The studio emphasizes production readiness, in-house end-to-end delivery without offshore subcontractors, and human review of AI-assisted code. In 2024, OniT Enterprises Lda was incorporated by Tino, Tony, and Olga, with Rezerva spinning out as a tourism vehicle involving Jeremiah Chan. Naroman continues to operate as the studio brand within that group, with its website at naroman.tl.

Naroman began in 2012 when Tony arrived in Dili and launched it as a one-person studio shipping early-stage web platforms for civil society and government clients in Timor-Leste. The studio's early work included trilingual websites for UNICEF child protection programmes and the Timor-Leste national police (PNTL) in 2015, described as its first multilingual platform at national scale. In 2020, Naroman built a real-time public-health dashboard for the Government of Timor-Leste during the COVID-19 response. In 2023, AI tooling became core to the build pipeline, multiplying throughput and enabling multiple products to ship in parallel across the year. In 2024, OniT Enterprises Lda was incorporated by Tino, Tony, and Olga, with Rezerva spinning out as the tourism vehicle with Jeremiah Chan. By 2025, the studio had six products live, including Rezerva, Rezerva PMS, Rezerva TV, Timor Media Monitor, Tetun Translator, and Xefe. Naroman continues to operate as the studio brand within OniT Enterprises, with its website at naroman.tl.

• 2025

  Six products live, including Rezerva, Rezerva PMS, Rezerva TV, Timor Media Monitor, Tetun Translator, and Xefe.

• 2024

  OniT Enterprises formed; Tino, Tony, and Olga incorporate OniT Enterprises Lda; Rezerva SPV spins out as the tourism vehicle with Jeremiah Chan.

• 2023

  AI-first turn: AI tooling becomes core to the build pipeline; throughput multiplies and multiple products ship in parallel.

• 2020

  Real-time public-health dashboard for the Government of Timor-Leste during the COVID-19 response.

• 2015

  UNICEF and PNTL ship trilingual sites for UNICEF child protection programmes and the Timor-Leste national police; first multilingual platform at national scale.

• 2012

  Tony lands in Dili; Naroman launches as a one-person studio shipping early-stage web platforms for civil society and government clients.

A Dili-based production software studio building and operating digital infrastructure for Timor-Leste, with a local-context, AI-first, in-house approach.

• Rezerva

  Timor-Leste's tourism booking marketplace with 54+ experiences from 15+ trusted local operators.

• Rezerva PMS

  Hotel operating system for Timor-Leste: reservations, direct bookings, channel sync, and guest-room TV. Plans from $250–$600 per property/month.

• Rezerva TV

  Guest-room TV module, now part of the Rezerva PMS guest experience.

• Timor Media Monitor

  AI news monitoring for Timor-Leste; reads 100+ Timorese news sources daily, translates between Tetun, English, Portuguese, and Indonesian, and sends briefings.

• Tetun Translator

  Free English/Portuguese/Indonesian ↔ Tetun translator with native Timorese audio and dual INL + DIT orthography; powers TMM, timorleste.tl, and Belun AtReS.

• Xefe

  HR, payroll & accounting built for Timor-Leste; handles INSS, WIT, subsidio anual, public holidays, double-entry accounting, and invoicing; Tetun-first.

• HariSuku

  A product in the OniT portfolio (details not specified in the evidence).

1. 1OniT Enterprises — Software for Timor-Leste, Built to Run for Realonit.tl
2. 2About — Dili-based software studio | OniT Enterprisesonit.tl
3. 3Products — Rezerva, Rezerva PMS, Xefe, TMM, HariSuku and more | OniT Enterprisesonit.tl
4. 4Services — Websites, apps, and software for Timor-Leste | OniT Enterprisesonit.tl
5. 5Naroman — Wikidatawikidata.org