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{{Short description|Software and Internet company based in Shreveport, Louisiana}}
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{{Infobox company 
| name = Softdisk 
| logo = Softdisk logo.svg
| image = softdisk-offices-2-2004-03-01.jpg
| image_caption = Headquarters in 2004; these offices were, for the latter part of the company's history, in a converted basement in downtown Shreveport.
| type = [[Privately held company|Private]] 
| foundation = 1981
| defunct = 2016
| location = [[Shreveport, Louisiana]], U.S. 
| industry = [[Computer software|Software]], [[Internet]] 
| revenue =
| num_employees = 
| key_people = Jim Mangham, Founder<br />Judi Mangham, Founder<br />Al Vekovius, Founder, CEO<br />John Beaird, CEO<br />[[John Carmack]], Game Programmer<br />[[John Romero]], Game Programmer & Designer<br />[[Tom Hall]], Game Designer<br />[[Adrian Carmack]], Artist<br />[[Kevin Cloud]], Artist and Manager<br />Jay Wilbur, Manager 
| products = Disk magazines, video games
}}

'''Softdisk''' was a [[computer program|software]] and [[Internet]] company based in [[Shreveport, Louisiana]]. Founded in 1981, its original products were [[disk magazine]]s (which they termed "magazettes", for "magazine on diskette"). It was affiliated and partly owned by paper magazine ''[[Softalk]]'' at founding, but survived its demise.

The company has been known by a variety of names, including ''Softdisk Magazette'', ''Softdisk Publishing'', ''Softdisk, Inc.'', ''Softdisk Internet Services'', ''Softdisk, L.L.C.'', and ''Magazines On Disk''.

Softdisk is the former workplace of several of the founders of [[id Software]].