Software · Utilities & files

Boatswain

Control your Elgato Stream Decks.

Completely free
Linux
Open source

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Technical details

Pricing: Completely freeconfirmed by Flathub
License: GPL-3.0+ — Open source (copyleft)confirmed by Flathub
Open source: Yes
Commercial use: Yesconfirmed by Flathub, Official plan pages (pricing, licence, terms)
Account required: not documented
Credit card required: Noconfirmed by Flathub
Watermark: Not applicable
Ads: not documented
Platforms: LinuxEstablished by Linux: Flathub
Publisher: Georges Basile Stavracas Neto
Latest version: 6.0 (11 April 2026)
Latest activity: 11 April 2026
Source code: gitlab.gnome.org/World/boatswain

At a glance

All of Boatswain is free: no feature is locked behind a paid plan, and its code is open.

Its licence (GPL-3.0+) is a copyleft open source licence: you may use, study, modify and redistribute it, including commercially; modified versions must keep the same licence.

Strengths

Open source code
Commercial use allowed

About

Boatswain allows you to control Elgato Stream Deck devices. With Boatswain you will be able to: Organize your actions in pages and profiles Set custom icons to actions Control your music player Play sound effects during your streams Control OBS Studio using Stream Deck (requires the obs-websocket extension) Send network requests Keep track of your gaming score Open files and launch applications

Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

Sources and checks

Facts collected from Flathub (credit card, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use, version) — 8 November 2026
Facts collected from Official plan pages (pricing, licence, terms) (commercial use) — 8 November 2026
Last technical check: 7 November 2026
Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

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