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Deckboy

Cue-based media playback and show control for live video.

  • Completely free
  • Windows, macOS and Linux
  • Open source
  • No account

Overview

Features described in its GitHub repository, on its official website and in its Winget manifest: playlists, MIDI support, effects and transitions, audio plugins (VST, LV2…).

File formats mentioned: SRT and PDF.

Overview written by LicitPro from the documentation published by the authors and the cited sources; we have not tried the resource ourselves.

Excerpts that establish this information
  • “Cues are arranged in a playlist with fades, loops and hold-last-frame behaviour, and sent to dedicated fullscreen outputs with per-output area of interest, edge feathering and warp or keystone correction.” — Winget, 10 November 2026
  • “Companion, OSC, MIDI, Art-Net or LTC timecode.” — Winget, 10 November 2026
  • “Same transport, same transitions, same effects, same button.” — official website, 10 November 2026
  • “VST3 effects and instruments in a cue’s audio chain, beside Deckboy’s own.” — official website, 10 November 2026

At a glance

Deckboy is completely free: it is open source software, and every feature is available without paying or subscribing.

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
  • No account needed
  • Commercial use allowed

Sources and checks

  • Facts collected from Unspecified source (platforms) —
  • Facts collected from GitHub (credit card, account, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use) —
  • Facts collected from Winget (Windows Package Manager) (credit card, account, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use, version) —
  • Last technical check: 6 November 2026
  • Description from github.com — Manifeste Winget (MIT)

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