Boatswain

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Control your Elgato Stream Decks.

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Cost / License

Free
Open Source (GPL-3.0)

Origin

Brazil

Platforms

Linux
Flathub
GNOME
Linux Mobile

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Live Streaming
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Boatswain information

Developed by
Georges Basile Stavracas Neto
Licensing
Open Source (GPL-3.0) and Free product.
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Supported Languages
- English

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Boatswain was added to AlternativeTo by nabil9506 on Nov 3, 2022 and this page was last updated May 7, 2026.

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Install from the command line

flatpak install flathub com.feaneron.Boatswain

Be careful what you paste into a terminal. Check what a command installs before running it.

What is Boatswain?

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)