Ctrl Deck
Visual panel for Windows offering a centralized way to launch applications, open files and folders, run commands, access workflow actions, and keep shortcuts organized in one interface. Includes a free version with limited shortcuts and optional one-time upgrade.
Cost / License
- Freemium (Pay once)
- Proprietary
Application types
EUPlatforms
- Windows
Features
Properties
- Privacy focused
- Lightweight
Features
- No Coding Required
- No Tracking
- No registration required
- Ad-free
- Application Launchers
- Workflow Automation
- Multiple languages
- Keyboard Shortcuts
- Drag and Drop
- File Search
- Key Mapping
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Ctrl Deck information
Developed by
COM'BOX Licensing
Proprietary and Freemium product.Pricing
One time purchase (perpetual license) ranging between $16 and $21 + free version with limited functionality.Alternatives
11 alternatives listedSupported Languages
- English
- German
- Chinese
- French
- Italian
- Spanish
- Portuguese
What is Ctrl Deck?
Ctrl Deck V1.6 is a visual productivity hub for Windows designed to keep the resources you use every day within immediate reach.
Instead of searching through the Start menu, File Explorer, browser tabs, desktop icons or crowded taskbars, Ctrl Deck brings your applications, files, folders, URLs, Windows shortcuts and other compatible resources together in one clear, customisable visual panel.
Open items with a single click, organise them the way you work, and build an environment that matches your projects, clients, routines or personal workflow.
What Ctrl Deck V1.6 brings:
• A visual panel for launching applications, files, folders, URLs and Windows shortcuts from one place.
• Single-click access: open the panel when needed, choose an item, and get back to work without navigating through multiple menus.
• Drag and drop support: add compatible items directly from File Explorer to Ctrl Deck.
• Detect Application: launch a program and let Ctrl Deck identify its path, helping you create a shortcut without manually searching for the executable file.
• Workspaces: group the resources you use together for a project, client, routine or recurring task.
• Live Spaces: save a prepared work context before an interruption and return to it later more easily. Live Spaces help restore your working setup; they do not alter your files or save document content.
• Optional keyboard shortcuts: the visual panel works on its own, but configured shortcuts can also launch an application, file, folder, URL or Workspace directly without displaying the panel.
• Quick Start and user guide: discover the essential features step by step through short, focused explanations and videos. Each Quick Start section is designed around one feature, making Ctrl Deck easier to understand and use from the first session.
• Configuration export and import: back up, reuse or transfer your Ctrl Deck setup.
• Windows startup, version information and update checks.
Ctrl Deck is made for anyone who uses several Windows applications, files, folders and links every day: professionals, creators, developers, freelancers, multitaskers and users who want a more organised working environment.
Official COM’BOX website: https://www.com-box.fr/
Official Ctrl Deck page: https://www.com-box.fr/ctrl-deck/
Quick Start videos and step-by-step guide: https://www.com-box.fr/ctrl-deck/#quick-start
