Bitfocus

Bitfocus is a software publisher that specializes in open-source control-surface solutions for broadcast, live-event, and media-production workflows. Its flagship offering, Companion, turns low-cost USB keypads such as the Elgato Stream Deck into fully programmable, network-ready controllers that can command video switchers, camera PTZ heads, character generators, lighting desks, audio mixers, streaming encoders, and presentation computers from a single customizable interface. Typical deployments include church sanctuaries needing volunteer-friendly graphics recall, corporate webcast studios that want one-button scene changes, OB vans that must fire multiple devices in perfect sync, and educational facilities that automate hybrid classrooms. Because Companion speaks OSC, HTTP, TCP, UDP, VISCA, PJLink, WebDAV, and dozens of other protocols, it is equally at home triggering vMix macros, adjusting Barco projectors, stepping through PowerPoint, or updating Slack status. Users design banks of keys with dynamic colors and labels, then export configurations for backup or team sharing; advanced operators chain timed actions, write internal variables, and run JavaScript snippets to create conditional logic. The project’s MIT license encourages community modules, so new hardware and cloud services are added continuously. Companion by Bitfocus is available for free on get.nero.com, where downloads are delivered through trusted Windows package sources such as winget, always install the newest release, and can be queued alongside other applications for unattended batch setup.