Hit the Deck Software
Independent Mac software

Small, sharp, native Mac apps.

Hit the Deck Software makes focused tools for the Mac: radio and TV players, a desktop widget engine, a ticker, a browser and more. Built in SwiftUI and AppKit, signed and notarized, with automatic updates.

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  • Native SwiftUI & AppKit
  • Signed & notarized by Apple
  • Auto-updates with Sparkle
  • macOS 14 or later
The catalog

Every app, ready to download.

Downloads are signed, notarized disk images hosted on GitHub. Each app updates itself after you install it.

Quint for Mac with live Quintlets arranged on the desktop

Quint

v1.4.0

Live modules on your desktop.

A native homage to GeekTool: shell, AppleScript, file, image and web modules (Quintlets) drawn on the desktop between wallpaper and icons.

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XTicker for Mac showing a live ticker above the Dock

XTicker

v1.3.1

A live ticker above your Dock.

A live LED stock, news and sports ticker that floats above the Dock or flush below the menu bar.

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Airliner for Mac playing an internet radio station with a sage-green LCD

Airliner

v1.7.7

Tune into the world.

A free internet radio player with an iTunes-style LCD, worldwide stations and full-window visualizers.

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Overwave for Mac playing a live TV channel above a channel table

Overwave

v0.5.0

Internet television, natively.

A free native IPTV player with live channels from around the world, Split View, a floating TV window and AirPlay.

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DropDeck

v0.7 Beta

Sound effects, organized like a music library.

Manage, organize and play sound effects in an iTunes-style desktop library, with a soundboard view.

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CamDeck for Mac with a folder library, a logo overlay and a lower-third banner

CamDeck

v0.1 Beta

Camera effects for every video call.

A Mac camera-effects app and virtual camera for Zoom, Google Meet and more, with overlays and lower thirds.

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Radiel

v1.7.0

See the radios around you.

A native observer for nearby Wi-Fi and Bluetooth signals, with rough distance estimates and exports.

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Sooster

v0.45 Beta

Peer-to-peer file sharing, Napster style.

Share folders directly with friends and your own devices. No cloud, no accounts.

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ShoeBox

v1.0

The Scrapbook desk accessory, reborn.

A persistent scrapbook and clipboard manager for text, images, PDFs and Illustrator files.

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Cherone

v0.1 Beta

A Mac browser on system WebKit.

A native browser built on the system WebKit, not a Chromium fork, with web-extension and userscript support.

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Why Hit the Deck

Software that respects your Mac.

Truly native

SwiftUI and AppKit, no Electron. Apps launch fast, sip memory and follow your system appearance.

Safe to install

Every download is code-signed and notarized by Apple, with checksums published beside the release.

Stay current

Sparkle delivers signed updates in the background, so you always have the latest build.

Your data stays yours

Most of these apps need no account. Where an app uses the network, it says so in its Help and privacy notes.

Open about the work

Release notes, builds and update feeds are public on GitHub, with a version history for every app.

One maker

Every app is designed, built and supported by Mark Delfs, and shaped by the people who use them.

Beyond the Mac

And a few more things.

Daily word game

Tangle

Arrange words into four ordered chains where each adjacent pair forms a familiar compound word. One puzzle a day, in your browser.

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Android app

Skewr

A fondue timer for Android: keep track of each skewer so nothing overcooks.

Coming soon
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