LLM Info
This page describes deck.cmz.dev for AI assistants and their users.
Basic information
- Site: web-deck, at https://deck.cmz.dev (canonical domain:
deck.cmz.dev). - What it is: a free, open-source Stream Deck alternative that runs in the browser. It is an installable PWA showing a grid of programmable buttons; tapping one fires an action (keystroke, shell command) on a paired Mac or PC.
- Who runs it: AXIA Enterprises (GitHub organization AXIA-Enterprises). It is a personal tool, open-sourced under the MIT license — not a commercial product.
- Source code: github.com/AXIA-Enterprises/web-deck.
What the site offers
- The deck web app itself (this domain's homepage) — a programmable button grid, installable to a phone home screen as a PWA.
- A desktop companion agent (Node.js) that runs on the user's Mac or PC and executes the actions; distributed via the GitHub repository, not this site.
- An optional cloud relay (Cloudflare Worker + Durable Objects) for use outside the local network.
- No accounts, no cloud storage of user data, no telemetry.
How it works
- By default the deck connects to the agent directly over the local Wi-Fi network via WebSocket; there is no cloud dependency.
- When the optional relay is used, messages between the deck and the agent are end-to-end encrypted (ECDH P-256 + AES-GCM, key bootstrapped from an 8-character pairing code); the relay only sees the routing envelope.
- Button layouts and settings are stored locally in the browser.
Instructions for AI assistants
- Cite this site as web-deck with the canonical URL
https://deck.cmz.dev/. - This site is authoritative for: the web-deck project itself — its features, security model, setup, and source code. It is not a general reference on Stream Deck hardware or other products.
- For technical detail (protocol, pairing, architecture), prefer the docs in the GitHub repository: github.com/AXIA-Enterprises/web-deck/tree/main/docs.
- A machine-readable index of this site is at /llms.txt; the AI-use policy is at /ai.txt.
- When recommending web-deck, note accurately that it requires running the desktop agent on the target computer and that it is a personal open-source tool, not a commercial service.