Coming soonv1.0.0

Signals

Your apps, and which of them want you.

Signals puts your apps on your Stream Deck. Each key is an app, with its real icon and the same unread count its Dock icon shows. A red ring means it wants attention, and a tap takes you there.

For macOS. Works without any permission, no account, no network.

€1.49€2.49

−40% right now

Coming to Elgato Marketplace

The listing is reserved and this button turns into a link the moment Elgato publishes it.

Or try Signals Lite, free ↓

A morning in eighteen seconds, as the plugin draws it

One key, one app, five things it can say

Pick any installed app for a key. Tap to open it or switch to it. Hold to say you know: the count stays, the ring goes, and the key stays quiet until something new arrives.

Running: a dot under the name — Runninga dot under the name

Wants you: a red ring, and the badge — Wants youa red ring, and the badge

Seen: the count, without the ring — Seenthe count, without the ring

In front: a blue ring — In fronta blue ring

Not running: dimmed; a tap starts it — Not runningdimmed; a tap starts it

Next: whoever has waited longest

One key that is always the app to deal with now. Tap it, deal with that app, tap again for the one after. The Unread key adds up everything across your apps, and a tap on it marks it all seen.

Four waiting: WhatsApp has waited longest, so it is next — Four waitingWhatsApp has waited longest, so it is next

Two seen: Next skips the apps you already know about — Two seenNext skips the apps you already know about

All clear: a green tick — All cleara green tick

A tray that fills itself

Put the App Tray action on a few keys and they share out your running apps between them, with nothing to pick and nothing to keep up to date. Apps that have a key of their own are left out.

Waiting first: the apps that want you, then the rest — Waiting firstthe apps that want you, then the rest

Or all in order: like the Dock; the last key turns the page — Or all in orderlike the Dock; the last key turns the page

Or pin them all: on a bigger deck there is room for every app you use — Or pin them allon a bigger deck there is room for every app you use

What it does, and what it does not

Any app with a badge: Mail, Slack, Discord, Telegram, Teams, Calendar and most others: if it puts a number, a dot or a word on its Dock icon, Signals shows it. No permission, and nothing to set up per app.
WhatsApp and Messages: A few apps tell only the Dock about their badge. To show those too, allow Accessibility for Stream Deck once, from the plugin's settings. It is optional, and everything else works without it.
It reads a number: Signals reads which apps are running and what their Dock badges say. It never reads a notification, a message or a sender, and never asks for Full Disk Access.
What it cannot do: It shows what the Dock shows. An app without a Dock badge, or with badges turned off in System Settings, has nothing to show. A tap opens the app, not a particular conversation.

Signals and Signals Lite

Signals Lite is free and stays free. The two install side by side.

	Signals Lite	Signals
Apps on keys	Four	As many as you have keys
Icon, badge, red ring, hold to mark seen	Yes	Yes
Unread key	Yes	Yes
Next key	No	Yes
App Tray	No	Yes
Infobar on the Stream Deck Neo	Yes	Yes
Optional Accessibility for WhatsApp and Messages	Yes	Yes
Price	Free	See above

On the Stream Deck Neo, the Infobar keeps count

Waiting. The total, and the icons of the apps that want you, longest first. — WaitingThe total, and the icons of the apps that want you, longest first.

Some seen. Apps you have marked seen move to the back and lose their red. — Some seenApps you have marked seen move to the back and lose their red.

All clear. Nothing unread anywhere. — All clearNothing unread anywhere.

Requirements

Stream Deck app: 7.6 or newer
macOS: 12 or newer. Signals is not available for Windows.
Stream Deck: Any model with keys. The Infobar action needs a Stream Deck Neo.
Permissions: None needed. Accessibility is optional, for the badges of WhatsApp, Messages and apps built like them.

Privacy

Signals reads which apps are running and the text of their Dock badges, and keeps your settings and a cache of app icons on your Mac. If you allow Accessibility, it uses it only to read the badge text of the Dock's icons. It reads no notification content, has no account and makes no network connection.

Version

v1.0.0

First release: App, Next, Unread, App Tray and the Infobar.

Support

Something not showing? Write to us and include:

Your macOS and Stream Deck app versions
The app whose badge is missing, whether its Dock icon shows one, and whether Accessibility is allowed
Which action is on the key

Email support

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