Everything from one screen
Launch any mode, see every connected display and the server status — no accounts, no cloud, all on your own network.
Every decision in ShowPrompt was made by someone who has actually run a live show. The constraints are real. The solutions are practical.
Runs in any modern browser. Works on rented laptops, locked-down machines, or borrowed kit. Nothing to install on display devices — just open a URL.
ShowPrompt runs on your local network. A venue WiFi outage does not kill your show. There is no cloud service that can go down mid-performance.
Free users never need an account. Paid users activate with a key. No logins mid-show. No password resets when the venue's guest WiFi blocks authentication servers.
A phone, a tablet, a smart TV, an external monitor — if it has a browser, it can be a screen. No proprietary hardware, no special cables, no per-device licence.
Non-technical staff can set up and run ShowPrompt without reading a manual. If it's too complicated to hand to a runner on the day, it's too complicated full stop.
Between the free tools that aren't good enough and the broadcast software you don't need. ShowPrompt costs less than an hour of specialist cue-hardware hire.
These aren't marketing points. They're constraints that shaped every line of code.
ShowPrompt runs entirely on your machine and your local network. No data leaves the venue unless you want it to. Cloud services are a liability on a live show — local is not.
Any device with a browser can become a display. No app to install. No pairing process. No registration. Just open the URL and it's live.
Designed for the person running the show at 4pm when the speaker is late, the schedule has changed, and three things are happening at once. Fast. Clear. Reliable.
The free tier is genuinely free with no nag screens or crippled features. Paid tiers unlock real capabilities at prices a freelancer can justify without writing a business case.
Display screens auto-reconnect. No internet means no outage risk. The show continues even if a network cable gets kicked, a WiFi AP reboots, or a laptop lid closes.
Conference, broadcast, matchday, worship, theatre — each mode was shaped by how those shows actually run, not by what was easiest to build or looked good in a demo.
A dedicated read-only overview screen for producers, directors and show callers. All timers, drift, connected displays, live cue feed — one place. Because the person running the show isn't always the person making the decisions.
Hold, delay, skip, extend, blackout, clear-all. Six actions on every controller for the moments shows actually go sideways. Press-and-hold confirms on destructive actions so a misclick can't ruin a moment.
Add planned durations to your run order and ShowPrompt computes drift live: Running 4 min late · projected end 21:34. Visible to the operator and the producer. Hidden when you don't need it.
A proper Bitfocus Companion module ships with ShowPrompt — 30+ actions, 25+ live variables, 9 feedbacks and ready-made preset pages. Your Stream Deck becomes a physical control surface for the show, with the same actions a touring broadcast engineer uses for vMix or ATEM.
Launch any mode, see every connected display and the server status — no accounts, no cloud, all on your own network.
Download ShowPrompt free. No account. No setup. Open a browser and go.
ShowPrompt does not require internet during a show. Paid licences require occasional online validation.