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# Companion

Drive Captivate from Bitfocus Companion — multi-action button stacks, project navigation, and remote-control surfaces built on a Stream Deck or browser.

Use this chapter when the Stream Deck Direct plugin isn’t expressive enough — when one button needs to chain several actions, when you want to navigate between projects from hardware, or when you want operators on tablets and phones to share the same control surface. Start with setup, then move to the operation articles.

## What’s in this chapter

* [Set up Bitfocus Companion](/control-your-show/chapter-index-4/bitfocus-companion-setup.md) — use this first to connect Companion to Captivate.
* [Assign buttons for project navigation](/control-your-show/chapter-index-4/assigning-buttons-for-project-navigation.md) — use this to move between projects from Companion.
* [Captivate presets in Companion](/control-your-show/chapter-index-4/presets-in-companion.md) — use this when wiring Captivate’s shipped Companion presets.
* [Create multi-action stacks in Companion](/control-your-show/chapter-index-4/creating-multi-action-stacks-in-companion.md) — use this when one button must do several things.
* [Operate Bitfocus Companion remotely](/control-your-show/chapter-index-4/operating-bitfocus-companion-remotely.md) — use this to run Companion from a phone or tablet.
* [Operate Bitfocus Companion with Stream Deck](/control-your-show/chapter-index-4/operating-bitfocus-companion-via-streamdeck.md) — use this when the Stream Deck is the front end for Companion.
* [Spreadsheet Controller Operation](/control-your-show/chapter-index-4/tables-controller-with-companion.md) — use this to drive a Tables controller from Companion buttons.

## Related

* [Stream Deck](/control-your-show/chapter-index-3.md) — for the lighter-weight Stream Deck Direct path.
* [Control your show — section overview](/control-your-show/branch-index.md)


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