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Mac app for Vercel and Render

Deploy Center

A free Mac app that turns off auto-deploy on Vercel and Render in one click, shows what is waiting to go live, and deploys it when you decide

Who it's for: Developers with many projects who pay for a build on every push and would rather ship once at the end of the day.

Mac appOpen sourceVercel and Render
The Deploy Center website with the headline Pay for what you ship
to turn off auto-deploy
1 click
platforms: Vercel and Render
2
and no telemetry
No account
free and open source
MIT

What Deploy Center does

Stop the builds

Auto-deploy off

One click for every project. On Vercel the Git connection is removed and the repository remembered. On Render auto-deploy is set to Off.

What is waiting

Commits and merged pull requests that are on GitHub but not live, per project and in total, with open pull requests beside them.

Build costs

Vercel build spend for the last seven days, the monthly pace, and a budget with a warning at 80 percent.

Shipping

Deploy when you decide

Select all changed, then Deploy. The app ships the newest commit and follows each deploy until it is live or failed.

A second to change your mind

A short wait before a deploy starts, with a cancel button, and Stop all in the footer. No accidental ships.

Site check

After a deploy the app opens your page, or its health route, and tells you whether it really answers.

When something fails

Readable build logs

Failing lines in red, a jump to the first error, an errors-only view, and a copy button that writes a fix request.

Preview and rollback

Preview deploys and a rollback to the previous live deploy on Vercel, from the right-click menu.

Menu bar

The number of pull requests waiting, building and failed states, and a notification when a deploy ends in the background.

Scripts and privacy

The same in the terminal

Everything the app does, the deploys command does in a terminal, on a server, or in CI, with JSON output for scripts.

Demo mode

Replaces project names and domains, so you can share a screenshot without sharing your clients.

Your own logins

The Vercel CLI login, a Render key in the macOS keychain, and optionally the GitHub CLI. Nothing goes through a server of ours.

How it works

  1. Connect

    Vercel uses your CLI login. Render takes an API key kept in your keychain. GitHub is optional.

  2. Turn auto-deploy off

    One click for every project, so a push no longer starts a paid build.

  3. See what is waiting

    Commits and merged pull requests that are on GitHub but not yet live.

  4. Deploy when you want

    Select all changed and press Deploy. The app follows each deploy to the end.

A closer look

The Deploy Center window with pull requests waiting, a seven-day build chart, and a list of projects
The app with the author's own build bill. Project names are hidden by demo mode.
The Deploy Center features: what is waiting, build costs, readable build logs
The things around a deploy that the app keeps in one window.
A calculator that shows the monthly saving from deploying by hand instead of on every push
The calculator on the website. The figures are an example, not a promise.

Questions about Deploy Center

Is it really free?

Yes. It is open source under the MIT license, for macOS 15 and newer, and it is signed and notarized by Apple.

Does my data go anywhere?

No. There is no account and no telemetry, and the app uses your own logins instead of a server of ours.

What do I lose without auto-deploy?

Automatic deploys on every push. You gain a single place that shows what is waiting and ships it on your say.

Is it from Vercel or Render?

No. Deploy Center is independent and not affiliated with either of them.

Want to see Deploy Center at work?

Start on deploycenter.app, or talk to us about what it could do for your team.