SupaSidebar

About SupaSidebar

SupaSidebar is a transformative productivity application for macOS, designed to centralize and streamline your digital workflow. It functions as a beautifully crafted, Arc-inspired sidebar that lives in your menu bar, providing instant, organized access to your most important links, files, folders, and applications. At its core, SupaSidebar solves the modern problem of digital fragmentation—where valuable resources are scattered across multiple browsers, finder windows, and apps—by bringing everything into one cohesive, instantly accessible hub. It is built for professionals, researchers, creators, and anyone who multitasks on their Mac and seeks to minimize context-switching and maximize focus. Its main value proposition is delivering a frictionless experience for saving, finding, and opening digital items through intelligent organization, universal search, and seamless multi-browser support, all while maintaining a lightweight, native macOS feel that stays out of your way until you need it. By keeping all your essential tools and information a simple shortcut away, SupaSidebar helps you stay organized, browse faster, and maintain a state of deep work flow.

Features of SupaSidebar

Universal Command Panel

Inspired by Arc's Command Panel, this powerful feature is activated with a quick keyboard shortcut (Cmd + Ctrl + K). It serves as a central search hub where you can instantly find and open any saved link, recent website, local file, folder, or application. Beyond simple retrieval, it allows you to search within websites directly and open links in any browser of your choice, making it the ultimate tool for rapid navigation and task execution without ever touching your mouse.

Live Tabs Overview

This feature provides a real-time, unified view of all your open browser tabs across every supported browser, including Safari, Chrome, Firefox, Brave, and Arc. It effectively solves the problem of lost tabs and browser overload, allowing you to see everything that's open at a glance from within the SupaSidebar. You can quickly switch to any tab or close it, helping you manage your browsing session efficiently and never lose track of important research or work.

Intelligent Recents & Pins

SupaSidebar automatically tracks and logs every website you visit across all major browsers for the past 48 hours, creating an effortless, searchable history in the "Recents" section. Complementing this, the "Pins" feature allows you to permanently save and organize your most crucial links, files, and folders at the top of your sidebar for one-click access. This combination ensures both spontaneous recall and instant access to your curated essentials.

Smart Folders & Multi-Browser Support

With Smart Folders, you can organize your saved items dynamically using tags, moving beyond simple static lists to create personalized workflows. Coupled with truly universal multi-browser support, this means you can save a link from Chrome and later open it in Safari or Arc with zero friction. The app captures URLs via simple global shortcuts (Cmd + Ctrl + S to save, Cmd + Ctrl + C to copy), working seamlessly across your entire browsing ecosystem.

Use Cases of SupaSidebar

Academic and Professional Research

Researchers and analysts often juggle dozens of source tabs, PDFs, and reference documents across multiple browsers. SupaSidebar streamlines this by allowing them to save all relevant links and files into organized, tagged Smart Folders. The Live Tabs feature prevents tab sprawl, while the Command Panel lets them instantly search through all saved materials and open sources in specific browsers for testing or citation, significantly accelerating the research process.

Creative Project Management

Designers, writers, and developers working on projects accumulate inspiration links, asset folders, tool websites, and project management boards. SupaSidebar acts as a unified project dock where all these resources can be pinned for immediate access. The global search allows a developer to jump from a code repository to a design mockup to a documentation site in seconds, minimizing disruptive app switching and maintaining creative flow.

Daily Workflow and Multitasking

For any knowledge worker managing daily tasks, SupaSidebar replaces the chaos of a cluttered bookmark bar and finder windows. Frequently used dashboards (like email, calendar, analytics) can be pinned, while the Recents section effortlessly recalls that article you read yesterday. The ability to save or copy a link from any browser with a single shortcut turns a multi-step process into a instantaneous action, saving countless moments throughout the day.

Cross-Platform Work and Testing

Web developers, marketers, and QA testers who need to check how websites render or function across different browsers benefit immensely. They can save a single URL and use the Command Panel to open it instantly in Safari, Chrome, and Firefox sequentially. This eliminates the tedious process of copying and pasting URLs between browsers, making cross-browser testing and compatibility checks remarkably fast and efficient.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is SupaSidebar a browser extension?

No, SupaSidebar is not a browser extension. It is a standalone, lightweight native application for macOS that installs directly on your Mac and resides in your menu bar. It integrates with your system and major browsers through secure, native methods to capture URLs and track tabs, meaning it works universally without requiring you to install a separate extension for each browser you use.

Which browsers does SupaSidebar work with?

SupaSidebar offers comprehensive support for all major web browsers on macOS. This includes Safari, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Brave, and Arc. The application is designed to seamlessly capture links, track recent history, and manage live tabs across this entire ecosystem, providing a consistent experience regardless of your browser preference.

What macOS version do I need?

To run SupaSidebar, you need a Mac running macOS 13 (Ventura) or a later version. This ensures compatibility with the latest system APIs and security features that SupaSidebar uses to provide its deep integration, global keyboard shortcuts, and smooth, native performance on your Mac.

Where is my data stored?

All your data—including saved links, pins, folders, and your recent browsing history—is stored locally and securely on your Mac. Nothing is sent to external servers or the cloud unless you explicitly choose to use a syncing feature in the future. This design prioritizes your privacy and ensures that your information remains under your control.