SupaSidebar

About SupaSidebar

SupaSidebar is a transformative productivity engine for Mac, designed to shatter the barriers between your ideas and your workflow. It's a beautifully crafted, Arc-inspired sidebar and command panel that lives in your menubar, giving you instant, universal access to everything you need: links, files, folders, and apps. Built for creators, researchers, developers, and anyone who multitasks across browsers and applications, SupaSidebar eliminates the friction of tab overload, disorganized bookmarks, and slow context-switching. Its core value proposition is profound simplicity: a single, unified hub that helps you stay organized, browse faster, and maintain deep focus. By leveraging powerful global keyboard shortcuts and working seamlessly across Safari, Chrome, Arc, Firefox, and Brave, it ensures your most important resources are always one keystroke away. SupaSidebar is more than a utility; it's a foundational layer for a scalable, efficient digital workspace, keeping your data private and on your Mac while propelling your productivity to its next evolutionary stage.

Features of SupaSidebar

Universal Command Panel

Activate with Cmd+Ctrl+K to unlock a lightning-fast search interface for your entire digital workspace. This feature works like a command center, allowing you to open any saved or recent link in any browser, search within specific websites, and instantly find files, folders, or applications. It consolidates disparate search actions into one fluid motion, dramatically reducing the time spent navigating through menus or finder windows to locate what you need.

Live Tabs & Recents Overview

Gain real-time visibility and control over your browsing session across all supported browsers. The Live Tabs feature displays every open tab in a single view, preventing you from losing track of your work. Complementing this, the Recents section automatically logs every website you visit within the last 48 hours, creating an effortless, searchable history for instant recall, so you never lose a valuable source or reference.

Smart Pins & Spaces

Organize your digital workflow with precision using Pins and Spaces. Keep your most critical links, files, and folders permanently accessible at the top of your sidebar. For Pro users, unlimited Spaces allow you to create dedicated sidebars for different projects, clients, or modes of work (e.g., "Development," "Research," "Personal"), enabling perfect contextual organization and a clutter-free environment for every task.

Global Capture Shortcuts & Multi-Browser Support

Capture information without breaking your flow. Use the intuitive shortcut Cmd+Ctrl+S to instantly save the current webpage URL directly to your sidebar, or Cmd+Ctrl+C to copy it. This powerful capture mechanism works universally across Safari, Chrome, Firefox, Arc, Brave, and other major browsers, creating a consistent and reliable saving experience regardless of your chosen tool.

Use Cases of SupaSidebar

Academic & Market Research

Researchers can efficiently gather sources by saving links from various journals and websites with a single shortcut. The Recents feature acts as a temporary bibliography, while Pins and Smart Folders with tags help categorize sources by topic or project. The Command Panel allows for quick searching within academic databases or saved materials, streamlining the literature review and data collection process.

Cross-Browser Web Development & Design

Developers and designers working across multiple browsers for testing and inspiration can use Live Tabs to manage all open debugging consoles, documentation, and design references in one place. They can save code repositories, design system links, and client sites to a dedicated "Work" Space, ensuring all project assets are instantly accessible and reducing chaotic tab sprawl.

Content Creation & Writing Workflow

Writers and content creators can pin their go-to research tools, style guides, and publishing platforms. While drafting, they can quickly search for a saved reference or open a related article via the Command Panel without leaving their writing app. The ability to save files and folders also means draft documents and asset folders are just a keystroke away, maintaining creative momentum.

Project Management & Multitasking

Project managers and multitaskers can create separate Spaces for each active project or team. All relevant links (to Trello, Figma, Google Docs, dashboards), shared folders, and briefing documents are neatly organized per Space. Switching contexts becomes a matter of changing the Space in the sidebar, instantly surfacing all relevant resources and eliminating time wasted searching through unified bookmarks.

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 runs from your menubar. It integrates with your browsers at the system level to capture URLs and read tab information, which means it works consistently and reliably across Safari, Chrome, Firefox, Arc, and Brave without requiring individual extension installation.

Which browsers does SupaSidebar work with?

SupaSidebar offers comprehensive multi-browser support. It is fully compatible with all major browsers including Apple Safari, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, The Browser Company's Arc, and Brave. This system-level integration ensures you can save, search, and open links seamlessly regardless of which browser you or a shared link originally uses.

Where is my data stored?

Your data privacy is paramount. All data collected by SupaSidebar--including your saved links, pins, and recents--is stored locally and securely on your Mac. Nothing is sent to external servers or the cloud unless you explicitly choose to use a sync feature in the future. This guarantees your information remains private and under your control.

Is there a free trial or a free version?

Yes, SupaSidebar offers a fully-featured "Free Forever" plan that includes support for all major browsers, one Space, and core functionality. You can also start a 7-day trial of the Pro features (like Unlimited Spaces and Priority Support) without requiring a credit card. This allows you to thoroughly explore the product's potential before making any commitment.

Pricing of SupaSidebar

SupaSidebar operates on a transparent freemium model designed to scale with your needs. The Free Forever plan is perfect for getting started, offering support for all major browsers, 1 Space for organization, and full access to core features like the Command Panel and Live Tabs with no time limit.

The Pro plan unlocks advanced organization and support for power users. It is priced at $1.67 per month billed monthly, or at a significant discount of $0.83 per month ($9.99 total) when billed annually, saving 58% over the monthly rate. Pro features include Unlimited Spaces for meticulous project organization, early access to new features, and direct Priority Support from the development team. A special Republic Day sale offers 50% off annual Pro subscriptions using the code REPUBLIC50. All plans include a 7-day Pro trial and are backed by a 14-day money-back guarantee for complete peace of mind.