SupaSidebar

About SupaSidebar

SupaSidebar is a meticulously designed, native macOS application that transforms your workflow by providing an Arc-inspired sidebar directly from your menu bar. It serves as a universal command center for your digital life, enabling you to instantly save, organize, and access links, files, folders, and applications. Designed for professionals, researchers, students, and anyone who multitasks across browsers and apps, SupaSidebar solves the common pain points of tab overload, inefficient switching, and disorganized resources. Its core value proposition lies in bringing everything you need into one beautiful, instantly accessible, and distraction-free sidebar, powered by global keyboard shortcuts that work across your entire system. All your data remains securely on your Mac, ensuring privacy and speed. Whether you're deep in research, managing complex projects, or simply trying to browse more efficiently, SupaSidebar helps you stay organized and maintain your flow state.

Features of SupaSidebar

Universal Command Panel

Activated with a quick keyboard shortcut (Cmd + Ctrl + K), the Command Panel functions as your ultimate search hub. It allows you to open any saved or recent link in any browser, search through your entire collection of pins and recents, and even perform searches within specific websites directly. This centralized search eliminates the need to switch contexts or dig through history, putting all actions just a keystroke away and dramatically speeding up your navigation and retrieval tasks.

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, Arc, and Brave. You can see every tab in one list, preventing you from losing track of open research, articles, or work documents. It effectively solves tab sprawl, making it easy to find and switch to any open page instantly without needing to cycle through individual browser windows.

Intelligent Recents & Pins

SupaSidebar automatically tracks and displays every website you visit across all major browsers within the last 48 hours in the "Recents" section, offering effortless recall of your browsing history. Complementing this, the "Pins" feature lets you permanently save your most crucial links, local files, and folders to the top of your sidebar for immediate, one-click access. This combination ensures both recent context and essential resources are always at your fingertips.

Smart Folders & Multi-Browser Support

With Smart Folders, you can organize your saved items using tags, creating dynamic collections that update automatically. This brings powerful organization to your digital workspace. Furthermore, SupaSidebar offers seamless multi-browser integration. You can save a link from Chrome and open it later in Safari or Firefox with a single click. The app also provides dedicated shortcuts (Cmd + Ctrl + S to save, Cmd + Ctrl + C to copy the current URL) that work uniformly across all these browsers.

Use Cases of SupaSidebar

Academic Research and Writing

Researchers and students can save reference articles, PDFs, and data sources from various browsers directly into categorized Smart Folders using tags. The Live Tabs feature helps manage dozens of open research papers, while the Command Panel allows for quick searching through saved materials and recent history, streamlining the literature review and citation process without leaving their writing environment.

Cross-Platform Project Management

Project managers and team leads who use different browsers for various tools (e.g., Chrome for Asana, Safari for Google Docs, Firefox for internal dashboards) can pin all critical project links and shared folders in one sidebar. The universal access allows them to jump between project assets instantly, regardless of the default browser, keeping all essential resources consolidated and reducing context-switching overhead.

Creative Workflow Consolidation

Designers, developers, and content creators often work with a mix of inspiration websites (like Dribbble or GitHub), local asset folders, and production tools. SupaSidebar allows them to pin these diverse resources side-by-side. They can save inspiration links from Arc, keep local design mockup folders handy, and use the Command Panel to quickly open applications or search within their go-to platforms, maintaining a fluid creative flow.

Daily Browsing and Personal Productivity

For everyday users, SupaSidebar eliminates the hassle of bookmark management and lost tabs. Frequently visited sites like email, news, and social media can be pinned. The automatic Recents list acts as a short-term memory, making it easy to return to a recipe page or shopping site visited earlier. The simple save shortcuts make curating a personal web archive effortless and organized.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is SupaSidebar a browser extension?

No, SupaSidebar is not a browser extension. It is a standalone, native macOS application that runs from your menu bar. It integrates with your browsers through secure, native macOS methods to read tab information and facilitate saving/opening links, but it operates independently as a system-wide tool, which is why it works consistently across Safari, Chrome, Firefox, Arc, Brave, and others.

Which browsers does SupaSidebar work with?

SupaSidebar is compatible with all major browsers on macOS. This includes Safari, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Brave, and the Arc browser. The app is designed to seamlessly capture and open links from and to any of these browsers, providing a unified experience regardless of your browser preference or the need to use multiple browsers for different tasks.

Where is my data stored?

All your data--including your saved links, pins, recents history, and organizational structure--is stored locally on your Mac. Nothing is sent to or stored on external servers. This ensures your privacy, guarantees fast access, and means your information remains under your control, aligning with the app's principle that "Nothing leaves your Mac."

Is there a free trial?

Yes, SupaSidebar offers a full-featured 7-day free trial for its Pro capabilities, requiring no credit card to start. After the trial, you can choose to subscribe to Pro or continue using the robust Free Forever plan, which includes support for all major browsers, one space, and core functionality like saving and organizing links.

Pricing of SupaSidebar

SupaSidebar operates on a freemium model with a transparent pricing structure. The Free Forever plan is $0 and includes support for all major browsers, 1 space for organization, and core features, perfect for daily use. The Pro plan is available at $1.67 per month billed monthly, or at a discounted rate of $0.83 per month ($9.99 total) when billed annually, offering a 58% saving over the monthly plan. The Pro plan unlocks unlimited spaces for advanced organization, early access to new features, and priority support. 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. Requires macOS 13 or later.