SupaSidebar

About SupaSidebar

SupaSidebar is a transformative productivity application designed exclusively for macOS, reimagining how users interact with their digital workspace. At its core, it is a beautifully crafted, Arc-inspired sidebar that lives in your menubar, serving as a universal command center for your links, files, folders, and open tabs. It addresses the common pain points of digital clutter, context switching, and inefficient workflows by consolidating access to everything you need into one instantly accessible, distraction-free panel. The product is engineered for a diverse range of Mac users, from researchers and creators juggling multiple sources, to professionals multitasking across projects and browsers, to anyone who feels overwhelmed by scattered bookmarks and a sea of open tabs. Its main value proposition is profound simplicity: keeping everything you need right where you need it, accessible through intuitive global keyboard shortcuts, without ever leaving your current flow state. By operating as a lightweight, native Mac app that respects your privacy—ensuring all data stays on your device—SupaSidebar offers a seamless, powerful, and elegant solution to modern computer navigation.

Features of SupaSidebar

Universal Command Panel

Inspired by the efficiency of Arc's Command Panel, this feature is the powerhouse of SupaSidebar. Activated with a quick shortcut (Cmd + Ctrl + K), it provides a unified search interface across your entire digital landscape. You can instantly open any saved link in any browser, search through your recent browsing history, access pinned items, and even perform searches within specific websites. This eliminates the need to manually switch between apps or dig through folders, turning intent into action in a keystroke.

Live Tabs Overview

This innovative feature provides a real-time, consolidated view of all your open tabs across every supported browser, including Safari, Chrome, Firefox, Brave, and Arc. It acts as a unified tab manager, ensuring you never lose track of your research, work, or reading materials. By surfacing all active browser sessions in one place, it dramatically reduces the time spent hunting for a specific tab and helps in decluttering your browser windows without having to close anything prematurely.

Intelligent Recents & Pins

SupaSidebar automatically and discreetly tracks every website you visit across browsers for the last 48 hours, creating a powerful "Recents" list for effortless recall. Complementing this is the "Pins" feature, which allows you to permanently anchor your most crucial links, local files, and folders to the top of your sidebar. This combination of automatic short-term memory and user-curated important items ensures both serendipitous rediscovery and instant access to your core resources.

Smart Folders & Multi-Browser Support

With the introduction of Smart Folders using tags, organization becomes dynamic and powerful. You can categorize saved items flexibly without moving them between static folders. Furthermore, SupaSidebar offers seamless multi-browser integration. You can save a link from Chrome and open it later in Safari or Arc with a single click. This cross-browser functionality, combined with simple capture shortcuts (Cmd + Ctrl + S to save, Cmd + Ctrl + C to copy URL), breaks down the barriers between different web ecosystems.

Use Cases of SupaSidebar

Academic Research and Writing

A researcher gathering sources from numerous academic journals, news sites, and PDFs can use SupaSidebar to save all relevant links and documents instantly with a keyboard shortcut. The Live Tabs feature helps manage dozens of open papers, while Smart Folders with tags like "Chapter 1" or "Critical Theory" organize materials dynamically. The Command Panel allows for quick jumping between reference material and their writing app without breaking concentration.

Cross-Platform Web Development and Design

A developer or designer who needs to test websites across multiple browsers (Chrome for dev tools, Safari for Apple-specific checks, Firefox for compatibility) can use SupaSidebar's Live Tabs to see all active test sessions at a glance. They can pin design inspiration from Figma, GitHub repositories, and documentation. Saving a bug report link from a client's email to the sidebar ensures it's immediately accessible during the next debugging session, regardless of the browser they are in.

Content Creation and Social Media Management

A content creator juggling writing, graphic design, and social media scheduling can pin their Canva dashboard, Google Docs, and social media calendars. The Recents feature effortlessly recalls that article they read for inspiration yesterday. When compiling a newsletter, they can quickly save product links or reference images from any browser directly into a tagged Smart Folder like "Newsletter_Issue_5," streamlining the curation process.

Personal Knowledge Management and Daily Driving

For any Mac user seeking a cleaner digital life, SupaSidebar replaces a chaotic bookmark bar and cluttered desktop. Frequently visited sites like email, calendar, and news are pinned for one-click access. Files like daily planners or frequently used folders are just a shortcut away. The app serves as a central hub for daily digital activity, reducing app-switching fatigue and helping maintain focus by keeping essential tools persistently and elegantly within reach.

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 menubar. It integrates with your browsers through secure, system-level accessibility features to capture URLs and view open tabs, but it operates independently. This architecture is what allows it to work uniformly across Safari, Chrome, Firefox, Arc, Brave, and others while maintaining high performance and system integrity.

Which browsers does SupaSidebar work with?

SupaSidebar is compatible with all major browsers on macOS. This includes Safari, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Brave, and Arc. The application is designed to seamlessly capture links, copy URLs, and display Live Tabs from all these browsers, providing a unified experience regardless of your browser preference or if you use multiple browsers for different tasks.

Where is my data stored?

Your privacy and data security are paramount. All data collected and managed by SupaSidebar—including your saved links, pins, recents history, and Smart Folder structures—is stored locally 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 ensures your browsing habits and saved information remain completely private and under your control.

Is there a free trial or a free version?

Yes, SupaSidebar offers a "Free Forever" tier that includes support for all major browsers, one Space for organization, and core functionality. Additionally, there is a full 7-day trial of the Pro features with no credit card required. This allows you to thoroughly test advanced capabilities like Unlimited Spaces (Smart Folders) and early access to new features before deciding to upgrade to a paid Pro subscription.

Pricing of SupaSidebar

SupaSidebar operates on a freemium model with transparent pricing. The Free Forever plan is robust, offering support for all major browsers, 1 included Space for organization, and access to core features like the Command Panel, Live Tabs, Recents, and Pins. It provides substantial value for most daily users at no cost.

For enhanced organization and features, the Pro plan is available. A special Republic Day sale offers 50% off using the code REPUBLIC50. The Pro plan is billed annually at $9.99 total (effectively $0.83/month), a significant saving over the monthly option. It unlocks Unlimited Spaces (Smart Folders) for advanced organization, Early Access to new features, and Priority Support directly from the developer. All plans are backed by a 14-Day Money-Back Guarantee, allowing for a risk-free evaluation. The software requires macOS 13 or later.