Shelfinder

Shelfinder

A floating shelf for drag-and-drop files on macOS

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Shelfinder app is a floating shelf for macOS that lets you collect, pin, and move files instantly. Looks native. Works instantly.
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Ariel Marques
Shelfinder
Maker
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Hey everyone! 👋 I’m Ariel, the dev behind Shelfinder. This project began as a way to create a smoother, alternative method for handling files across Finder. When you’re juggling multiple folders, desktops, downloads, screenshots, and assets, everything becomes slower than it should be. Shelfinder adds a small floating shelf that stays by your side while you work. You can drag files, folders, screenshots, PDFs — and then move or copy them anywhere in Finder with far less friction. My goal was to build something: - lightweight - 100% local (no syncing, no tracking) - visually native - and genuinely useful for daily workflows I’d love to hear your thoughts, feedback, ideas, or anything that could help me make Shelfinder even better. Thanks for checking it out — and thanks for supporting indie-made macOS tools ❤️
Van de Vouchy
Hey Ariel, congrats on the launch! That juggling multiple folders thing is so real Finder can feel weirdly clunky for something you do a hundred times a day. Was there a specific workflow that finally pushed you to build this?
Ariel Marques
Shelfinder
Maker

@vouchy Thank you so much, Van! 🙌
Yes, the idea came exactly from that daily frustration of dealing with multiple Finder windows while moving photos and other files between different folders. I wanted something lightweight that could stay attached to Finder and make drag-and-drop feel instant.

Ciprian Balanica
this is such a simple and nice looking idea. are there any limits to how many you can put in there? does it save when you restart the laptop?
Ariel Marques
Shelfinder
Maker

@nair0 Thank you, Ciprian! Really appreciate it.
The current limit is up to 50 files, but in the next version we’ll look into allowing unlimited items. And yes, Shelfinder saves your items and restores everything after a restart.

Nathan Darma
This looks beautiful! How difficult was implementing Liquid Glass? I’m building a Mac Native Photo Culling app and am just trying to do some final work on the UI and was thinking about trying to make it Liquid Glass compatible
Ariel Marques
Shelfinder
Maker

Thanks, @nathan_darma! Really glad you liked it 🙌
Liquid Glass wasn’t too hard once I structured it properly. I ended up building a small material system so the app could use the new Liquid Glass effect on macOS 26, but still fall back gracefully on older versions.

Shelfinder checks the OS version at runtime and only exposes the Liquid Glass option when supported. The actual effect is wrapped in a container that uses Apple’s new Liquid Glass materials behind #available(macOS 26, *) guards. On earlier macOS versions, the same UI falls back to an ultra-thin material to keep everything readable and consistent.

So the key was:
• detect OS capabilities
• expose Liquid Glass only when available
• wrap the effect in a clean abstraction
• provide a solid visual fallback for macOS 14–25

If you're polishing your photo culling app’s UI, Liquid Glass can look amazing. Maybe with a small abstraction layer, it stays fully backward-compatible.

Lady Soleil

Love it! By the end of the day..I have screenshots, pdf's, images I collect ...and then it's a pain in the neck to add everything into different folders then drag/drop into files. This seems like a great solution....downloading it now! Thank you!

Ariel Marques
Shelfinder
Maker

@ladysoleil33 Thank you so much! I totally relate. Screenshots, PDFs, and random images pile up fast, and moving them into folders can be such a pain. I’m really glad Shelfinder helps make the flow easier.

We’ve just released version 1.0.2 as well, which improves the experience even further. Hope you enjoy it!