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 ❤️
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!
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
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?
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