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Command Shelf
A keyboard-first palette for the commands and snippets you retype, summoned over any application with one shortcut.
FREE DESKTOP APP
Your commands, always within reach.
Command Shelf is a small desktop application for Windows, macOS and Linux. Save the commands and snippets you retype, star the ones you reach for, then press one shortcut from wherever you are working, type a few letters and press Enter. It copies the command and closes, and you paste with the shortcut you already use. It is free: no licence key, no account and nothing to buy.
Version 0.1.0 · Windows, macOS and Linux
The shortcut is Ctrl+Shift+Space by default. That is the default. If another application already owns it, the recorder in Settings refuses the clash and keeps the shortcut that already works, so you can pick a different one.
- What it solves
- Free command palette for Windows, macOS and Linux. Press one shortcut, type a few letters, and the command you saved is on your clipboard. Everything you save stays on your machine.
- Who it is for
- Developers and power users who retype the same commands and snippets every day.
- What is included
- Per-platform installers, with the first-run shortcut shown below.
- Supported platforms
- Windows, macOS and Linux
- Pricing and licence
- Free. No licence key, account or paid tier.
- Data and privacy
- Commands and settings live in one JSON file in your own user account and are never uploaded. Optional anonymous usage data is off by default.
- Support
- Feedback form; there is no guaranteed response time.
- Release status
- Coming soon
Built from real production problems through MyEvent Productions. Visit MyEvent Productions
Summoned over anything
One global shortcut opens the palette over your editor, your terminal or your browser, centred on the display your pointer is on. It hides the moment you press Esc, copy something or click away, and it stops being always-on-top while it is hidden.
Favourites and Recent
Star the commands you reach for and reorder them into the arrangement you want. Recent holds only what you copied through Command Shelf, newest first, and one button clears it.
Two keystrokes, no aiming
Type a few letters and press Enter, or, while the search box is empty, press 1 through 9 or 0 to copy one of the first ten commands straight away.
Local by construction
Your commands, history and preferences live in one versioned JSON file in your own user account. Export writes a documented file that deliberately leaves out your installation id and your consent choice, and import previews every change before it touches anything.
x64 installerWindowsComing soon
x64 MSIWindowsComing soon
UniversalmacOSComing soon
x86_64 AppImageLinuxComing soon
Prebuilt 0.1.0 downloads are not on this page yet. The build is done and is being signed. The download will be free and will need no account. In the meantime, get in touch and we will send you a build.
What stays on your machine
Your commands, history and preferences are stored in one JSON file in your own user account and are never uploaded. Command Shelf does not watch your clipboard: Recent holds only what you copied through it. It never types into another application, and it does not read your shell history. The optional anonymous usage data is off until you turn it on, never includes your command text, names, tags, searches or clipboard contents, and can be switched off again at any time, which also deletes anything still waiting to be sent.
The full privacy information covers the detail.
What does it cost?
Nothing. Command Shelf is free, with no licence key, no account and no paid tier. There is nothing to buy and nothing to subscribe to.
Does it monitor what I copy?
No. Recent history contains only the commands you copied through Command Shelf itself. It never reads what other applications put on your clipboard, it does not scrape your shell history, and it records nothing when it is closed.
Does it paste the command into the other application for me?
No, deliberately. Command Shelf puts the command on your clipboard and closes, and you paste with the shortcut you already use. It never simulates typing, so it cannot act on its own inside another application.
What does it send to MyEvent Labs?
Anonymous usage data only, and only if you turn it on: it is off by default. Those events cover the app starting, the palette opening or closing, coarse counts and ranges, success flags, your app version, operating system, processor type and fixed error codes. Your commands, snippets, names, tags, searches, clipboard contents and file paths are never sent, because the application has no way to put them in an event.
Can I move my commands to another computer?
Yes. Export writes a versioned JSON file from Settings, and importing it on the other machine shows a preview first and then lets you merge it with what is already there or replace it. Export files never contain your installation id or your consent choice.
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to work better?
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