OpenShelf
by Manan-Santoki
OpenShelf is a free Mac menu-bar app that lets you start dragging a file, tap a key, and drop it on a wheel of actions. It converts, edits, shelves or AirDrops files without opening another app, and works offline.
Hidden gemIt puts file conversion, quick edits (crop, OCR, background removal, PDF split) and AirDrop on a drag-and-drop wheel. It runs offline, saves results beside the original and never overwrites. The README is detailed, with a guided tour, a clear install guide and a conversion table, so it looks like a working product. Best for mac users who often convert or tweak files and dislike web converters.
New and promisingUnder two months old. Expect rough edges and fast changes.
- Stars
- 136 +24 a day, est.
- Licence
- MIT
- Runs on
- Your computer
- Setup
- Easy
- Language
- Swift
- Age
- 5 days
What you can do with it
- Convert images, PDFs, documents, audio and video to other formats by dropping them on a wheel
- Crop, resize, compress, remove backgrounds, run OCR, or split and merge PDFs and video
- Hold files on a temporary shelf, AirDrop them, or copy and move them while dragging
Ways a business could use it
- Quickly convert client files, such as HEIC photos to JPG or Word to PDF, without paying for online converters
- Compress images, PDFs and video, and trim clips, to prepare marketing material in-house
Can you use it commercially?
Free to use, change and sell, including in paid products. Keep the copyright notice.
Not legal advice. Read the project's licence file before building a product on it.
Getting it running
Download the DMG from the latest GitHub release and drag OpenShelf into Applications, then allow it once in macOS Privacy & Security because it is not notarised.
Follow the official instructions in the project README.
Things to check
- Mac only (macOS 14 or later)
- Not notarised by Apple, so first launch needs a manual override
- Some formats need optional ffmpeg or LibreOffice downloads
Checked 26 Oct 2026. Summary drafted by AI from the project's README.
